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Crowdsourcing: Using the general public to do research or other work, which may or may not be paid. For example, Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk (www.mturk.com) enables people to enter a task...; Full Crowdsourcing Definition >>

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HiveLive launches enterprise community platform: HiveLive has joined the growing number of companies focused on delivering social software, or a community platform with wikis, blogs, and forums, to enterprises. HiveLive calls itself as "the first community platform to seamlessly integrate social networks with information networks." It's not clear what the phrase means, but the foundation...; Tags: Crowdsourcing, HiveLive, Community Platform, Wiki, Online Communications, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-05
A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, Part 2: A new survey of the personal use of Web 2.0 applications by CIOs emerged late last week and provided another interesting, if high-level, datapoint about the future of Web 2.0 in the enterprise. Carried out by CIO Insight, the survey reported the usual trends like high rates of use...; Tags: Web, Web 2.0, AJAX, Network, Ruby On Rails, Idea, Product, Business, Amazon.com Inc., Semantic Web, Office 2.0, Jury, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2007-08-27
Enterprise 2.0 as a corporate culture catalyst: Ive only recently had a chance to catch up and read Tom Davenports post a few weeks ago about his skepticism of Enterprise 2.0s ability to wreak significant cultural and hierarchical change inside organizations. Those of you tracking the Enterprise 2.0 story know the drill, namely that applying Web 2.0...; Tags: Wikis, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, User Generated Content, Tagging, Social Software, Social Computing, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Products, Network Effects, Mashups, Governance, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise 2.0, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Collaboration, Business Process Management, Business Models, Blogs, ATOM, Architecture of Participation; Blog posts 2007-05-05
Crowd-sourcing fashion design: Fashmatch.com allows you to mix and match pictures of real shoes, clothing and accessories...and then it doesnt let you buy the whole outfit with the simple push of a button.Instead, it gives you links to manufacturers websites where you can purchase each item individually...at full price. (I think theyre missing...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-04-23
More results on use of Web 2.0 in business emerge: The last few weeks have seen a series of interesting new reports, studies, and papers on the past, present, and future of Web 2.0 concepts and applications as applied to businesses. Most notable for many industry watchers have been fairly rigorous new works by McKinsey & Company as well...; Tags: Crowdsourcing, Enterprise 2.0, Collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Business Process Management, Architecture of Participation, Blogs, Business Models, Wikis, Web services, Web as Platform, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, User Generated Content, Two-Way Web, Social Software, Social Networking, Social Media, SOA, RSS, Open APIs, Mashups, Lightweight Service Models, Hype, Governance, Global SOA, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups; Blog posts 2007-04-03

