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The moving pieces of Web 2.0

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:18:11 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen

Clip Source: www.ugotrade.com

Web 2.0: Bridge Between 1st & 2nd Life Identity

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:17:38 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen

Clip Source: www.ugotrade.com

Bob San Sushi in Chicago - Negative Review

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:22:59 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: Last night I had an unfortunate run in with the manager at Bob San. First, let me preface this story by saying my wife and I have dined there multiple times, and enjoy sushi probably once a week. However, we will not be going back.

Clip Source: www.yelp.com

Michael S.

Chicago, IL

1 star rating

08/07/2008

The Saki Saga

Last night I had an unfortunate run in with the manager at Bob San. First, let me preface this story by saying my wife and I have dined there multiple times, and enjoy sushi probably once a week. However, we will not be going back.

Bob San Restaurant

4 star rating

based on 170 reviews

Rating Details »

Category: Sushi Bars [Edit]

Neighborhood: Ukrainian Village
1805 W Division St
(between Honore St & Wood St)
Chicago, IL 60622

(773) 235-8888

www.bob-san.com

Tags: chicago, sushi, manager, poor, customer service, review, illinois, bucktown, wickerpark, division

Co-Creation and Online Community: DIY Planner and Levenger

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:27:34 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: "For companies interested in co-creation like this, the most important step is participation. Speak with communities as a genuine, authentic person interested in learning and collaboration. Earn trust by giving more than you receive. Prototype alongside your customers, and share your failures as frequently as your successes. Be remarkable."

Clip Source: hdbizblog.com

I was recently contacted for a brief interview on collaboration and co-creation by Insight Magazine, and my friend Ryan Rasmussen and I were quoted in the magazine. You can see it online here, or find it on newsstands.

The magazine article was inspired by discussions that Ryan had with the D*I*Y*Planner community. When I got to meet Ryan face-to-face at SOBCon in Chicago this past May, I asked him about those discussions and how they led to a new product being offered by the company that he worked for. Then he showed me the prototype of the “Circa PDA” (or cPDA) that he developed with the productivity/planner community:

For companies interested in co-creation like this, the most important step is participation. Speak with communities as a genuine, authentic person interested in learning and collaboration. Earn trust by giving more than you receive. Prototype alongside your customers, and share your failures as frequently as your successes. Create a remarkable experience.

Tags: community, levenger, productivity, co-creation, peer production, innovation, notebook, circa, hacking, collaboration

Captain Levenger - all good things - DIY Planner

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:08:06 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: My last post on DiyPlanner as Captain Levenger; my first as Ryan Rasmussen.

Clip Source: diyplanner.com

DIY Planner

paper, productivity and passion

Captain Levenger - all good things

Submitted by Rasmussen on Thu, 2008-04-03 18:21.

After over a year of getting to know many of you here at D*I*Y Planner, I owe it to everyone to announce personally that "Captain Levenger" is hanging up his cape.

I have learned more from this community than pr0dnographic hacking, cracking, and creativity; there is a real sense of caring and mutual respect between contributors that makes this site a home.

I am grateful to have been welcomed here as an ambassador from Levenger, and for all of the support and encouragement offered by many of you that I will continue to consider friends. ;)

Thank you,
Ryan Rasmussen

Tags: ryan rasmussen, rasmussen, levenger, captain levenger

Review: Levenger Stanley Briefbag

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:51:48 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: Douglas Johnston, of DIYPlanner.com, reviews the Levenger Stanley Traveler briefbag.

Clip Source: diyplanner.com

Review: Levenger Stanley Briefbag

A not-so-secret confession: I like man-bags, though even that term seems to be a recent (but necessary) designation. For many years during the eighties and early nineties, a man's natural instinct to gather and collect has been severely hampered by the stylings imposed by society. Yes, women can carry purses small enough to hold a set of keys or large enough to hold several small dogs and a freaked-out kitty, but --especially in a traditional business setting-- many men have been forced to tote a dark-coloured sharp-cornered briefcase, or else an equally dark laptop bag. Thankfully the shackles are now off and a man can wield a messenger bag, a guide bag, a map bag, and any of a dozen other sizes and styles without being called out as a wild bohemian at the boardroom table. Still, it's not easy to find something suitable to one's personality.

