My first time – Establishing a platform for budding innovators 我們的第一次 建立素人創作平台

September 2010 saw the establishment of the ideas magazine Streaming Innovation Group (SIG), to provide a platform for innovative concepts and for the discussion of innovation-related issues. Meeting once a month, SIG seeks to pick the brains of the experts from many different fields who take part. By creating links to the Facegroup fan group sites of leading figures such as appWorks Ventures founder James Lin and “Mr.6” (Liu Wei-Lin), SIG has succeeded in building an impressive platform for integrating the virtual with the physical. To mark the third anniversary of the founding ideas magazine, the combined capabilities of a group of more than 100 experts, nearly 1,000 budding innovators and digital content creators, and around one million Internet users, are being exploited to come up with more exciting ideas.
去年9月,《創新發現誌(ideas)》SIG(Streaming Innovation Group)成立,提供創意發想及議題創造的實體平台,每個月一次的聚會,將與會跨領域專家的點子全淘出來。再透過與包括之初創投林之晨、Mr.6等知名Facebook粉絲團的連結,產生巨大虛實整合的議題創作平台。此次在《創新發現誌(ideas)》三週年之際,集結了上百位的專家、近千位素人及數位內容生產者及百萬網民的豐沛能量,再一次定點引爆。

As a part of the media itself, ideas is constantly pondering the question of what “the media” actually is. In reality, as a result of the trend towards digital convergence, the media is no longer the media that we are familiar with from the past. ideas itself has already undergone a process of rebirth and comprehensive transformation that reflects this media revolution. The platform provided by ideas makes it possible for a wide range of different voices to be heard, thereby attracting attention to a wider range of issues, which in turn helps to encourage budding innovators, contributes to the growth of a new category of grassroots economic activity, and stimulates interdisciplinary collaboration. All of the items noted above just methods; there is just one shared objective, which is to enhance Taiwan’s “soft power” and help give Taiwanese industry the power and energy it needs to transform itself.
身為傳播媒體的一員,《創新發現誌(ideas)》不斷在思考,媒體到底是什麼?事實上,在數位匯流的洪潮下,媒體已不像媒體,身為平面媒體的《創新發現誌(ideas)》也已徹底在媒體的大革命中溶解再生。在ideas平台上,讓不同的多元意見發聲;創造更多、更廣的議題;成就更多素人創造;造就更多的庶民經濟並促成更多跨領域合作。以上種種,都只是手段,目的只有一個,那就是:讓台灣的軟實力具體呈現,產業就此得到一股翻轉的力量。

This is the thinking behind the “ideas Stars” competition. Although there was no prize money on offer, the competition attracted 181 creative entries within the space of less than two weeks. There were four categories: video, graphics, text, and three-dimensional creations. The entrants themselves ranged in age from 8 to 50. A total of 23 works were selected as “ideas Stars” with the potential for real success in the future.
於是乎,「ideas之星」甄選活動成形,活動並沒有提供任何獎金,但在短短二周不到的截止時間內,有181件創意作品投件,分為影音、圖片、文字及實體創作,創作家從8歲到50歲都有。最後評選出23件作品,成為今年的ideas之星,走上素人創作的超級星光大道。