Derek Powazek - Post-Interview Glow

Post-Interview Glow

In Business, Crowdsourcing, Internet, Interviews, Podcasts on 30 May 2007 with 6 comments

This morning I woke up early to do an interview with the Clue Unit guys. A few post-interview thoughts.

Skype is a godsend for journalism. We had a 4-way conversation, spread out all across the country, for free. I love living in the future.
Can anyone think of any other examples of projects that make actual real-world products out of virtual community participation besides Threadless and JPG Magazine? There must be some. Note: I don’t mean communities where the “product” is a website (like Digg) or where individuals can create products (like Lulu) - I mean groups coming together online to collaboratively make something that winds up getting produced as a for-sale product.
I’m not sure doing interviews before 9am is good for me. I hope they’re liberal with the editing.

The interview will be posted in a few weeks. If you haven’t checked out the Clue Unit podcast, check it out, it’s tops.

6 Comments

They don’t result in products for sale but open source hardware projects aim to, and some actually do, result in real world items: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_hardware

Posted by Martin Taylor on 30 May 2007 @ 10am

Hey Derek,
Similarly toycamera.com was/is a “community” of folks, and created a hardcover book a couple of years ago, and has since spun off “Light Leaks” magazine. Today my wife and I have created the “press” that owns the magazine, but it is still very much a community run operation from the folks at toycamera.com.

Posted by Mike Barnes on 30 May 2007 @ 11am

Derek,

Depending on how rigid your definition is (these photo sites are borderline LuLu-ish), here are a few off the top of my head that might sort of fit:

iStockPhoto
Fotolia
ShutterStock
Cambrian House (this is probably the closest fit to what you mean)

Jeff Howe at Crowdsourcing is a great resource on community participation projects - digging through the archives there would probably yield some other names.

Congrats on the interview, too!

Posted by Sue Cline on 30 May 2007 @ 11am

Coudal’s Swap Meat comes to mind, not as an example of people coming together to collectively produce one physical thing, but as a place where real things get sold (that otherwise wouldn’t), thanks to the large community of the Coudal.com fanbase. And the Coudal people themselves, of course.

Posted by Sandor Weisz on 30 May 2007 @ 11am

Great thoughts, y’all! Let’s continue this over here.

Posted by Derek Powazek on 30 May 2007 @ 12pm

Thanks again for coming on the show! Be prepared for a second invite down the road :)

LEGO Factory (www.legofactory.com) is an example. The community elements are minimal at this point, but growing all the time, with much more coming down the road.

Posted by Jake McKee on 5 June 2007 @ 5pm

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