News to know: Oracle vs. SAP; YouTube battle; Crowdsourcing: Notable headlines:Motion-sensing comes to mobile phones. Gallery right.Larry Dignan: Oracle sues SAP; alleges ‘corporate theft on a grand scale." Full complaint. Joshua Greenbaum: The Lawsuit As Barometer: SAP Finally Scores Big with TomorrowNow.NBC, News Corp. push new Web rival to YouTube. NewTube: Will video content really be king? MSN Soapbox:...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), YouTube Inc., crowdsourcing, SAP AG, Microsoft Windows Vista, Oracle Corp.; Blog posts 2007-03-23
'A Swarm of Angels' crowdsourcing film production: 'A Swarm of Angels' crowdsourcing film productionGreat Idea!!I like it... in this day and age with technology what it is, I'm happy to see that some people finally "get it" the big media moguls are on their way out like the dinosaurs that they truly are. The music industry is...; Tags: music industry, crowdsourcing; Discussion threads 2007-03-22
'A Swarm of Angels' crowdsourcing film production: Can open source methodology be applied to film production? Yes, says UK filmmaker and author, Matt Hanson, whose own project, A Swarm of Angels, is attempting to "crowdsource" the funding, production, and distribution of a $1.9+ million dollar movie.And hes not alone; supporters include free culture advocate, Cory Doctorow, the...; Tags: crowdsourcing, ANGELS, filmmaker; Blog posts 2007-03-22
More organizations shift to Web 2.0 while IT departments remain wary: A couple of recent announcements from two large, very well-known organizations provides an interesting data point on how Web 2.0 is affecting the product designs and business processes of otherwise very traditional institutions. Both USA Today and the U.S. Patent and Trademark office have recently unveiled strategies for letting...; Tags: Architecture of Participation, Business Models, Business Process Management, Collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Design Patterns, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Web 2.0, Governance, Social Media, Social Software, Two-Way Web, User Generated Content, Web 2.0; Blog posts 2007-03-08
Crowdsourcing: New buzzword?: Crowdsourcing: New buzzword?Accelerating development by crowdsourcingTapping into the vast potential of unused human resources, talent and time, call it 'crowd-sourcing' or anything else, is the way of the future. Each of the billions of people on this earth all have much to offer: knowledge, experience, ideas, tips, advice, information, time,...; Tags: crowdsourcing, knowledge; Discussion threads 2006-06-10
Crowdsourcing 'meme' debate: Crowdsourcing 'meme' debateDebate is to be encouraged ...Unsubstantiated accusations are another thing. I'm hardly asking you to apologize for sparking a debate. I'm asking you to apologize for implying that I've been somehow dishonest, when that couldn't be further from the truth. Fact: On May 18 Google returned three hits...; Tags: crowdsourcing; Discussion threads 2006-05-29
Crowdsourcing 'meme' debate: Jeff Howe has asked me to apologize for sparking a debate, in my posts on Wired’s publication of his crowdsourcing piece in their June issue (see my last post: “Wired crowdsourcing: the birth (planned?) of a meme,”), on the power, emotion, value, and marketing inherent in today’s tech word symbols,...; Tags: Web, Web 2.0, crowdsourcing; Blog posts 2006-05-29
Wired crowdsourcing: the birth (planned?) of a meme: Wired crowdsourcing: the birth (planned?) of a memeCrowdsourcing ...Donna, Happy to comment in whatever format you prefer. I stand resolutely behind everything in my post on Crowdsourcing.com, and am mystified why you didn't check with me with your questions regarding the veracity of my claims. Why didn't you "extend an...; Tags: Wired Inc., crowdsourcing; Discussion threads 2006-05-29
Wired crowdsourcing: the birth (planned?) of a meme: The projected buzz around Wired magazine editor Jeff Howe's June piece "The Rise of Crowdsourcing" is steadily manifesting. Since it was published online this week, almost a week after the article first appeared, in print, the Wired article has:been added to Wikipediabeen seen on techmeme.comreceived 573 diggs at digg.combeen tagged...; Tags: Wired Inc., Jeff Howe, crowdsourcing; Blog posts 2006-05-29
Crowdsourcing: New buzzword?: Wired Magazine's “Requiem for a Meme” (June 2006) chronicles the short life spans of five would be trend-setting buzzwords: Smart mobs, electronic herd, Telecosm, Turbo-capitalism, Progress paradox.Missing from the list? Chris Anderson’s Long tail and Jeff Howe’s new Crowdsourcing.What is crowdsourcing? According to Howe’s “Crowdsourcing, A billion amateurs want your...; Tags: Crowdsourcing, Meme; Blog posts 2006-05-28
Online trumps print debuts, or vice versa: With the world living and reacting on Internet time, the mode and timing of publication debuts become strategic decisions with financial and intellectual property implications. I wrote about two different print magazine publications this week and their differing strategies regarding issue debuts in print versus online: Nylon and Wired.Nylon: MySpace...; Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Wired Inc., Crowdsourcing; Blog posts 2006-05-25
Wired: Crowds are buzzing: I asked last weekend if "crowdsourcing" would be the next Web 2.0 buzzword. See "Crowdsourcing: New buzzword?":Wired Magazine's “Requiem for a Meme” (June 2006) chronicles the short life spans of five would be trend-setting buzzwords: Smart mobs, electronic herd, Telecosm, Turbo-capitalism, Progress paradox....Missing from the list? Chris Anderson’s Long tail...; Tags: Web 2.0, Wired Inc., Web 2.0 Buzzword, Crowdsourcing; Blog posts 2006-05-25

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Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?: I just finished a news story about VeriSign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) secure OpenID services chosen by Microsoft for HealthVault users. The story discusses VeriSign's DNS services and its OpenID services and asks if this is a problem or a feature. Is this a possible privacy issue or could the two technologies...; Tags: DNS, VeriSign Inc., Privacy, Domain Name, OpenID, Domain Names, Security, Networking, Internet, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Windows 7 ship date? The crowd has spoken...: Windows 7 ship date? The crowd has spoken...Wow! I'm part of the "in" crowd....I had October 6, 2009. Close enough for a cigar? ;-)TeaseAfter 5 years of Longhorn skirt lifting Vista was released and the world heaved a collective "ho hum". In a short 2 years and...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-16
Windows 7 ship date? The crowd has spoken...: Last month, I kicked off the Windows 7 release date prediction pool with my analysis on why I think Windows 7 will be released in time for the holiday buying season in 2009, picking July 29, 2009 as my entry. At the same time, I invited readers to add their...; Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-16