An IKEA In Every Basement

by Christopher Carfi

AT SUPERNOVA 2009, Chris Anderson (Wired, @chr1sa) “beta tested” his newest thesis: “Atoms are the New Bits.”

Here is the presentation:

Supernova 2009: Chris Anderson (Wired) – Atoms are the New Bits View more presentations from Supernova Conference.

Here is the video (@chr1sa presentation starts at the 10:00 mark in this clip):

In his presentation, Chris noted that personal “3-D printers” can now be had for about $750, down from about $25,000 in 2004, which puts them in the range of... Read More

Supernova Day 3 Live Stream Recordings

Update: We’ve got a higher resolution version of the final panel video – this player will play all segments in order. We’ve left the original UStream videos on this page below as well.

Here’s part 1 of the Closing Plenary Session with Moderator Kevin Werbach and Alec Ross, Craig Newmark, and Jimmy Wales

Part 2:

Supernova Interview: Danah Boyd of Microsoft Research

In this interview, danah boyd of Microsoft Research discusses how, while people may share a lot of their information online, often they’re shaping what they hope we’ll perceive about them. Danah discusses how identity and perception are evolving in the Network Age.

Building Startups Today (#sn09 #startup2)

One of the great conversations that started at Supernova 2009 was around “Building Startups Today.” What does it take to build a great startup today? And how do you get it funded and connected to a passionate customer community?

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The original session video

Panel starts about 7 min 30 in with Moderator Dave McClure, Rashmi Sinha, Christine Herron and Bruce Jenett.

Part one:

Part Two:

Thought leading clips from the morning sessions

The global economy, whose infrastructure was shaped by Wall Street priorities, has been about the income of institutions, not their outcomes. Organizations must devise business models that are pull driven -- pulling people, connections, relationships into their domains -- not push oriented -- pushing sales, products, services on the customer.

Supernova Interview: Phil McKinney of HP on Innovation

After yesterday’s afternoon session, we spoke with Phil McKinney who is CTO of HP’s Personal Systems group, and also runs the Killer Innovations podcast. Phil spoke about innovation, how one becomes an innovation “expert” and what it takes to get innovation into organizations.

Supernova Live Stream Recordings Day 2

Day 2 Started with our Opening Plenary Session: Crisis? What Crisis? Strategies for a Connected World Moderator Kevin Werbach, JP Rangaswami, John Hagel, Umair Haque, Ellen Levy

The opening panel continues on this recording, and then we have the Wharton Talk by Karl Ulrich on Innovation Tournaments

Panel starts about 7 min 30 in with Up from the Ashes: Building Startups Today with Moderator Dave McClure, Rashmi Sinha, Christine Herron, Bruce W. Jenett

Continuation of the Up from the Ashes panel:

REAL TIME FLOW TRACK

Co-Hosted by BT with Introduction by Track chair Tantek Celik and... Read More

Supernova Interview: Adam Greenfield of Nokia

At yesterday’s Supernova opening day event, Adam Greenfield discussed how humans have gotten used to using our urban spaces. One thing cities have done is to let us “reinvent ourselves” and “wrap the cloak of anonymity around us.” Today’s Network Age technologies, including social networks, have changed some of these rules and assumptions. As our profiles and ‘permanent records’ follow us, how will behavior and norms change in response? What are the implications of our connectedness for cities and urban design?

As promised, the Twilight Zone episode referenced at the end of the discussion is “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.”

Supernova Interview: Peter Guber of Mandalay Entertainment

“The glow in the theater used to be cigarettes – now it is the glow of cell phones, and kids texting to their friends, and their social networks from inside the movie.” This is how Peter Guber of Mandalay Entertainment described the immediacy of movie reviews and the way entertainment is commented upon, and potentially blasted by the Friday night it hits the theaters. The instant communication has changed what it means to be in the entertainment business.

One thing hasn’t changed. Even with all of our digital technology, “we don’t speak in 0′s and 1′s” Guber told me in our interview. All the digital storytelling in the world won’t... Read More

Supernova Day 1, In Live Streaming Videos

Here are the Videos from Day 1 of the Supernova Conference (updated – one of the videos was duplicated) First Hour featuring Kevin Werbach’s opening remarks and speakers danah boyd and Adam Greenfield

Second Hour of the Supernova Conference, 12/1/09 including the end of the danah boyd and Adam Greenfield discussion, and the beginning of talks from Werner Vogels, Jonathan Zittrain, and Bradley Horowitz.

3rd Hour, Part 1 of 2, the continuation of the discussion with Werner Vogels, Jonathan Zittrain and Bradley Horowitz.

3rd Hour Part 2 (this segment starts around 9:00 into the file) – Guests... Read More