Wednesday, April 19, 2006
CustomerMade conference streaming in a few hours
Denmark's Innovation Lab and O'Reilly Media are hosting the CustomerMade conference tomorrow, April 20. It starts just a few hours from now Denmark time. (Previous post about CustomerMade here.) For those of us who couldn't make it to Copenhagen, the Innovation Lab is streaming the proceedings on LabTV Live beginning at 8:30 GMT (12:30am PST). CustomerMade should be a great appetizer for MAKE's big Maker Faire in San Mateo this weekend! From the CustomerMade site:
Link to LabTV Live, Link to CustomerMade infoThe outsourcing of key business functions – from textile production to software - to low cost labour countries is one of the key trends of the past five years. The next wave of outsourcing is starting to take place in the heart of the home market: the market itself is taking over all phases of production, from concept development and design to finished product. The phenomenon of ‘user-driven innovation’ goes beyond do-it-your-selfing, customization, and personalization. It’s no longer a matter of choosing between models – customers are designing the very models they choose.
posted by David Pescovitz at 09:22:40 PM permalink | Other blogs' comments




The outsourcing of key business functions – from textile production to software - to low cost labour countries is one of the key trends of the past five years. The next wave of outsourcing is starting to take place in the heart of the home market: the market itself is taking over all phases of production, from concept development and design to finished product. The phenomenon of ‘user-driven innovation’ goes beyond do-it-your-selfing, customization, and personalization. It’s no longer a matter of choosing between models – customers are designing the very models they choose.







