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Crowdsource(ing)101 http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com A book by those who crowdsource for those who want to posterous.com Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:25:24 -0700 We First Book Video: "We-defining Me" - @simonmainwaring http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/xyyxLdZc7aw/we-first-book-video-we-defining-me-simonmainw http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/we-first-book-video-we-defining-me-simonmainw <p> <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JZloSRGIzRc" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe></p> <p><span style="color: #4b4a4a;"><span style="line-height: 23px; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span></p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px;">Please share this video as widely as you can with everyone so we can shift the business conversation towards positive, purposeful engagement that also drive profit.</p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/We-First-Brands-Consumers-Social/dp/0230110266/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #9a312e; background-color: inherit;">Order your copy</a> of We First today. Plus order a copy for a colleague or boss that wants or needs to understand how to use social media to build their business and positive impact. Share it with a grad student who wants to get into business and build a better world. Share it with Moms and Millennials wondering how to use their daily lives to make a difference.</p> <p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/simonmainwaring">Simon Mainwaring</a> is founder of We First, a social branding consulting firm that helps companies, non-profits and individuals use social media to build communities, profits and positive impact.  Follow the movement <a href="http://simonmainwaring.com/">here</a></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/we-first-book-video-we-defining-me-simonmainw">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/we-first-book-video-we-defining-me-simonmainw#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/xyyxLdZc7aw" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/we-first-book-video-we-defining-me-simonmainw Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:40:00 -0800 Changing Education Paradigms > Divergent Thinking [VID] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/ITmYwNlrsnM/changing-education-paradigms-divergent-thinki http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/changing-education-paradigms-divergent-thinki <p> <p>Incredible animation detailing the issues with the current paradigm in education. We need to move in the opposite direction as the video shows and I couldn't agree more.  </p> <p> <object height="300" width="500"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDZFcDGpL4U?fs=1&hl=en_US" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDZFcDGpL4U?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="300" width="500"></embed> </object> </p> <p>via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/bcwright1217">[@bcwright1217]</a></p> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/changing-education-paradigms-divergent-thinki">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/changing-education-paradigms-divergent-thinki#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/ITmYwNlrsnM" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/changing-education-paradigms-divergent-thinki Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:40:00 -0800 How Open Source Might Finally Become Mainstream http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/kYhTdEOtw60/how-open-source-might-finally-become-mainstre http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/how-open-source-might-finally-become-mainstre <p> <div style="float: left;"><a href="http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/1191aaaf/mf.gif"><img src="http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/1191aaaf/mf.gif" border="no" alt="" /></a></div> <p>geegel writes "The Wall Street Journal has a very interesting article on how autocracies are now embracing open source, while at the same promoting national based IT services. The author, Evgeny Morozov, paints a bleak future of the future World Wide Web."<p />Read more of this story at Slashdot.geegel writes "The Wall Street Journal has a very interesting article on how autocracies are now embracing open source, while at the same promoting national based IT services. The author, Evgeny Morozov, paints a bleak future of the future World Wide Web."<p /><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/12/2252252/How-Open-Source-Might-Finally-Become-Mainstream?from=rss" class="link" target="_blank">Read more of this story</a><p />Original Link: <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/gjT5aVbTC60/story01.htm">http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/gjT5aVbTC60/story01.htm</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/how-open-source-might-finally-become-mainstre">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/how-open-source-might-finally-become-mainstre#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/kYhTdEOtw60" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/how-open-source-might-finally-become-mainstre Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:15:00 -0800 Real-Life Gamer Vehicles - The Rooster Teeth 'The Videogame Car' Video Tests Gameplay Mechanics (VIDEO) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/POpH8bGRBGg/real-life-gamer-vehicles-the-rooster-teeth-th http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/real-life-gamer-vehicles-the-rooster-teeth-th <p> <div style="float: left;"><a href="http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/phpthumbnails/98164_1_468.jpeg"><img src="http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/phpthumbnails/98164_1_468.jpeg" border="no" alt="" /></a></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(TrendHunter.com) This featured Rooster Teeth 'The Videogame Car' video is the first episode from their 'Immersion' series, in which they test the feasibility of traditional video game car concepts.In many games, third-person...