- What Will Journalism LookLike in the Future? 14 Scenarios from IDEO
The design firm shares some prototyles for collectively sourced, hyperlocal forms of journalism. - Unboxed: Who Says Innovation Belongs to the Small? by Steve Lohr - NYTimes.com
Lohr cites The Innovator's Dilemma in saying that much future innovation won't be by small-scale disruptors but systems-level innovations in energy and healthcare by big companies that have the skills and scale to tackle such projects. - ESPN to open "ESPN Innovation Lab" at Disney's Wide World of Sports to test new broadcast technologies, by Joseph Garcia - OrlandoSentinel.com
"The facility will allow the cable-sports giant to test new applications such as virtual graphics during events staged at Disney's sports venues. Think concepts such as the "EA Virtual Playbook" that ESPN has used as part of its pro football and basketball coverage or the strike-zone graphics used during baseball games. Because the Wide World of Sports venues are in year-round use, ESPN believes they will make an ideal spot to test and tweak new broadcasting concepts during actual in-game conditions. - Q&A with search expert Danny Sullivan on Microsoft Bing, by Nick Eaton - Seattlepi.com
Audio and an edited transcript of an interview in which Sullivan discusses to disruptive potential of Bing and the ways in which Microsoft might make money from it.
