Comments on: What could be better than Free? http://huddlemind.com/2008/02/12/what-could-be-better-than-free/ in.game strategy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:50:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Maximillian Kaizen http://huddlemind.com/2008/02/12/what-could-be-better-than-free/#comment-57 Maximillian Kaizen Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:49:39 +0000 http://huddlemind.com/2008/02/12/what-could-be-better-than-free/#comment-57 I agree, and guys like Jamison Young jamyoung.net is proving that it can be done without having to "sell out" to the big labels to make money in the music industry. iCommons is a potent aggregator for those of us exploring the possibilities of making a healthy living from sharing freely. thanks DD I agree, and guys like Jamison Young jamyoung.net is proving that it can be done without having to “sell out” to the big labels to make money in the music industry. iCommons is a potent aggregator for those of us exploring the possibilities of making a healthy living from sharing freely. thanks DD

]]> By: Dave http://huddlemind.com/2008/02/12/what-could-be-better-than-free/#comment-53 Dave Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:07:29 +0000 http://huddlemind.com/2008/02/12/what-could-be-better-than-free/#comment-53 @Max: Thanks for the thought provoking post. I think I'm most inspired by the people I've met through iCommons who freely share their digital creation while becoming important nodes of a culture which requires products or services which they can endorse. These guys then attract attention, and monetize it, while providing nothing but great value to all involved. @Max: Thanks for the thought provoking post. I think I’m most inspired by the people I’ve met through iCommons who freely share their digital creation while becoming important nodes of a culture which requires products or services which they can endorse. These guys then attract attention, and monetize it, while providing nothing but great value to all involved.

]]> By: Maximillian Kaizen http://huddlemind.com/2008/02/12/what-could-be-better-than-free/#comment-47 Maximillian Kaizen Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:17:45 +0000 http://huddlemind.com/2008/02/12/what-could-be-better-than-free/#comment-47 Darren great resource - thanks for adding value to the conversation, we all seem to have fairly strong opinions around this issue. I think having worked in non.profit as well as commercial environments there's such a sense of polarity between the two traditionally. The concept of doing work that you love, that does good and pays well and allows you to contribute to society is at the heart of social entrepreneurship. Money & common good shouldn't be mutually exclusive - there is a fascinating hybrid emerging. Creative capitalism may be the path through >> Darren great resource - thanks for adding value to the conversation, we all seem to have fairly strong opinions around this issue. I think having worked in non.profit as well as commercial environments there’s such a sense of polarity between the two traditionally.

The concept of doing work that you love, that does good and pays well and allows you to contribute to society is at the heart of social entrepreneurship. Money & common good shouldn’t be mutually exclusive - there is a fascinating hybrid emerging.
Creative capitalism may be the path through >>

]]> By: Darren http://huddlemind.com/2008/02/12/what-could-be-better-than-free/#comment-46 Darren Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:32:50 +0000 http://huddlemind.com/2008/02/12/what-could-be-better-than-free/#comment-46 This is indeed a very interesting topic. The Long Tail listed a number of related links recently as well [including your ref to Mr Kelly], some of which are fascinating - http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/02/latest-free-new.html In a world where the biggest way to apply value to something has been in monetary terms, the free model will certainly make people think about what is really valuable and what isn't. This could be quite entertaining... This is indeed a very interesting topic. The Long Tail listed a number of related links recently as well [including your ref to Mr Kelly], some of which are fascinating - http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/02/latest-free-new.html

In a world where the biggest way to apply value to something has been in monetary terms, the free model will certainly make people think about what is really valuable and what isn’t. This could be quite entertaining…

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