(<a href="http://www.trendhunter.com" class="link" target="_blank">TrendHunter.com</a><p />Original Link: <a href="http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rooster-teeth-the-videogame-car">http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rooster-teeth-the-videogame-car</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/real-life-gamer-vehicles-the-rooster-teeth-th">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/real-life-gamer-vehicles-the-rooster-teeth-th#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/POpH8bGRBGg" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/real-life-gamer-vehicles-the-rooster-teeth-th Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:42:24 -0800 So you think you can solve a cosmology puzzle? Scientists challenge other scientists with a series of galaxy puzzles #crowdsourcing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/TkF29COwJ3s/so-you-think-you-can-solve-a-cosmology-puzzle http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/so-you-think-you-can-solve-a-cosmology-puzzle <p> <p>Cosmologists have come up with a new way to solve their problems. They are inviting scientists, including those from totally unrelated fields, to participate in a grand competition. The idea is to spur outside interest in one of cosmology's trickiest problems -- measuring the invisible dark matter and dark energy that permeate our universe.<p />Original Link: <a href="http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/VIOKXrmYrbY/101207210859.htm">http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/VIOKXrmYrbY/101207210859.htm</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/so-you-think-you-can-solve-a-cosmology-puzzle">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/so-you-think-you-can-solve-a-cosmology-puzzle#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/TkF29COwJ3s" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/so-you-think-you-can-solve-a-cosmology-puzzle Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:35:52 -0800 Fun is the Future: Mastering #Gamification [vid] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/-WwamIx-zHE/fun-is-the-future-mastering-gamification-vid http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/fun-is-the-future-mastering-gamification-vid <p> <p>Gabe Zichermann, author of "Game-Based Marketing", highly rated public speaker and serial entrepreneur does a fantastic job describing game mechanics like points, badges, levels, challenges, rewards and leaderboards and how they are being used in ever greater numbers. But what does this mean for "traditional" marketing & UI/UX and how do you leverage this trend in your engagement strategy? Moreover, how do we measure success, and why will every company have a Chief Engagement Officer in the next few years?</p> <p>Find out more in this in-depth discussion with Gamification Expert.</p> <p> <object height="385" width="480"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6O1gNVeaE4g?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="385" width="480"></embed> </object> </p> <p><a href="http://gamification.co/">Gamification.co</a></p> <p><a href="http://gsummit.com/">Gamification Summit</a></p> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/fun-is-the-future-mastering-gamification-vid">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/fun-is-the-future-mastering-gamification-vid#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/-WwamIx-zHE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/fun-is-the-future-mastering-gamification-vid Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:09:53 -0800 How Humour Can Help Inspire Creative Problem Solving http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/VuDsDdEtMw4/how-humour-can-help-inspire-creative-problem http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/how-humour-can-help-inspire-creative-problem <p> <div style="float: left;"><a href="http://www.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/pth/thumb_How-Humour-Can-Help-Inspire-Creative-Problem-Solving.jpg"><img src="http://www.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/pth/thumb_How-Humour-Can-Help-Inspire-Creative-Problem-Solving.jpg" border="no" align="left" alt="" /></a></div> <p>Researchers have been able to establish a link between positive mood and innovative thinking.<p />Original Link: <a href="http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/how-humour-can-help-inspire-creative-problem-solving.html">http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/how-humour-can-help-inspire-creative-problem-solving.html</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/how-humour-can-help-inspire-creative-problem">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/how-humour-can-help-inspire-creative-problem#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/VuDsDdEtMw4" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/how-humour-can-help-inspire-creative-problem Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:01:00 -0800 Sponzu.com - A New Way To Get Ideas Funded http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/pz-tuVxdkTE/sponzucom-a-new-way-to-get-ideas-funded http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/sponzucom-a-new-way-to-get-ideas-funded <p> <p>Sponzu is here to let creative people begin turning their ideas into tangible realities. The site stands as non-cash crowdfunding platform. In case you are wondering exactly what does that mean, think of the site as a spot in which people contribute by lending their time, not their money.