Enter the Levenger Stanley Compact Traveler Briefbag, or --as I prefer to call it-- simply Stanley

Tags: briefbag, levenger, leather, leather bag, briefcase, messenger bag, man-bag, rugged, product review, social media

More US Warcraft players than farmers

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:05:30 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen

Clip Source: www.boingboing.net

There are four times as many Americans living in urban than rural areas. There are four times as many people sucking back coffee in New York city alone than make a living farming. According to the Bureau of Labor, there are just as many people employed in Architecture and Engineering as farming, hell, 3 million people working in Computer and Mathematical jobs. But when one of these "What does America think about culture" pieces comes on, do I ever see a mid-30's software engineer onscreen bitching about having to download BitTorrents of "The IT Crowd"? Fuck and no.
Four million people in the US play World of Warcraft. And yet, do I ever hear:
ANDERSON: We stopped by the gates of Ogrimmar in Durotar, on the east coast of Kalimdor, where one local told us Hollywood just can't relate to the level-grinding life.
UNIDENTIFIED ORC: They've never been back here, questing Razormane or Drygulch Ravine, y'know ... or farming for Peacebloom and Silverleaf. They're out of touch.
No. No I do not.

Tags: warcraft, virtual worlds, pervasive computing

TimeBandits map reproduction

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:03:58 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: - at the top of my wishlist

Clip Source: www.boingboing.net

Time Bandits map reproduction

Posted by David Pescovitz, October 16, 2007 11:55 AM

UPDATE:

The "gentleman in California" that is referred to is me. I've been obsessed with this map FOREVER! I did help with advice about the overall colors, and actually did the clocks on one of Kapow's versions. I do indeed own 4 of these, in addition to 3 of Kapow's and the one that I painted for myself when I was 19. Some time ago, Gilliam was given one of these.

Tags: time bandits, science fiction, gilliam, shopping, boing boing

Brain-controlled interface for Second Life

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:01:54 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

[Video]

Brain-computer interface for controlling Second Life avatars

From the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory at K...

Tags: emergent technology, haptics, second life, neuroscience, telepresence

J.C. Nyiri - Thinking with a Word Processor

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:59:17 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: How relevant is the impression of touch [markmaking] in thought, memory, etc.

Clip Source: www.hunfi.hu

Thinking with a Word Processor⁽¹⁾

In a well-known passage of the Blue Book Wittgenstein remarks: "We may say that thinking is essentially the activity of operating with signs. This activity is performed by the hand, when we think by writing; by the mouth and the larynx, when we think by speaking." We may, he continues, legitimately employ the expressions "'we think with our mouths', or 'we think with a pencil on a piece of paper'".⁽²⁾ When one of Wittgenstein's favourite authors, Friedrich Nietzsche, started to use a typewriter and sent some rhymes he produced on it to a friend, the latter - a composer - commented upon the robust language. "Perhaps you will through this instrument even take to a new idiom", the friend wrote; "with me at any rate this could happen; I do not deny that my 'thoughts' in music and language often depend on the quality of pen and paper".⁽³⁾ To which Nietzsche replied: "You are right - our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts."⁽⁴⁾

Tags: analog, digital, communication, digital convergence, paper

Long Now: Avatar Afterlife

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:52:46 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: Incredibly inspiring forecast of the potential to commune with digital ghosts. - persistent existence less consciousness

Jones - "Creating a copy of online behavior and programming an avatar to respond to stimuli in the way the user has been during their digital life is not suggesting consciousness, merely sophisticated replication. This scenario has some intriguing consequences. Amongst them are the possibilities an individual could leave money to their avatar rather than their children in order to support their avatar afterlife, or that future generations would have access to a representation of their ancestors – but would having access to the temporal wisdom of our forebears be of any use? A digital representation of life could continue unhindered in a virtual environment, after real-life has ended."

