Bright Ideas Brilliant Minds - A Hub for Exploring Creativity & Human Potential
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Explore hundreds of useful sites for new ideas, innovations, and inventions that make life a little better.
Discover top resources for communications, data, design, education, philanthropy, social media, and technology.
Follow the most popular Idea Streams for creative inspiration and tap into the social media buzzscape.
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Video Streams
The Big Picture Show
Interesting points of view
Book Recommendations
Brilliant Books for Bright Ideas
Recommended reading for creative inspiration
Top books to stimulate your creative juices, increase awareness and enhance productivity.
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premi more...1 point
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Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain (Hacks) by Tom Stafford
A collection of experiments, tricks, & more...0 points
Web Tools & Services
shared resources
Coolhunting Bank
Tracking emerging trends & styles
Sites for fashion trends, innovative design and style.
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Gadgets NewsFix | Addictomatic
Addict-o-matic searches the best live sites on the more...1 point
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Trendguide.com
An open-source lifestyle trend database with ranki more...0 points
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Amazon Deals at DealScans
The best Amazon Deals and price drops recently fou more...0 points
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thecoolhunter.net
Covers happening movements, styles and trends in g more...0 points
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Teen Lab at Alcatel-Lucent
The Teen Lab is an innovative primary research pro more...0 points
Creativity Tools Bank
Services and tools to assist creative work and the generation of ideas.
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Oblique Strategies
Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies card set reimplemen more...0 points
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Wikipedia - Creativity techniques
An overview of problem-solving techniques with rel more...0 points
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Lexical FreeNet
A search engine for relationships between words, c more...0 points
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ConceptShare
Interactively share and review designs over the we more...0 points
Crowdsourcing Bank
Services connecting businesses & workers
Online services for sourcing independent workers and job offers.
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crowdSPRING - Global marketplace for logo design, business card design, graphic design and website design
Creatives worldwide contribute designs for your pr more...0 points
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Elance - Outsourcing
Outsourcing to Freelance programmers, copywriters, more...0 points
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oDesk - Outsource to Freelancers, IT Companies, Programmers, Web Designers
A global service marketplace for small and medium more...0 points
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ScriptLance.com Custom Freelance Programming. Outsource web projects to programmers and designers.
Outsource your projects to freelance programmers a more...0 points
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Guru.com - Find freelancers at the world's largest online service marketplace.
A free service that helps you find freelancers, ge more...0 points
Data Bank
Databases & knowledge collections
Resources for exploring and sharing all kinds of statistical and factual data.
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Data360 - A Wiki for Data
Offers a common and shared database, which any per more...0 points
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Ohloh, the open source network
Ohloh is an open source directory that anyone can more...0 points
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data.gov.uk | Opening up government
A network for re-useable government data that allo more...0 points
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Factual - Access & Build Upon Living Data
A platform where anyone can share and mash open, l more...0 points
Environmental Bank
Ecological concerns & green issues
Resources focusing on environmental issues, green news, and climate change.
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The Environment Lensography
A lensography of the best lenses about pollution, more...1 point
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TreeHugger
A one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and pro more...0 points
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New Scientist Environment
International news, ideas and innovations.0 points
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Breathing Earth
A visual, real-time simulation of the CO2 emission more...0 points
FOSS Bank
Free and Open Source Software
Open Source software collections and free software distributors.
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Wikipedia - Free and open source software
Background information and links to FOSS resources more...0 points
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NOSI - NonProfit Open Source Initiative
Bridging the gap between the nonprofit and open so more...0 points
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Aspiration | Better Tools for a Better World
Connects nonprofits to software solutions that hel more...0 points
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Ohloh, the open source network
An open source directory that anyone can edit. Fea more...0 points
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Open Source Alternative
Recommends open source software alternatives to co more...0 points
Gadgets Bank
Recommended gadgets found on Amazon
Cast your votes for the coolest gadgets on Amazon. Share favorite products and learn more about this widget at the Gadgetzon lens.