<p /><a href="http://www.killerstartups.com/eCommerce/sponzu-com-a-new-way-to-get-ideas-funded" class="link" target="_blank">Read more</a><p />Original Link: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/killerstartups/BkQV/~3/IWSUqil499k/sponzu-com-a-new-way-to-get-ideas-funded">http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/killerstartups/BkQV/~3/IWSUqil499k/sponzu-com-a-new-way-to-get-ideas-funded</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/sponzucom-a-new-way-to-get-ideas-funded">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/sponzucom-a-new-way-to-get-ideas-funded#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/pz-tuVxdkTE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/sponzucom-a-new-way-to-get-ideas-funded Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:34:00 -0700 Informational Crowdsourcing Takes Off: digital services turn to actual humans for answers - SCIAM http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/YYG8CGdbo4o/informational-crowdsourcing-takes-off-digital http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/informational-crowdsourcing-takes-off-digital <p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=question-time">Question Time: Informational Crowdsourcing Takes Off, by David Pogue: Scientific American</a></span></p> <div style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <div>TechnoFiles | Technology See Inside Question Time: Informational Crowdsourcing Takes Off, by David Pogue</div> <p /> <div>To find the best answers, digital services are turning to actual humans By David Pogue October 6, 2010 2</div> </div> <div>Original Link: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/NewMindMirror/statuses/26714440345">http://www.twitter.com/NewMindMirror/statuses/26714440345</a></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/informational-crowdsourcing-takes-off-digital">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/informational-crowdsourcing-takes-off-digital#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/YYG8CGdbo4o" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/informational-crowdsourcing-takes-off-digital Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:48:00 -0700 Gap Already Admitting That New Logo Sorta Sucks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/-GXtkrquvgE/gap-already-admitting-that-new-logo-sorta-suc http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/gap-already-admitting-that-new-logo-sorta-suc <p> <div style="float: left;"><a href="http://consumerist.com/assets_c/2010/10/newlogo-thumb-152x70-44905.gif"><img src="http://consumerist.com/assets_c/2010/10/newlogo-thumb-152x70-44905.gif" border="no" alt="" style="padding: 5px;" /></a></div> <p>while also asking people to send in new logo ideas:<p />Thanks for everyone's input on the new logo! We've had the same logo for 20+ years, and this is just one of the things we're changing. We know this logo created a lot of buzz and we're thrilled to see passionate debates unfolding! So much so we're asking you to share your designs. We love our version, but we'd like to see other ideas. Stay tuned for details in the next few days on this crowd sourcing project.<p />The folks at Brandchannel.com are hypothesizing that the crappy new logo was possibly just a stunt to draw some attention to The Gap. "And the whole logo 'redesign' was meant to drum up media attention so Gap could engage consumers in another PR stunt to redesign its logo?" asks the site. "We smell a contest in the near future. Free khakis for life?"<p />What do you think -- crappy design work or savvy PR stunt? (Or maybe it's a crappy PR stunt?)<p /><a href="http://consumerist.com/2010/10/new-gap-logo-next-tropicana-style-redesign-flop.html" class="link" target="_blank">Gap Logo Redesign a Stunt? Joke is on Brand</a><p />Original Link: <a href="http://consumerist.com/2010/10/gap-already-admitting-that-new-logo-sorta-sucks.html">http://consumerist.com/2010/10/gap-already-admitting-that-new-logo-sorta-sucks.html</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/gap-already-admitting-that-new-logo-sorta-suc">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/gap-already-admitting-that-new-logo-sorta-suc#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/-GXtkrquvgE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/gap-already-admitting-that-new-logo-sorta-suc Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:07:00 -0700 GAP decides to open logo design to the crowd http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/fYPUglUIzeA/super-smart-rt-grahamfurlong-gap-decides-to-o http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/super-smart-rt-grahamfurlong-gap-decides-to-o <p> <blockquote> <p><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #333333;"> </span></p><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="font-size: 13px; color: #333333; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="UIStory_Message">Thanks for everyone’s input on the new logo! We’ve had the same logo for 20+ years, and this is just one of the things we’re changing. We know this logo created a lot of buzz and we’re thrilled to see passionate debates unfolding! So much so we’re asking you to share your designs. We love our version, but we’d like to<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> see other ideas. Stay tuned for details in the next few days on this crowd sourcing project.