Clip Source: blog.longnow.org

Avatar Afterlife

October 12th, 02007 by Alexander Rose

are on the verge of introducing systems to monitor their users online activity in order to better direct advertising toward them. It doesn’t seem long before this kind of marketing system will also be applied to virtual worlds. The process of distilling an individual’s online behavior into a digital profile is currently driven by the commercial needs of advertising but it is possible to imagine it being used in more creative ways. The software used to track the online behavior of users, within in particular system (virtual worlds or social networks) could be modified to track the entirety of their online behavior, over a longer space of time – say thirty years. At the end of this period the data could be used to program an avatar. This avatar would inhabit a virtual world or worlds and be programmed with all the users personal data, preferences and potential responses– would this lead to an avatar afterlife?

Roderick Jones

Tags: second life, virtual telepresence, afterlife, long now

a visualization of pervasive narrative development in a social web of influencers and connectors

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:41:04 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: Each node is a thread. Each connection is a link. The ability to influence the silent audience [lurkers and long-term future of organic search conversion] becomes easier to understand when the interface is modified to display the "social web." This is the value of converting brand 'talkers'/evangelists into better teachers through collaborative ideation and seeding indigenous collaborative web technologies for mass distribution of consumer generated marketing.

Clip Source: collaborativeideation.com

[Video]

visualization of pervasive narrative development in a social web of influencers and connectors

Each node is a thread. Each connection is a link. The scope of influence upon the silent audience [lurkers and long-term future of organic search conversion] becomes easier to understand when the interface is modified to display the "social web." This is the value of converting brand 'talkers'/evangelists into better teachers through collaborative ideation and seeding indigenous collaborative web technologies for mass distribution of consumer generated marketing.

To see video in full screen click here.

Tags: social media, network visualization, engagement, influence, mapping, productivity, consumer generated marketing, social networks, ryan rasmussen

Circa Notebook Review: The San Diego Transcript

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:25:13 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: Phil Baker of the San Diego Transcript reviews Levenger's Circa Notebook as a low-tech counterpart to a high-tech environment. The mass of prosumer DIY forms and templates online has transformed the disc-bound notebook line into an "open system."

Clip Source: blog.philipgbaker.com

Innovating the basics: A new kind of notebook (San Diego Transript column)

While today's spiral notebooks and three-ring binders are much the same as they were 40 years ago, Levenger, a Florida-based company, has created a much improved design, called Circa. It fits right into our high-technology environment, providing a solution that lets us intermingle handwritten notes, which a vast majority of us still use, with computer-generated output.

Tags: levenger, circa, circa notebook, technology, open system, spiral notebook, productivity, review

How to become a word of mouth evangelist - Sernovitz

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:34:02 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen

Clip Source: www.damniwish.com

Meet Ryan Rasmussen, the new Emerging Media Specialist at Levenger.

His job is to do all the cool social media stuff that we all talk about.

He represents the company in social networks and Second Life. He schmoozes bloggers. He encourages real consumers to help design and develop products. Basically, he does all those things that big companies are struggling with. While marketing departments and agencies are debating the optimal word of mouth strategy ... Ryan just does it.

I took a lesson from Tom Kelley in my approach. He prescribes a new face of business - that of the anthropologist. Embedded within vocal communities, I have found that using the emergent tools of the environment to spark discussion through collaborative new product development (otherwise known as "hacking") generates a great deal of positive feedback. The result is a spike in consumer generated marketing, and a steady stream of collaborative ideation that gives consumers a voice in the direction of 'their' company.

Tags: andy sernovitz, word of mouth, marketing, viral, ryan rasmussen, gaspedal, damn! i wish, social media, consumer generated marketing

Ryan Rasmussen - "An Interview with an Innovator" [Stephen Smith - HDBizBlog]

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:19:32 GMT

clipped by: Ryan Rasmussen
clipper's remarks: Stephen Smith, of the HDBizBlog, interviews Ryan Rasmussen, emergent media specialist at Levenger. "Weave inspiring narratives throughout the net that will compel future customers to fall in love with your own unique customer experience. Through persistent, genuine interaction, passionate customers convert from 'talkers' into 'teachers,'[...]"

