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Creativity and Innovation from the Crowd

Walter — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:58:00 +0000

Ross Dawson We’re all part of a “global brain”, nodes in a vast interconnected network of humanity. So says Ross Dawson, author of Getting Results from Crowds. Sharing his perspectives at the recent Crowdsourcing Week here in Singapore, Dawson proclaimed that this ubiquitous connectivity accelerates both openness and creativity, mediated by the social web. […]

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Is Crowdsourcing Rocking Your World?

Walter — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:49:00 +0000

Well, Sean Moffitt (above), author of Wikibrands, seem to think so. And he isn’t the only one. If you’ve followed the news, you would know that Singapore start up Pirate3D (a 3D printer maker) raised a staggering $366,763 from crowd funding platform Kickstarter just 24 hours after being listed! With almost 2,000 backers, the firm […]

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SPF’s First Facebook Arrest – Crowdsleuthing in Action

Walter — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:01:00 +0000

Congratulations to our boys and girls in blue for making the first Facebook arrest! According to the Singapore Police Force’s (SPF) media release, this development came on 11 Nov 2011 (an auspicious 11/11/11!) when a “public-spirited person called 999 and informed that he could identify a loanshark suspect from a photo posted on the Police […]

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Why Britney Isn’t Retweeting Your Tweets

Walter — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:09:00 +0000

Does social media influence the way we behave and engage with each other? Or does it merely reinforce current behaviours and norms?

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