</span></span></h3> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/249vgb8" class="link" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/249vgb8</a><p />Original Link: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jtwinsor/statuses/26619709644">http://www.twitter.com/jtwinsor/statuses/26619709644</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/super-smart-rt-grahamfurlong-gap-decides-to-o">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/super-smart-rt-grahamfurlong-gap-decides-to-o#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/fYPUglUIzeA" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/super-smart-rt-grahamfurlong-gap-decides-to-o Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:46:00 -0700 Open Information, Government And Collaboration http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/H48hTzVRyF0/open-information-government-and-collaboration http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/open-information-government-and-collaboration <p> <p>New York State's Chief Information Officer, Andrew Hoppin, explains Andrew Cuomo's new OpenNY Plan.</p> <ol> <li> <blockquote>Open Information, a commitment to proactively publishing a massive trove of government data online on a central website; think of this as the <a href="http://data.gov/" style="color: #663399; text-decoration: none;">Data.gov</a> of New York;</blockquote> </li> <li> <blockquote>Open Government for Performance, a commitment to make the State’s budget and spending (including contracts, grants and subsidies) more transparent and intuitive online; think of this as <a href="http://usaspending.gov/" style="color: #663399; text-decoration: none;">usaspending.gov</a> for New York.</blockquote> </li> <li> <blockquote>Open Collaboration, a commitment to engage New Yorkers hands-on, online in the process of governing, including through expanded us of social media; this could be a combination of efforts like <a href="http://challenge.gov/" style="color: #663399; text-decoration: none;">Challenge.gov</a>, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/OpenForQuestions/" style="color: #663399; text-decoration: none;">Open For Questions</a>, and effective cross-Agency use of the major <a href="http://facebook.com/" style="color: #663399; text-decoration: none;">social</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/" style="color: #663399; text-decoration: none;">networking</a> <a href="http://youtube.com/" style="color: #663399; text-decoration: none;">platforms</a>.</blockquote> </li> </ol> <p><br />Original Link: <a href="http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/open-information-government-and-collaboration-in-new-york.html">http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/open-information-government-and-collaboration-in-new-york.html</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/open-information-government-and-collaboration">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/open-information-government-and-collaboration#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/H48hTzVRyF0" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/open-information-government-and-collaboration Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:36:00 -0700 World Bank Opens More Datasets, Challenges Developers to Build Apps http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/0We55QHjnGI/world-bank-opens-more-datasets-challenges-dev http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/world-bank-opens-more-datasets-challenges-dev <p> <div style="float: left;"><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/worldbank.jpg"><img src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/worldbank.jpg" border="no" alt="" /></a></div> <p>As part of its 2010 Annual Meeting, to be held October 7 and 8, the World Bank is making several announcements that point to the organization's support in open data and what it calls an "open development agenda." The World Bank is increasing the number of datasets it makes available. And it is also announcing its first worldwide app-building challenge Apps for Development. <p />The challenge is designed to crowdsource solutions for the World Bank's 8 Millennium Development Goals - goals like eradicating poverty and hunger and achieving universal primary education. The challenge is calling for apps to be built using the World Bank Data Catalog, in a move that hopes that by opening access to this data, that developers, researchers, and local governments and organizations will be able to better tackle social, economic, and environmental problems.<p />"Two years ago we were cautious about even providing an API to outside audiences," says World Bank Web Program Lead Nicole Frost. "Here we are, two years later, giving away all of our data, not only to Google but to other partners as well, and now it's part of our strategic vision - that's a huge shift. We've definitely changed how we think and how we operate." <br />DiscussAs part of its 2010 Annual Meeting, to be held October 7 and 8, the <a href="http://worldbank.org/" class="link" target="_blank">World Bank</a> is making several announcements that point to the organization's support in open data and what it calls an "open development agenda." The World Bank is increasing the number of datasets it makes available. And it is also announcing its first worldwide app-building challenge <a href="http://www.worldbank.org/appsfordevelopment " class="link" target="_blank">Apps for Development</a>. <p />The challenge is designed to crowdsource solutions for the World Bank's 8 