Over time, we’re seeing the figures around crowdsourcing getting higher and higher, and with further importance.
Proof of this is another great example, GE has a competition for students, businesses or pretty much anyone with an idea for Renewable Energy, Grid Efficiency, or EcoHomes/EcoBuildings, to submit them and the best ones will get funding from a [...]
Dan Brown is a vlogger who started his career showing how to solve a Rubik’s Cube (a video now with close to 16 million views).
That was in 2007 and since then he’s built a fan-base, which he is using now to do a new show: ”Dan 3.0″ where he’ll ask them to make a decision [...]
The Guardian was reporting yesterday that one of the UK’s Government attempt at crowdsourcing has failed.
In an effort to crowdource the coallition’s programme, 9.500 entries were received but not one department took those into consideration for a change.
According to the newspaper, “its formal responses, published on each website, shows Whitehall regarded the process largely as [...]
The trend for crowdsourcing in filmmaking continues, this time in an even bigger effort and larger audience made possible by Youtube (and sponsored by LG).
Youtube partnered with Ridley Scott (director of Blade Runner, Gladiator, amongst many others) and Kevin MacDonald (director of Touching the Void and The Last King of Scotland) to have everyone film [...]
You guessed it, it was crowdsourced!
Until recently, India’s currency was represented with “Rs” (also used by Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka). But facing rival economies and symbols like €, $ or £, India decided it was time to get their own symbol.
So they launched a competition open to everyone, with a prize of Rs250,000 ($5,352), and [...]
The news broke today in multiple sites that David Lynch is looking to fund his next movie – a documentary about his life and work – by his fans.
Here’s the deal: fans donate $50 and get a limited edition print, t-shirt or tote bag with an abstract self-portrait the director made himself, in return.
Plus, the [...]