Wired 14.06: The Rise of Crowdsourcing: "This shouldn’t be surprising, notes Karim Lakhani, a lecturer in technology and innovation at MIT, who has studied InnoCentive. “The strength of a network like InnoCentive’s is exactly the diversity of intellectual background,” he says. Lakhani and his three coauthors surveyed 166 problems posted to InnoCentive from 26 different firms. “We actually found the odds of a solver’s success increased in fields in which they had no formal expertise,” Lakhani says. He has put his finger on a central tenet of network theory, what pioneering sociologist Mark Granovetter describes as “the strength of weak ties.” The most efficient networks are those that link to the broadest range of information, knowledge, and experience."
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Wired 14.06: The Rise of Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing ideas . . . ideas from those with "no formal expertise." All hail the DIY crowd and the limits of the expert class.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
GiSTEQ PhotoTrakr Review
Picture geocoding is the "hot" GPS topic of 2007 and GpsPasSion published a comprehensive guide in March. As with many budding areas, the user needs to piece together various solutions and figure out what works best. Many users including myself will enjoy experimenting but a "turn-key" solution is needed for more people to join in the fun and when it is well designed even advanced users will enjoy using it. I'll admit that this introduction was a bit long, but it summarizes my point of view on GiSTEQ's PhotoTrackr solution.
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=85458
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Online university founders: University of Illinois' Global Campus face uncertain future -- chicagotribune.com
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
I3 in a nutshell - I3: The Illinois Informatics Initiative - Informatics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Friday, January 05, 2007
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