http://www.crowdsourcethis.com All Things Crowdsourcing Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:41:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en $99 for 370 name suggestions... sounded good to me. Recently I tested out Klusters new NameThis crowdsourcing system.  NameThis allows people and company’s to use the wisdom of the crowds to come up with names and slogans for their companies. Other companies have used the wisdom to of the crowds ... http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/07/01/namethis-test-drive/ NOVA recently did a segment on the Wisdom of the Crowds. This is a fun and educational video that gives you a good introduction to the wisdom of the crowds. Watch it here. The video is about Sir Francis Galton who was trying to prove that the noblem men were ... http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/06/27/history-of-the-wisdom-of-the-crowds/ After just 37 issues of Klusters community driven newspaper has written its own obituary. Knewsroom was plaged with poor quality original articles and less then stellar linked content. The mock Obituary states the cause of death as starvation. Knewsroom, was a daily "paper" users submitted new topics and stories each day and then members invest in them ... http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/06/20/knewsroom-is-dead-is-there-any-hope-for-kluster/ crowdSPRING was so confident that crowdsourcing was the way of the future that they used their own marketplace to design their website. The company posted a project and offered a $5000 prize asking creative people from around the world to contribute designs. in the end eighty individuals from dozens of ... http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/05/21/the-crowd-is-spring-to-life/ Cambrian House the home of Crowdsourcing is no longer in the community development business. In fact they have sold their community along with their platform called Chaordix to a new company called VenCorps which is funded by Spencer Trask "The Cambrian House crowdsourcing community has attracted 50,000-plus smart, creative people ... http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/05/19/cambrian-house-sells-its-community-to-vencorps/ Kluster switched directions today and launched Knewsroom. "our product is not nearly as cool as our process, lets ditch the product and make the processes our business" founder Ben Kaufman said in a video he posted to YouTube. "Seven weeks in and a million dollars down the drain, we know ... http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/05/14/kluster-becomes-a-news-site/ Tonight VenCorps new splash site went live, the site dose not provide much information as of yet. Retrieved from the site: What is Community Powered Capital? VenCorps is a network of founders, funders and facilitators focused on discovering, funding and growing startups. About Us VenCorps brings together the power of collaborative innovation and venture ... http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/05/13/vencorps-splash-site-goes-live/ Jeff Howes new book on Crowdsourcing is due out in July 29. Jeff says The most salient, witty or astute remarks will be published as an appendix in the final chapter of the book. So check out Jeff blog and get reading. Post http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/05/13/want-to-get-publised-crowdsourcingcom-is-looking-for-you/ Today TechCrunch reported that Cambrian House (a leader in crowdsourcing) has been sold to Spencer Trask and will form a new company called VenCorps. Sources inside Cambrian House have denied that the company has been sold and point to a New York Times article, about the company that points out ... http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/05/12/cambrian-house-vs-techcrunch-is-crowdsourcing-dead/ Do you want to designs video games? Want to get your feet wet, but just not sure how? How about collecting royalties on a game you helped create? If this sounds interesting then check out Crowded Games. Crowded Games was launched in 2007 for one reason, to enable the community to design ... http://www.crowdsourcethis.com/2008/05/11/crowded-games/