Crowdsourcing
I love new words :)
Crowdsourcing is a term I have come across quite a bit recently. According to Wikipedia it was coined by the editors of Wired magazine last year. There is much of a muchness between the Crowdsourcing and open source ideals, but you can find out more about the term here here.
here’s two very cool croudsourcing projects I have come across:
1/ A Swarm of Angels – their aim is to make the world’s first Internet-funded, crewed and distributed feature film. The collaborative project aims to attract 50,000 individual subscribers (the "Swarm of Angels"), each contributing £25 to the production. ‘Angels’ can contribute to the film from early production stages right through to distribution
2/ Assignment Zero – They are writing a story about croudsourcing (in particular the growing trend in Internet usage, and the current and future effect this will have on journalism). This is a working model of an ‘open’ newsroom and journalists, and contribution is open to everyone. Apparently there are more collaborative reporting ‘experiments’ on the way from Assignment Zero after this one.
Croudsourcing, open source - call it what you like –I just love this open approach that is being applied to all types of projects online at the moment. The idea of collective intelligence from a community of people, ten heads are better than one etc etc…
Stray Cinema relies heavily on its community to progress and improve the project. We even admit that you may make a more interesting cut with our footage than we do.
Comments
Have you read Neal Stephenson's short article, Global Neighborhood Watch? That's a very interesting piece on potential applications of crowdsourcing. It's from a year or two back, I think. Wiki Mr. Stephenson for more.
By homage, 4 years, 9 months ago
i found it - Global Neighborhood Watch
i think: "Windows are the best crime-prevention devices of all, if you only bother to look out of them. The virtual windows on a computer screen could serve the same function, linking distant places into a distributed neighborhood." sums it up nicely. very forward thinking for 1998. i also like the entertainment spin he puts on the idea near the end. thanks, good link.
By michelle, 4 years, 9 months ago
By michelle, 4 years, 10 months ago