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SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB MP3 Player
Digital media player, FM radio, voice recorder. Fl more...1 point
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Archos 705 Wi-Fi Portable Media Player (160 GB)
Wireless portable media player with 7" Touch more...1 point
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Cube World Series 1: Slim & Scoop
CUBEWORLD SERIES #1 (SLIM &amp more...0 points
Human Intelligence Bank
Mind-body insights & developments
Resources for exploring human intelligence, consciousness, psychology and related fields.
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Lumosity - Brain Fitness and Memory Improvement
Scientifically designed brain training program imp more...0 points
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Genius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Collaborative knowledge base.0 points
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MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
CCI's basic research question is: How can people a more...0 points
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Bruce Eisner's Vision Thing
Eclectic mix of consciousness, psychedelics, news, more...0 points
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CBS News, TIME Partner For Brain Series
A five-part series of short articles exploring the more...0 points
Ideas Bank
Innovations & inspiration
Resources for exploring fresh ideas, projects and innovations.
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Springwise
New business ideas for entrepreneurial minds.1 point
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Top 50 Things To Do To Stop Global Warming
List of 50 things that everybody should do to help more...1 point
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SomeRightsReserved : Digital Downloads & Stuff
Download digital blueprints to design, art, music more...1 point
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Global : Ideas : Bank
The Global Ideas Bank contains over 4,000 edited b more...0 points
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Ideas by Creativity Pool
A free database with new ideas and possible invent more...0 points
Imaginary Masterminds
Creative thinkers & trendspotters
A growing collection of interesting ideas from creative people. Exploring the Internet, creativity, longtail economics, open culture, copyright issues, and future media trends. Video playlist at Youtube/DISSmedia
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How To Be Creative by Hugh MacLeod
MacLeod highlights the value of authenticity and h more...1 point
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How to Become a Creative Genius - Lifehack.org
Six tips for expanding your creativity.0 points
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David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists and Megastars
Today's artists have surprising new ways to reach more...0 points
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Kevin Kelly -- Better Than Free
Eight things that are better than free.0 points
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Seth's Blog: The Live Music Talk
Seth Godin's thoughts on the future of the music b more...0 points
Media Filter Bank
Audio & video websites
Resources that aggregate, curate, filter, and share media works.
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Throw away your TV Video Archive
Highlights informative, educational and cultural v more...0 points
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Whats New at the Internet Archive
Team blog highlighting items from the Movies, Audi more...0 points
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University Channel - Webstreams
A collection of university lectures, panels, and c more...0 points
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Open Culture: Smart Talks - Leading Thinkers in Multi-Media
Provides direct access to audio and video presenta more...0 points
Open Education Bank
Open learning & free courses
Institutions and associated organisations offering free educational courses and tutorials (OCW).
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Social Network for eLearning - Free Online Courses | schooX
schooX is a Social Network for eLearning and Knowl more...3 points
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Internet Archive: Open Educational Resources (Beta)
A collection of educational content including cour more...1 point
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Netcohort Institute
Peer to Peer Education - The Netcohort Institute w more...1 point
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Bastiat Free University - student directed learning for visionaries
Starting before kindergarten, college degrees are more...1 point
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MIT OpenCourseWare
A free and open educational resource (OER) for edu more...0 points
Philanthropy Bank
Fundraising for charitable causes
Resources for charitable causes, fund raising activities, human welfare, human rights, volunteering, sponsorship, giving and benevolent activities.
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How To Raise Money For Charity
Raising money to support your favorite cause is a more...1 point
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TFSR - Tools for Self Reliance
Works with local organisations in poor African cou more...0 points
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The 59 Smartest Orgs Online
The 59 smartest nonprofit organizations online tod more...0 points
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Ninemillion.org
A UN Refugee Agency led campaign to raise awarenes more...0 points
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Jikolp.com - Donate to Charity Just by Searching the Web!
A google powered search where 50% of all revenue g more...0 points
Questions & Answers Bank
Finding direct solutions to problems
Community driven resources for asking and finding answers to questions.