Millennium Development Goals - goals like eradicating poverty and hunger and achieving universal primary education. The challenge is calling for apps to be built using the <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/" class="link" target="_blank">World Bank Data Catalog</a>, in a move that hopes that by opening access to this data, that developers, researchers, and local governments and organizations will be able to better tackle social, economic, and environmental problems. <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/world_bank_opens_more_datasets_challenges_develope.php#comments-open" class="link" target="_blank">Discuss</a><br /> <p />Original Link: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/hpflz3faK2I/world_bank_opens_more_datasets_challenges_develope.php">http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/hpflz3faK2I/world_bank_opens_more_datasets_challenges_develope.php</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/world-bank-opens-more-datasets-challenges-dev">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/world-bank-opens-more-datasets-challenges-dev#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/0We55QHjnGI" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/world-bank-opens-more-datasets-challenges-dev Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:28:00 -0700 'Truthy' web site to search, identify smear tactics, Twitter-bombs through election runup http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/dLTOmxj-ZOw/truthy-web-site-to-search-identify-smear-tact http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/truthy-web-site-to-search-identify-smear-tact <p> <blockquote style="padding: 5px 15px; font-style: italic; background-color: lemonchiffon; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mike M Wrote:</span><br />Crowdsourcing "Truthiness" Colbert would be proud!</blockquote> <hr /> <p>Astroturfers, Twitter-bombers and smear campaigners need beware this election season as a group of leading Indiana University information and computer scientists today unleashed Truthy.indiana.edu, a sophisticated new Twitter-based research tool that combines data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing to uncover deceptive tactics and misinformation leading up to the Nov. 2 elections.<p />Original Link: <a href="http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/gdTqOMA-FNg/100928122612.htm">http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/gdTqOMA-FNg/100928122612.htm</a></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.my6sense.com">my6sense</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/truthy-web-site-to-search-identify-smear-tact">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/truthy-web-site-to-search-identify-smear-tact#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/dLTOmxj-ZOw" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/truthy-web-site-to-search-identify-smear-tact Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:39:00 -0800 TEDTalks : Robert Wright: The evolution of compassion - Robert Wright (2009) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/ydy5Nbe-IZw/tedtalks-robert-wright-the-evolution-of-compa http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-robert-wright-the-evolution-of-compa <p> <div style="margin: 0px 10px; overflow: auto; font-family: sans-serif;"> <h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0;"> </h2><div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~3/7VSWYmQL0nA/679">TEDTalks : Robert Wright: The evolution of compassion - Robert Wright (2009)</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;">via <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/browse" class="f">TEDTalks (video)</a> on 10/31/09</div> <br style="display: none;" /> Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule ("Do unto others..."), why we sometimes ignore it and why there’s hope that, in the near future, we might all have the compassion to follow it.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/7VSWYmQL0nA" height="1" alt="" width="1" /></div> <p> <object height="326" width="446"> <param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/RobertWright_2009P-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/RobertWright-2009P.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=679&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=robert_wright_the_evolution_of_compassion;year=2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=the_charter_for_compassion;event=TEDSalon+2009%3A+Compassion;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="326" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/RobertWright_2009P-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/RobertWright-2009P.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=679&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=robert_wright_the_evolution_of_compassion;year=2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=the_charter_for_compassion;event=TEDSalon+2009%3A+Compassion;" width="446"></embed> </object> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-robert-wright-the-evolution-of-compa">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-robert-wright-the-evolution-of-compa#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/ydy5Nbe-IZw" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-robert-wright-the-evolution-of-compa Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:27:25 -0700 Sneaky card looks fun [Pharyngula] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/Lf3fJLE8RTM/sneaky-card-looks-fun-pharyngula http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/sneaky-card-looks-fun-pharyngula <p> Game involves you, in real life, drafting new recruits and reverse pickpocketing. You are the platform!