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BlogsTags > crowdsourcingSurvey on the Future of Open Source, and Lessons from the PastBy Andy OramMay 15, 2013 I recently talked to two managers of Black Duck, the first company formed to help organizations deal with the licensing issues involved in adopting open source software. With Tim Yeaton, President and CEO, and Peter Vescuso, Executive Vice President of … Publishing News: Crowdfunding, the new way to raise money for newsBy Jenn WebbApril 19, 2013 Fundraising for news Mathew Ingram reports this week on one entrepreneurial blogger and journalist who, finding local news coverage of his home town lacking, crowdfunded his own hyper-local news blog. Ingram notes that Joey Coleman does not have a journalism … Four short links: 15 April 2013By Nat TorkingtonApril 15, 2013 Know Your HTTP Posters (GitHub) — A0-posters about the HTTP protocol. Crowdserfing — when a large corp uses crowd-sourced volunteering for its own financial gain, without giving back. It offends my sense of reciprocity as well, but nobody is coerced … Four short links: 6 February 2013By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 6, 2013 Manipulating Google Scholar Citations and Google Scholar Metrics: simple, easy and tempting (PDF) — scholarly paper on how to citespam your paper up Google Scholar’s results list. Fortunately calling your paper “AAAAAA In-vitro Qualia of …” isn’t one of the … Four short links: 11 January 2013By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 11, 2013 How to Redesign Your App Without Pissing Everybody Off (Anil Dash) — the basic straightforward stuff that gets your users on-side. Anil’s making a career out of being an adult. Clockwork Raven (Twitter) — open source project to send data … Publishing News: Trailblazing experiments in publishingBy Jenn WebbJanuary 4, 2013 Here are a few stories from the publishing space that caught my attention recently. Publishing trailblazers tinker with serials, crowdsourcing and subscriptions Ron Miller took a look this week at two trailblazing authors who are experimenting with new publishing strategies … The MOOC movement is not an indicator of educational evolutionBy Andy OramDecember 3, 2012 Somehow, recently, a lot of people have taken an interest in the broadcast of canned educational materials, and this practice — under a term that proponents and detractors have settled on, massive open online course (MOOC) — is getting a … Four short links: 13 November 2012By Nat TorkingtonNovember 13, 2012 3D Printing Photobooth Opening in Japan (io9) — A technician at the lab will scan your body (much like with early photography, you’ll need to be able to hold a certain pose for 15 minutes) and print out an impressively … Open source software as a model for health careBy Andy OramOctober 9, 2012 (The following article sprang from a collaboration between Andy Oram and Brigitte Piniewski to cover open source concepts in an upcoming book on health care. This book, titled “Wireless Health: Remaking of Medicine by Pervasive Technologies,” is edited by Professor … Four short links: 1 October 2012
By Nat TorkingtonOctober 1, 2012 Flightfox — Real people compete to find you the best flights. Crowdsourcing beating algorithms …. (via NY Times) Code Monster (Crunchzilla) — a fun site for parents to learn to program with their kids. Loving seeing so much activity around … Four short links: 3 September 2012
By Nat TorkingtonSeptember 3, 2012 The Seductive Allure of Edu-Tech Reform (Chris Lehmann) — While it may be seductive to think that rooms of children on computers, each following some computerized instruction at their pace, monitored by school aides, with a handful of teachers around … Seeking prior art where it most often is found in software
By Andy OramAugust 28, 2012 Patent ambushes are on the rise again, and cases such as Apple/Samsung shows that prior art really has to swing the decision–obviousness or novelty is not a strong enough defense. Obviousness and novelty are subjective decisions made by a patent … Four short links: 15 August 2012
By Nat TorkingtonAugust 15, 2012 Reproducibility Initiative (Science Exchange) — a service offering researchers who will attempt to reproduce your work. Validated studies will receive a Certificate of Reproducibility acknowledging that their results have been independently reproduced as part of the Reproducibility Initiative. Researchers have … On co-creation, contests and crowdsourcing