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Yahoo! Answers: Get answers, ask questions, find information
Yahoo! Answers is a new way to find and share info more...0 points
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Ask MetaFilter | Community Weblog
Questions and answers area of the Metafilter commu more...0 points
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Live QnA: Home
Microsoft's question-and-answer site.0 points
Tech Labs Bank
Internet technology projects
Tech research and development projects.
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Google Labs
Google's technology playground showcases ideas tha more...0 points
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Mashable! Labs
Social networking 2.0 developments and analysis.0 points
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del.icio.us labs
Bookmarked pages tagged with "labs".0 points
Webware Bank
Cloud applications & tools
Web-based applications, web mashups, and online tools.
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List of White Label (Applications you can Rebrand) Social Networking Platforms
Social Networking platforms or suites that you cou more...0 points
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Webware: Cool Web apps for everyone
A site where computer users can learn about new an more...0 points
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Ning - create your own social networks
An online service where you can create, customize, more...0 points
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10 Web Apps To Build The Next Big Thing Without Writing Any Code
SitePoint's 10 solutions which range from common, more...0 points
Idea Streams
innovations, lifehacks, products
Ideas in the Blogosphere
Commentary focusing on ideas & innovations
- Tenuous funding ideas highlight state budget proposal
- The provisions, including some ideas initially pushed by the Jindal administration, were used by the Senate Finance Committee this week to piece together its version of next year's more than $25 billion operating budget and reverse some House-backed ...
- Tim Cook: Apple will show off 'cool ideas' for Siri in coming months
- But he hinted that Apple is nowhere near done with its development, stating the company has "some cool ideas about what Siri can do." "I think Siri has proven that voice is something people want to do," he said in an interview at the D10 conference on ...
- Turning Ideas Into Businesses On Etsy
- Have you ever had an idea that you wanted to sell something but didn't know if you had the time to make it work? There is a small website, Etsy, that is allowing do-it-yourselfers to sell in their free time. Some people in the Heartland are using the ...
- My 5 Best Investment Ideas
- There are dozens of bargains out there at the moment, and personally, I am bubbling with investment ideas. If only I had the spare cash to buy into them! For anyone who is just thinking about starting out as an investor, this is the ideal time to build ...
Amazon for Innovations
Delicious Lifehacks
Popular productivity tips.
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Reader Tools
Kindle, free texts, self-publishing
Free E-Books & Text Publishing Tools
Download books or publish your own works
YouPublish - Allows you to share and sell your own creative works online. Discover new and free creative works.
100 Awesome Search Engines for Bibliophiles Useful resources for book lovers.
100+ Sources for Free-As-In-Beer Books & Texts Online
A Beginners Guide to Ebooks
E-book Reader Matrix - Comparison table of current e-book readers.
Free eBooks Blog
Free Kindle Books and Free EBooks Online
Wikipedia: E-book - General information and useful links.
LaterLoop + Kindle = Awesome - A handy way to save and read web texts on your Kindle reader.
Amazon Kindle - Amazon's innovative wireless reading device and accessories.
Creative Commons News
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yano_jl
Nov 3, 2011 @ 2:37 pm | delete
- I followed your link to Freebase (shared data). Wow, what a cool idea. I think sharing data like this is the next logical step after the web honeymoon for sharing minutia wanes. Thank you for sharing.
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ksenova
Nov 27, 2010 @ 3:07 pm | delete
- I like the idea of your lens. Does it work well for you?
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JaguarJulie Oct 24, 2009 @ 9:14 am | delete
- Wow! My dear, this is quite an amazing resource -- don't know why it has taken me far too long to find your lens. Well done.
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Jack_Bergstrand
Aug 13, 2009 @ 10:10 pm | delete
- Great lens! You've amassed a wealth of information and resources here. I'd love for you to visit my lens and say hello when you get the chance.
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DavidHolmes Jul 5, 2009 @ 3:41 pm | delete
- @switch: I've changed the link as requested, thanks for the update.
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