<p /> <p /> <p /> <div style="font-family: sans-serif; overflow: auto; margin: 0px 10px;"><h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0;" /><div class=""><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/SFBuiIhxD38/sneaky_card_looks_fun.php">Sneaky card looks fun [Pharyngula]</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;">via <a href="http://www.scienceblogs.com" class="f">ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed</a> by PZ Myers <a href="mailto:none@example.com">none@example.com</a> on 10/24/09</div><br style="display: none;" /> <p>Especially since the designer turned the description into a humanist manifesto!</p> <div><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zqdGACoRC2o&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="never" height="295" width="480"></embed></div> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/10/sneaky_card_looks_fun.php#commentsArea?utm_source=combinedfeed&utm_medium=rss">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~4/SFBuiIhxD38" height="1" width="1" /></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/sneaky-card-looks-fun-pharyngula">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/sneaky-card-looks-fun-pharyngula#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/Lf3fJLE8RTM" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/sneaky-card-looks-fun-pharyngula Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:14:00 -0700 TEDTalks : Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors - Itay Talgam (2009) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/SwPKyjfLjs4/tedtalks-itay-talgam-lead-like-the-great-cond http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-itay-talgam-lead-like-the-great-cond <p> <div style="margin: 0px 10px; overflow: auto; font-family: sans-serif;">An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/AcAV8SoC_FI" height="1" alt="" width="1" /></div> <p /> <div style="margin: 0px 10px; overflow: auto; font-family: sans-serif;"><a href="http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/ItayTalgam_2009G.mp4">http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/ItayTalgam_2009G.mp4</a></div> <p /> <div style="margin: 0px 10px; overflow: auto; font-family: sans-serif;"> <p /> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;">via <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/browse" class="f">TEDTalks (video)</a> on 10/20/09</div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-itay-talgam-lead-like-the-great-cond">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-itay-talgam-lead-like-the-great-cond#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/SwPKyjfLjs4" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-itay-talgam-lead-like-the-great-cond Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:18:00 -0700 TEDTalks : Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see - Beau Lotto (2009) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/5rfigtVnLiA/tedtalks-beau-lotto-optical-illusions-show-ho http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-beau-lotto-optical-illusions-show-ho <p> <div style="margin: 0px 10px; overflow: auto; font-family: sans-serif;"> <h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0;"> </h2><div><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~3/SxVQyMKNukg/653">TEDTalks : Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see - Beau Lotto (2009)</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;">via <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/browse" class="f">TEDTalks (video)</a> on 10/8/09</div> <br style="display: none;" /> Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's really out there.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/SxVQyMKNukg" height="1" alt="" width="1" /></div> <p /> <p /> <p> <object height="326" width="446"> <param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/BeauLotto_2009G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/BeauLotto-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=653&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see;year=2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=art_unusual;theme=evolution_s_genius;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=speaking_at_tedglobal2009;event=TEDGlobal+2009;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="326" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/BeauLotto_2009G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/BeauLotto-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=653&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see;year=2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=art_unusual;theme=evolution_s_genius;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=speaking_at_tedglobal2009;event=TEDGlobal+2009;" width="446"></embed> </object> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-beau-lotto-optical-illusions-show-ho">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-beau-lotto-optical-illusions-show-ho#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/5rfigtVnLiA" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-beau-lotto-optical-illusions-show-ho Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:04:56 -0700 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind -- Why open crowdsourcing yields solutions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/LHv_ZSWsROc/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind-why-open-crowd http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind-why-open-crowd <p> You never know where the best ideas are going to come from and it just might surprise you when the those trump the most "educated".