There’s a lot of emerging interest these days in crowdsourcing.
Some hate it, some love it … one thing is for sure — it is not going away!
Just a few ‘hits’ …
[] Savvy Grads Bring Extra Edge to Intense Entry-Level Job Market
[] Sony – engaging untapped audience through crowdsourcing
[] Crowdsourcing Continues to Aid in Solving Crimes
[] What If Everyone on Twitter Read the Same Book?
[] 2011 NFL Mock Draft Grades to be Crowdsourced
[] Can Crowdsourcing Make Any Dream Come True?
[] Practical Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding
[] DARPA UAVforge Crowdsourcing Challenge
[] Looking to the Crowd for Answers
[] Welcome to the mobile age. . .
Is crowdsourcing the next wave?
Crowdsourcing Continues to Aid in Solving Crimes
The use of crowdsourcing as a tool to help solve crimes continues to grow as law enforcement agencies discover the benefits of tapping the wisdom of the crowd. In essence the crowd itself gets to play hero and detective in a variety of instances.
Full story : The Daily Crowdsource
Looking to the Crowd for Answers
But if the premise of the project is interesting, has very defined goals and does not disclose proprietary information, you might think about crowdsourcing it. Crowdsourcing is a slightly different approach for businesses to outsource work. Full story : Technorati
Can Crowdsourcing Make Any Dream Come True?
It’s an interesting experiment in crowdsourced social good. After registering, anybody can post a wish for anything, whether it’s for a positive goal like sending a terminally ill child to camp or simply asking for help with rent. Full story : Mashable
What If Everyone on Twitter Read the Same Book?
Now Jeff Howe, the author and journalism professor who coined the term ’crowdsourcing,’ wants to take that a step further and use Twitter to create the world’s largest virtual book-reading club. Howe is partnering with The Atlantic magazine Full story : GigaOm
2011 NFL Mock Draft Grades to be Crowdsourced
A good example of how crowdsourcing is being used in this fashion is the recent exercise with the Denver Broncos. Their first round of the NFL mock draft was at 7:48am April 29, 2011. Polls show that the Broncos received a ’B-plus’ from the viewers Full story : The Daily Crowdsource
DARPA UAVforge Crowdsourcing Challenge
The Defense Advanced Research Projet Agency (DARPA) has announced a new challenge, called UAVforge, which aims to improve the capabilities of small UAVs through crowdsourcing. The goal is to build and test a user-intuitive, backpack-portable UAV Full story : Robots.net
Sony – engaging untapped audience through crowdsourcing
Sony’s solution was an exciting crowdsourcing project called open planet ideas “Imagine if’” are two inspiring words that have the power to bring about real change, according to technology company Sony — Full story : The Guardian
Savvy Grads Bring Extra Edge to Intense Entry-Level Job Market
One trend among ambitious students is participation in crowdsourcing programs, allowing busy but tenacious Millennials a chance to contribute to companies looking to connect with the digital generation. Full story : PR Newswire
Welcome to the mobile age
sees the crowd sourcing of intelligence as a way to solve the most complex global problems. In the following Q&A with The Mark, he talks about his vision. THE MARK: What will be the next big technological innovation to change society? Full story : Vancouver Sun
And that’s just the beginning …
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