Right! I’m getting fed up now of not having brilliant ideas spring into my head instantly!

I have a starting point for my project but cant seem to form it into any decent idea! My starting point is my dissertation subject, this will be the thesis for the project. I have a strong and focused idea for my dissertation but I cant form it into a project idea.

Open source’ technologies are transforming the way we use and interact with the web with many social networking sites thriving off mass collaboration and also making millions for the site owners from user generated content. ‘Open source’ technology is also playing a massive role in transforming scientific practices, business, the economy and politics.

Businesses today are adapting their business model to accommodate emerging technologies such as ‘open source’. With sites like YouTube and MySpace founding a new form of business that has emerged from mass collaboration and user generated content termed ‘wikinomics’. This new ‘open source’ business model has replaced traditional forms of teamwork with “collaborations on an astronomical scale” (Tapscott, 2006). There is also a theory that one day these technologies could assist in the prevention of famine, disease and global warming. (West, 2007)

Watch this space…