<p /> <p /> <p /> <div style="font-family: sans-serif; overflow: auto; margin: 0px 10px;"><h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0;" /><div class=""><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/LgUhLCCZmSA/the-boy-who-harnesse.html">The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind -- fantastic new book about a how a Malawian teenager harnessed the power of the wind</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;">via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/" class="f">Boing Boing</a> by Mark Frauenfelder on 9/29/09</div><br style="display: none;" /> <embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/arD374MFk4w&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="never" height="405" width="500"></embed> <br /><p> I reviewed <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061730327/boingboing">The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind</a> for <a href="http://www.good.is/post/african-dynamo/">Good</a>. I think it's one of the best books I've ever read. Here's an excerpt of my review: </p><blockquote>William Kamkwamba’s parents couldn’t afford the $80 yearly tuition for their son’s school. The boy sneaked into the classroom anyway, dodging administrators for a few weeks until they caught him. Still emaciated from the recent deadly famine that had killed friends and neighbors, he went back to work on his family’s corn and tobacco farm in rural Malawi, Africa. <p>With no hope of getting the funds to go back to school, William continued his education by teaching himself, borrowing books from the small library at the elementary school in his village. One day, when William was 14, he went to the library searching for an English-Chichewa dictionary to find out what the English word “grapes” meant, and came across a fifth-grade science book called <em>Using Energy</em>. Describing this moment in his autobiography, <em>The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind</em> (co-written with Bryan Mealer), William wrote, “The book has since changed my life.” </p><p><em>Using Energy</em> described how windmills could be used to generate electricity. Only two percent of Malawians have electricity, and the service is notoriously unreliable. William decided an electric windmill was something he wanted to make. Illuminating his house and the other houses in his village would mean that people could read at night after work. A windmill to pump water would mean that they could grow two crops a year rather than one, grow vegetable gardens, and not have to spend two hours a day hauling water. “A windmill meant more than just power,” he wrote, “it was freedom.” </p><p>For an educated adult living in a developed nation, designing and building a wind turbine that generates electricity is something to be proud of. For a half-starved, uneducated boy living in a country plagued with drought, famine, poverty, disease, a cruelly corrupt government, crippling superstitions, and low expectations, it’s another thing altogether. It’s nothing short of monumental. </p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.good.is/post/african-dynamo/">Read the rest of my review at GOOD</a>. </p><p><em>(It was very exciting to read that William's favorite magazine is <a href="http://makezine.com/">Make</a>!)</em> <p /> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e3a58ad154b95e9f51bef06a4b8045bf&p=1"><img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e3a58ad154b95e9f51bef06a4b8045bf&p=1" border="0" alt="" style="border: 0;" /></a> <img src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226" border="0" height="0" alt="" width="0" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~4/LgUhLCCZmSA" height="1" width="1" /></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind-why-open-crowd">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind-why-open-crowd#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/LHv_ZSWsROc" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind-why-open-crowd Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:24:54 -0700 TEDTalks : Tim Brown urges designers to think big - Tim Brown (2009) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~3/nm1FYc5HsQI/tedtalks-tim-brown-urges-designers-to-think-b http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-tim-brown-urges-designers-to-think-b <p> <div style="font-family: sans-serif; overflow: auto; margin: 0px 10px;"><h2 style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0;" /><div class=""><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~3/xT05bpfn0VI/646">TEDTalks : Tim Brown urges designers to think big - Tim Brown (2009)</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;">via <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/browse" class="f">TEDTalks (video)</a> on 9/29/09</div><br style="display: none;" /> Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects -- even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has a bigger role to play. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory "design thinking."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~4/xT05bpfn0VI" height="1" width="1" /></div> </p> <p><a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-tim-brown-urges-designers-to-think-b">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-tim-brown-urges-designers-to-think-b#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Crowdsourceing101/~4/nm1FYc5HsQI" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1118942/Laseres.png http://posterous.com/users/1bdbwAup5GV Mike Martoccia @mmartoccia Mike Martoccia http://crowdsourcing101.posterous.com/tedtalks-tim-brown-urges-designers-to-think-b