Cambrian House is a very interesting idea - crowdsourced software. Their goal is to leverage the wisdom of crowds to both receive as well as filter business ideas, code and creative content.Ken Yarmosh, Jul 2006

The GUIDE button offers you access to two channels of Cambrian House video content... SIGNAL is stuff we figure anyone would enjoy watching. Its family friendly fun. NOISE is behind-the-scenes... meetings, stand-ups, laughing, crying... talking... talking.
Frustrate an Investor - The Easy Way!
A little bit of stumbling might be understandable if you got asked out of the blue through pure serendipity. But what if you went to an investor forum and you didn't know about pre-money valuation and share price?
CBC Newsworld on Crowdfunding
With the words "Madness of Crowds", Dave Simms begins his report on crowdfunding from our Cambrian House office. Don Holmsten of FilmRiot and MJ of Cambrian House are interviewed.
OggTours by Jay wins Tournament
Live from Bangkok via live satellite feed! ...Or something like that. Jay talks about his plans for OggTours, then he and Game review the IdeaWarz process.
Don Tapscott, Author of Wikinomics
Excellent overview of how Web 2.0 is driving a business and social revolution. Since the vertically integrated organizations of the early 1900s, continually shrinking collaboration costs have lead to specialization, virtual organizations and now mass participation.
Wiimote Smash
It took us less than 24 hours after buying the Nintendo Wii to pitch a Wiimote at the wall. The first time, nothing was damaged.
WOC and POC
Or "Wisdom of Crowds" and "Participation of Crowds" if you like wasting breath. MJ outlines the broader vision of Cambrian House, and our challenges as we execute on it. Staff debates what has worked, what has not.
BattleAxe Island Postmortem
Review of Cambrian House's adventures in Second Life. Buying land! Terraforming! People beaming in looking to fight! Abandoning Second Life! This could be an excellent resource for any business feeling like they've better get into Second Life... before its too late!
David Wins RHF Naughty Wish Category
Robinhood Fund is a Cambrian House website where the granting of wishes is decided by the community. Here David Dineen-Porter has won the "Naughty Wish" category.
2007 Web 2.0 Expo Postmortem
JR and Jasmine review impact of Cambrian House's booth at Web 2.0 Expo, followed by a more detailed postmortem by MJ, and our weekly triage meeting.
MJ on Guest Lecturing at MIT
On 2007-05-14, MJ visited MIT as a guest lecturer. Professor Thomas W. Malone (author of The Future of Work). We don't have video of the presentation, but we have the next best thing: MJ regurgitating the experience!
2007 Web 2.0 Expo Home Team
While the Cambrian House away team (MJ, JR, Blue, Jaz, Gluzman) frolic in San Franciso's Web 2.0 Expo, the home team squashes bugs.
IdeaWarz - Virt. Education Gaming Institute
Game's idea, allows students to select from a number of virtual classroom game experiences designed to introduce science and social studies curriculum in a manner that is engaging, collaborative and challenging.
IdeaWarz Reid Hoffman Tournament Rnd 2
JR takes a leisurely stroll along the Cambrian House "Table of Work", asking our staff how things are going. Any answers which he deems unacceptable have been excised for your viewing pleasure.
IdeaWarz - JR vs Don Tapscott
JR is missing. All we have to remember him by is some footage of him interviewing Don Tapscott, the author of Wikinomics... and all of the awsome stuff in his locker! Dibs on JR's Dell notebook power supply! The jackals are already circling.
IdeaWarz - JR raps... as in rap music rap
JR announces the winner of Red Pig Tournament, in song. Did you know that a song is simply poetry set to music?
"The tournament is called The Pig and the color is red. Sixteen ideas, did you hear what I said?"
Only time for crappy gifts?
Wrong! Head to Prezzle.com!
Gordon needs a quick Christmas gift solution, but is almost out of time. Where can he find a gift in a hurry? A gift that won't turn him into a social leper?
Cambrian House in Review 2006
A quick look back on our history, and warm wishes to our community members, friends and family!
Except for my cousin Vinnie, a TOTAL jerk. Vinnie! If you're reading this, I've got your Christmas card RIGHT HERE buddy!
Submission to "The Startup"
Since our last video blog post, we've applied to "The Startup" an online reality show in hopes that they will profile us. This is our video submission. It includes an over view of Cambrian House business model and some of our exciting adventures... including our September pitches to VCs in San Francisco.
Genna's First Prezzle
Prezzle - The fun way to wrap online gifts! Here, Aidan shows Genna how to wrap a Prezzle.
Christine Prezzles Sarah
Christine is in a panic to get a gift to her friend before her birthday. Prezzle to the rescue!
NVA - Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki: Macintosh evangelist. Inspiration to countless entrepreneurs. Author of 8 books including, "The Art of the Start". And able to skate backwards, making him a most formidable hockey opponent! His many accomplishments have secured his induction into The National Viking Association.
TheWhiteLaptop - Guy Kawasaki
We started with a little white 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor MacBook at Cambrian House's Calgary Office. Now it is up to Guy to sign it, check it out, and pass it on to another technology rock star like him.
San Francisco Allnighter
Cambrian House visits SanFran to present Guy Kawasaki with The White Laptop and induct him into The National Viking Association. The team pulls an allnighter in preperation for meeting VCs, Guy, and a week full of conferences.
Welcome to Cambrian House
Welcome to Cambrian House. Where your ideas become reality, sandwiches go uneaten, and Anna gets repetitive strain injury after putting together all our chairs. But mostly its where your ideas become reality. Anna will help show you around!
Coke Into Space
We were going to send 50,000 liters of Mentos and Diet Coke into space. But we missed our deadline, resulting in insufficient Mentos fuel... we could have all been killed if not for MJ's quick thinking. ("Lets just drop it.")
Gwabs Trailer
Cambrian House presents the trailer to Gwabs, the new desktop to desktop combat game. The only game where you can use your task bar as a weapon.
Feeding Google
How a startup company accomplished the gargantuan feat of feeding 1000 pizzas to Google -- unannounced. It's got action, comedy, and drama... Damn you sous-chefs! See the happiest girl to ever have pizza... It will warm your heart like a pizza cooking in a wood fired oven.
CH on CBC's "The Current"
CBC Canada Radio interview - The Current with Maureen Taylor. Maureen discusses "Crowdsourcing" with guests, including Jeff Howe, Contributing Editor for Wired Magazine, Cambrian House CEO Michael J. Sikorsky, and Russell Kord, a professional stock photographer.
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