I found this an absolutely fantastic example of Innovation. An upcoming band in Manchester, The Get Out Clause, unable to afford camera and crew to make a music video decided to use the 13 million CCTV cameras across the city. They set up equipment across the city and played in front of the cameras in 80 locations. Then they proceeded to write to the surveillance companies and asked for footage quoting the Freedom of Information Act. They managed to get their footage of about 20 locations, enough to make a full fledged music video. Now that’s what you call innovation!!!
Read full story here and watch the video here.
Update: See 2009 elearning and content development salary data here.
Last year I initiated the unofficial salary survey for elearning and content development jobs in India on my blog. I invited responses as comments on my blog post. The post got 10 unique responses. While the number of responses were not enough to consolidate and provide any trends, what was apparent was that the elearning salary range in India is quite varied.
One year down the line, it will be interesting to know what’s the situation now. What are the salaries for Instructional Designers in India? What are the salaries for Project Managers, Graphics designers, Flash Programmers, Testers? How has the economic conditions impacted the salary hikes this year? Have the salary structures changed? What really is the average salary of a content developer in India?
Take this year 2008 unofficial survey of elearning and content development salaries in India. The survey is anonymous. I will post the results on my blog from time to time. Update -- Poll Closed. View findings here.
Click here to view the 2007 unofficial salary survey for elearning and content development jobs in India.
Update: You can subscribe the results of this survey by RSS. Simply copy the link below into your RSS reader.
http://polldaddy.com/surveyRSS.aspx?id=F03E28FC847869CF
Update 2: The RSS above just shows the number of responses to the survey. Sorry to disappoint... no live results (I am disappointed too). Watch my blog for results from time to time.
Update 2: The findings are now available on my blog. Click
here for viewing the findings of this poll.
There is an interesting discussion ongoing in our internal (behind the firewall) blog. It is getting interesting and I thought I would get some wider perspectives on this subject.
My colleague writes:
Innovation is a messy process where different alternatives need to be tried before we really get something new and useful. For one success there will be many failures. "Innovation" without some "Failure" is not feasible. Therefore, the system has to nurture failure
On the other hand "Quality" is about delivering on time, every time. "Failure" is not an option. Therefore, the system has to minimize the risk of failure
The question is "How can the same system do both?"
I couldn’t help recall an earlier post about innovation and execution. What do you think is the relation between innovation, quality and failure? How can they coexist?
60 people were killed and 150 injured in a series of terrorist blasts in Jaipur, Rajasthan in India. I don't know what anyone is trying to prove with these attacks.
War does not decide who is RIGHT, it decides who is LEFT.
I light a candle for all those who lost their lives and were injured.
If you feel these attacks are pointless, please light a candle on your blog/site.
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