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Eric Blattberg, in his article The five crowdsourcing categories ranked: Popularity in social media gives us an analysis of how these 5 crowdsourcing categories ranked last year: cloud labor, crowd creativity, crowdfunding, distributed knowledge and open innovation. Here are the main results: What do the world’s social media users think about crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing.org partnered Read More …
This will be a personal post. At New Year’s Eve approach, I’m beginning to do the balance of this past year. I can but encourage you to do the same and if you don’t do it at another time, make good use of this traditional calendar date and think about it, as with the daily Read More …
Check this article from David Bratvoldt, Enterprise Crowdsourcing blasts off as social media growth industry. His research forsees a growth of the crowdsourcing microtask sector of around 355% this year. I am interested in your opinion: Are you hearing about crowdsourcing in the enterprises around you? Do you think it’s good or bad for our Read More …
Julie Meyer, founder and CEO of Ariadne Capital, was also very interesting calling the economy in our 21st. century the ‘Individualist Capitalism’. Her very clever message to all entrepreneurs was: Look at your ‘Natural Allies’, ask yourself who has interest in your success. They are going to be there and help you to be successful! Read More …
Yesterday was the great day. Eleven hours of TED, full of talks of around 8 minutes each: what a challenge for the speakers, and for the audience! It was tiring, but worth it. What did I like the most? By far and on a different register than the other speakers, Paddy Ashdown: what a clear Read More …
In todays’ article from GIGAOM, Michael Wolf explains Why Google should buy Barnes & Noble. The release of the Kindle Fire has many pointing to Amazon’s vision for the tablet as a breakthrough. After all, with it’s low price, curated approach to the crowded world of Android apps and a content-first approach, it looks like Read More …
Yesterday, I had the pleasure to hear Thierry Happe, president and cofounder of the Netexplorateur Observatory, talking about the influences of the digital society in the fields of journalism, marketing and education. He came from France, invited by the IHEC and Wanabe, and as he said, had to limit himself to 3 topics because the Read More …
Give Data as you give Blood. Global Pulse, an innovation initiative in the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, wants to analyse private data for the public good. The idea is to find patterns in data coming from private companies, and share those findings. For that, they have to find a way enterprises can deliver Read More …
Remember how boring it was to visit a museum as a child? And more, when everybody was over the sign you coudn’t even reach the explanations? Lately museums have adapted their displays to attract children’s attention, but see now How Tech Is Changing the Museum Experience. Aliza Sherman writes about the new experiences implemented in Read More …
I just read this article Gosling sails away from Google and Android, where they write about the last move of James Gosling (the father of Java) leaving Google for Liquid Robotics. Check the great autonomous and unmanned maritime vehicle they did: as Gosling says, the whole concept is really cool! Can you imagine the quantity Read More …