Nieman Journalism Lab (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
As part of the Lab Book Club, I interviewed Jeff Howe, author of the very interesting Crowdsourcing. We marched through the book’s chapters in an hour-long session in the Nieman Foundation’s basement; here’s the third and final chunk, about 14 minutes. This one covers chapter 8 through 11. Some of the issues we cover: — The [...]
Nieman Journalism Lab (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
As part of the Lab Book Club, I interviewed Jeff Howe, author of the very interesting Crowdsourcing. We marched through the book’s chapters in an hour-long session in the Nieman Foundation’s basement; here’s the third chunk, about 11 minutes, which covers chapters 6 and 7. (Technically, it’s the second half of the second chunk, but [...]
Nieman Journalism Lab (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
As part of the Lab Book Club, I interviewed Jeff Howe, author of the very interesting Crowdsourcing. We marched through the book’s chapters in an hour-long session in the Nieman Foundation’s basement; here’s the second chunk, about 19 minutes. This excerpt was supposed to cover chapters 4 through 7, but Jeff and I talked too [...]
Gerd Leonhard's Blog on The Future of Music, Media (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
If you are in the 'content' and / or media business, Jeff Howe's new book 'Crowdsourcing' is a must read, because it describes a powerful trend that will change the way we do business: because of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Extraordinaries (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
I was just about to do a post pointing to Jeff Howe's book (which I bought earlier today) and great video primer on crowdsourcing, and lo and behold, he's blogged about The Extraordinaries today! (Jacob had sent him a 'hello'...
A-List Bloggers Network (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Here's two things you can do: 1) Participate in Associations Now's crowdsourcing experiment for the May issue of the magazine. Submit your ideas now - final deadline is November 30. Then we get to vote! 2) Come hear Jeff Howe (the journalist who coined the term) keynote the ASAE Technology Conference . So…
Nieman Journalism Lab (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
[Here's the third and final response in this month's Lab Book Club. We're reading Crowdsourcing by Wired writer Jeff Howe; Chris Vognar from The Dallas Morning News responds below to chapters 8 through 11. See here for more about the Lab Book Club. —Ed.] We’ve saved the devil’s advocate portion of our Crowdsourcing analysis for last [...]
Socialfishing... (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Here's two things you can do: 1) Participate in Associations Now's crowdsourcing experiment for the May issue of the magazine. Submit your ideas now - final deadline is November 30. Then we get to vote! 2) Come hear Jeff Howe (the journalist who coined the term) keynote the ASAE Technology Conference . So excited!!
Heartcrossings (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
Reading Jeff Howe's book Crowdsourcing recently prompted me to find out how this could be used in the field of education . My friend P, is a stay at home PTA mom and often talks about the long hours the more serious and committed PTA parents have to spend at school and how the public school system is able to do what it can for the children in the community only because of the huge volunteer...
Top Questions - Stack Overflow (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
What audio books should every programmer should listen to? and/or What authors do find relevant to programming who also tend to have their books available as audio. I myself liked Bill Gate's - Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System And Crowdsourcing - Jeff Howe The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter than the Few - James Surowiecki
Nieman Journalism Lab (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
[Here's the second response in this month's Lab Book Club. We're reading Crowdsourcing by Wired writer Jeff Howe; Rosita Boland from The Irish Times responds below to chapters 4 through 7. See here for more about the Lab Book Club. —Ed.] Something I thought about throughout this section was: Does an international perspective make a difference [...]
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Crowdsourcing: How the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business Jeff Howe Random House, 312pp, £17.99 In this sharp book, Wired journalist Jeff Howe shows how companies are using the internet to crowdsource new ideas from people beyond their own staff. Howe defines crowdsourcing as an immense talent-finding mechanism, a new outlook that presumes...
Fierce VoIP (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
With three days on the job, Allworx President Jeff Howe sat down with FierceVoIP to talk about the challenges the company faces and the advantages integration with parent CLEC PAETEC brings to the table. "We don't have a product problem," said Howe. "Our engineering and support are good... We have a revenue issue. How do we take it to the next level?" Howe, formerly PAETEC's...
