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The White Paper Version: Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.
The Soundbyte Version: The application of Open Source principles to fields outside of software.
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Super video. Love the tilt-shift crowd shots... Some great take-aways from the short video. "Communities are taking the place of corporations" I'll order my copy now ;)
Posted by: Matt | July 29, 2008 at 02:35 AM
Kushner and clan have done a great job in encapsulating the basic elements of CS. The flow of images and commentary is well enough crafted and at a rate, maybe a tad speedy, that the message really arrives unhindered.
The way that the content is built up with really clear yet profound statements, “a new development in the course of human history, online community as a building block, it’s what the corporation is to the industrial era,” gives the strong impression that you are ready for a post teaching grad students Jeff.
Very nice!
Alan
Posted by: alan booker | July 29, 2008 at 07:43 AM
Thanks Alan, thanks Mike. Not sure about that teaching post quite yet, Alan, but I'll take it as a compliment. ;)
Posted by: Jeff Howe | July 29, 2008 at 08:14 AM
nice trailer!
intereseting concept. the internet has a way of bringing people that are apart together and people who are together apart. sometimes i email because it is a safer, non-personal way of interacting with someone... who might be in the other room! on the other hand it's great to be in touch with all my high-school friends.
it's interesting to think about the democratization of media. to take the case mentioned on the trailer, anyone can be a producer of a photograph or film and make it available to thousands of people. that's great. but that doesn't turn you into a photographer or filmmaker. think of pen and paper: they have been available for centuries, but that has not had an impact on the quality of works being produced. just the quantity. i think, maybe i'm wrong.
here's a quote from the unique tom waits which sums up what i mean.
Q: What's wrong with the world?
A: We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. Leona Helmsley's dog made 12 million last year... and Dean McLaine, a farmer in Ohio made $30,000. It's just a gigantic version of the madness that grows in every one of our brains. We are monkeys with money and guns.
Great Job Jeff!
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Posted by: Meister, candidate for Sheriff | August 24, 2008 at 08:23 PM
The quality of cheap crowdsourced materials has not reached the level of professional. What has happened is the creation of general overwhelming mediocrity that most people can not discern between because they are bombarded with so much crap. If you want pro you still have to pay a decent price, but eventually there will be nobody willing to pay when corporate sees they can get away with mediocre. Crowdsourcing has destroyed art, photography, and degraded music to an all new low, and thats pretty hard after what MTV did.
Posted by: eassae | May 14, 2009 at 09:24 PM