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Crowdsourcing Content and Demand: Andrew Sullivan's "View From Your Window" Book

Eileen Gittins | Posted 11.25.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Photography Books, Andrew Sullivan, Blurb, Writing, Photographs, Bloggers, Books, Crowdsourcing, Self-Publishing, Books News
Eileen Gittins

For three years, Sullivan had been inviting his blog community to upload pictures of the view from their windows. He wanted to compile a selection of these images into a book that captures the breadth and width of the web.

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Crowdsourced Band Release "I've Got Nothing" Single

Scott Campbell | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Teenager, Charlie McDonnell, Social Networking, Crowdsourcing, Twitter, Youtube, BBC Switch, Music, Online Communities, Chartjackers, Entertainment News
Scott Campbell

A band composed of four teenage YouTubers has released an entirely-crowdsourced single.

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Justice For All? The Patriot Act, Rape Victims and America's Youth Re-Assert Themselves

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act, Unemployment, Twitter, Rape, Get Fisa Right, Illegal Wiretaps, Roman Polanski, Crowdsourcing, Cfp 2010, Qworky, Fisa, Tea Party, Jon Pincus, Politics News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Jon Pincus joins us to talk essential, nuts-and-bolts issues: Will Congress reauthorize certain parts of the Patriot Act? We also talk Roman Polanski's arrest and the immediate "rape apology" by half of Hollywood.

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Rick Warren Crowdsources New Book Cover on 99designs.com

Yahoo.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: The Hope You Need, 99designs.Com, Warren, Book Cover Design, Huffpost Books, Graphic Design, Books, Rick Warren, Crowdsourcing, The Purpose Driven Life, Media News

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--99designs.com, the largest marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design, today announced that Rick Warren, best selling...

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Chef Rocco's Crowdsourced Cookbook Takes Its Cue From Followers' Tweets

Associated Press | Michael Hill | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology

Read More: Rocco DiSpirito, Social Media, Cookbook, Social Networking, Roco Dispirito, Cooking, Crowdsourcing, Chef Rocco, Rocco-Dispirito, Technology News

The media savvy chef (@roccodispirito) is turning to the social networks to help decide which dishes he should include in his new book, devoted to hea...

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GM Creates 'The Lab' Blog to Test Transportation Concepts

Dave Pinter | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Open Source, Design, Auto Industry, Blogging, Crowdsourcing, Green Cars, General Motors, Gm, Hybrid Cars, GM Cars, Cars, Future of General Motors, General Motors News, Business News
Dave Pinter

The theme of the 'Bare Necessity' is, as GM Designer Therese Tant writes, a back-to basics approach, less is more, less cost, less complexity = efficiency.

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In Defense Of Free

Piers Fawkes | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Future of Journalism, Internet, Future of Work, Social Networking, Crowdsourcing, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Free, Chris Anderson, Business, Business News
Piers Fawkes

As a business owner who uses digital technology as the backbone of my business, I found Chris Anderson's latest book inspiring and useful.

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The Suggestion Box Ate My Idea: Making Crowdsourcing Actionable

Daniel Dworkin | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Web 2.0, Branding, Social Media, Innovation, Technology, Feedback, Crowdsourcing, Business News
Daniel Dworkin

The crowdsourcing technology market is quickly becoming saturated and each app has its own unique use. Here's the best of what's out there.

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TED Announces the Open Translation Project -- Bringing Subtitles in 40+ Languages to TED.com

TEDTalks | Posted 06.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Tamil, Urdu, Language, French, Crowdsourcing, TED.Com, Translations, Tedtalks, Subtitles, Spanish, Hindi, Media News
TEDTalks

The TED Open Translation Project brings TEDTalks beyond the English-speaking world, by offering subtitles, time-coded transcripts, and the ability for volunteers to translate any talk into any language.

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CrowdFunding: How to Kickstart Your Business

Juliette Powell | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Kiva.org, Wikipedia, threadless.com, Crowdfunding, Juliette Powell, Crowdsourcing, 33 Million People, Perrychen, KickStarter.Com, Small Business, Social Networking, Funding, Business, Crowd Funding, Social Media, Digital Media, Social Networks, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Juliette Powell

'Crowdfunding', a spin on 'crowdsourcing', is the latest funding opportunity at a time when our funding institutions are failing.

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Librarians To Attempt To Outsmart Google

Ars Technica | Nate Anderson | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Crowdsourcing Technology, Crowdsourcing Librarians, Crowdsourced Search Engines, Crowdsourcing, Librarians, Reference Extract Project, Google, Business News

The Reference Extract project hopes to turn all of this credibility research into something practical. The team consists of professors like Lankes and...

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Moving Towards a More Interactive Era of Government: AskTheSpeaker.org Launches

Gina Cooper | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, askthespeaker.org, Technology, Netroots Nation, Crowdsourcing, Ideascale, Politics News
Gina Cooper

At AskTheSpeaker.org you can submit your questions for Speaker Pelosi and vote the questions others have submitted up or down.

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