Clip Source: hdbizblog.com

An Interview with an Innovator

Posted by Stephen on Wednesday, 19 of September , 2007 at 6:47 am

Is innovation and marketing the objective?

Conversations are the objective. I encourage others still hesitant to join in the discussions to break away from checklists and short-term goals that are designed to be measurable [ex. E-mail 15 “talkers” -> check]. The real value of open customer engagement is long term. Every example of remarkable customer service and interactivity that is open to search engine traffic becomes a footprint in the history of one’s brand identity. Weave inspiring narratives throughout the net that will compel future customers to fall in love with your own unique customer experience.

Through persistent, genuine interaction, passionate customers convert from “talkers” into “teachers,” thereby amplifying the voices of every new community they encounter.”

Tags: hdbizblog, cluetrain, innovator, innovation, social media, ryan rasmussen, rasmussen, stephen smith, gtd

Clipmarks | Ryan Rasmussen's clips

The moving pieces of Web 2.0

Web 2.0: Bridge Between 1st & 2nd Life Identity

Bob San Sushi in Chicago - Negative Review

Bob San Restaurant

Co-Creation and Online Community: DIY Planner and Levenger

Captain Levenger - all good things - DIY Planner

DIY Planner

Captain Levenger - all good things

Review: Levenger Stanley Briefbag

Review: Levenger Stanley Briefbag

More US Warcraft players than farmers

TimeBandits map reproduction

Time Bandits map reproduction

Brain-controlled interface for Second Life

J.C. Nyiri - Thinking with a Word Processor

Long Now: Avatar Afterlife

Avatar Afterlife

a visualization of pervasive narrative development in a social web of influencers and connectors

visualization of pervasive narrative development in a social web of influencers and connectors

Circa Notebook Review: The San Diego Transcript

Concept to Consumer by Phil Baker

My weekly personal technology column from the The San Diego Transcript, plus observations based on developing scores of products. (Now on AM 600 KOGO radio 1st Sunday of each month at 10 am)

Innovating the basics: A new kind of notebook (San Diego Transript column)

How to become a word of mouth evangelist - Sernovitz

Ryan Rasmussen - "An Interview with an Innovator" [Stephen Smith - HDBizBlog]

An Interview with an Innovator

Posted by Stephen on Wednesday, 19 of September , 2007 at 6:47 am

Clipmarks | Ryan Rasmussen's clips

The moving pieces of Web 2.0

Web 2.0: Bridge Between 1st & 2nd Life Identity

Bob San Sushi in Chicago - Negative Review

Bob San Restaurant

Co-Creation and Online Community: D*I*Y Planner and Levenger

Captain Levenger - all good things - D*I*Y Planner

D*I*Y Planner

Captain Levenger - all good things

Review: Levenger Stanley Briefbag

Review: Levenger Stanley Briefbag

More US Warcraft players than farmers

TimeBandits map reproduction

Time Bandits map reproduction

Brain-controlled interface for Second Life

J.C. Nyiri - Thinking with a Word Processor

Long Now: Avatar Afterlife

Avatar Afterlife

a visualization of pervasive narrative development in a social web of influencers and connectors

visualization of pervasive narrative development in a social web of influencers and connectors

Circa Notebook Review: The San Diego Transcript

Concept to Consumer by Phil Baker

My weekly personal technology column from the The San Diego Transcript, plus observations based on developing scores of products. (Now on AM 600 KOGO radio 1st Sunday of each month at 10 am)

Innovating the basics: A new kind of notebook (San Diego Transript column)

How to become a word of mouth evangelist - Sernovitz

Ryan Rasmussen - "An Interview with an Innovator" [Stephen Smith - HDBizBlog]

An Interview with an Innovator

Posted by Stephen on Wednesday, 19 of September , 2007 at 6:47 am

Co-Creation and Online Community: DIY Planner and Levenger

Captain Levenger - all good things - DIY Planner

DIY Planner