Start Coolfarming?!

In Coolfarming, you’ll discover how to grow your own trends by creating an environment where COINs flourish; then—once a product has become established—extend the creative pool into a Collaborative Learning Network, or CLN, whereby a targeted group of interested people are brought in to learn the basics of the product, make suggestions for improvements, point out deficiencies, and push the idea forward.

When this feedback gets incorporated, things get really interesting, expanding the process further outward to a Collaborative Interest Network (CIN) that encompasses thousands or even millions of users, building what hopefully turns into a loyal fan base…and virtually guaranteeing the success of the idea

Do people really buy this? "Coolhunting was bad enough, but Coolfarming?!
This sounds to me like another misguided attempt to harness networks and collaborative creativity to make something viral. Beyond identifying trends, as in coolhunting, this book promises to show how to develop trends, from the ground up.
Sucker born every minute, and that.

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My name is Dino Demopoulos (@chroma), welcome!

Currently Head of Planning at MacLaren in Toronto.
Previously world-travelling DJ, remixer, music producer and record label owner.
And a journalist, digital content creator, publisher and entrepreneur.

I also am pretty passionate about new ideas and change, and have a restless drive to discover new ways of doing things, and nudging culture forward. I did this as a producer, label owner and DJ in the world of club culture, and I now apply the many things I learned there to the world of planning and marketing.

I have been immersed in many aspects of digital culture for over twenty years as a music producer/remixer, international DJ, label owner, web video content creator and editor, community builder, writer and interactive media professional in both media and creative agencies.

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