By Mark SigalAugust 2, 2012 I had decided to update the branding at one of my companies, and that meant re-thinking my logo. Here’s the old logo: The creative exercise started with a logo design contest posting at 99designs, an online marketplace for crowdsourced graphic … Four short links: 3 July 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJuly 3, 2012 OpenROV Funded in 1 Day (Kickstarter) -- an open source robotic submarine designed to make underwater exploration possible for everyone. (via BoingBoing) McAfee Digital Divide Study (PDF) -- lots of numbers showing parents are unaware of what their kids do. (via Julie Starr) Herdict -- crowdsourced transparency to reveal who is censoring what online. (via Twitter) You Really Really... Four short links: 12 June 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJune 12, 2012 Amazon's Insanely Crap Royalties (Andrew Hyde) -- Amazon offers high royalty rate to you, but that's before a grim hidden "delivery fee". Check out Andrew's graph of the different pay rates to the author from each medium. SparkFun Education -- learn electronics from the good folks at SparkFun. TaskRabbit -- connects you with friendly, reliable people right in your... Four short links: 11 June 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJune 11, 2012 When Code Can Kill or Cure (The Economist) -- I've linked to the dangers of closed source devices before, but this caught my eye: "In the 1990s we developed an excellent radiation-therapy treatment-planning system and tried to give it away to other clinics," says Dr Mackie. "But when we were told by the FDA that we should get our... Four short links: 7 May 2012
By Nat TorkingtonMay 7, 2012 Liquid Feedback -- MIT-licensed voting software from the Pirate Party. See this Spiegel Online piece about how it is used for more details. (via Tim O'Reilly) Putting Gestures Into Objects (Ars Technica) -- Disney and CMU have a system called Touché, where objects can tell whether they're being clasped, swiped, pinched, etc. and by how many fingers. (via BoingBoing)... Recombinant Research: Breaking open rewards and incentivesBy Andy OramMay 2, 2012 To move from a hothouse environment of experimentation to the mainstream of one of the world's most lucrative and tradition-bound industries, Sage Bionetworks must aim for its nucleus: rewards and incentives. Comparisons to open source software and a summary of tasks for Sage Congress. Recombinant Research: Breaking open rewards and incentives
By Andy OramMay 2, 2012 To move from a hothouse environment of experimentation to the mainstream of one of the world's most lucrative and tradition-bound industries, Sage Bionetworks must aim for its nucleus: rewards and incentives. Comparisons to open source software and a summary of tasks for Sage Congress. Recombinant Research: Sage Congress plans for patient engagementBy Andy OramMay 1, 2012 The Vioxx problem is just one instance of the wider malaise afflicting the drug industry. Managers from major pharma companies expressed confidence that they could expand public or "pre-competitive" research in the direction Sage Congress proposed. The sector left to engage is the one that's central to all this work--the public. Recombinant Research: Sage Congress plans for patient engagement
By Andy OramMay 1, 2012 The Vioxx problem is just one instance of the wider malaise afflicting the drug industry. Managers from major pharma companies expressed confidence that they could expand public or "pre-competitive" research in the direction Sage Congress proposed. The sector left to engage is the one that's central to all this work--the public. Recombinant Research: Sage Congress promotes data sharing in genetics
By Andy OramApril 30, 2012 Through two days of demos, keynotes, panels, and breakout sessions, Sage Congress brought its vision to a high-level cohort of 230 attendees from universities, pharmaceutical companies, government health agencies, and others who can make change in the field. Recombinant Research: Sage Congress promotes data sharing in geneticsBy Andy OramApril 30, 2012 Through two days of demos, keynotes, panels, and breakout sessions, Sage Congress brought its vision to a high-level cohort of 230 attendees from universities, pharmaceutical companies, government health agencies, and others who can make change in the field. Steep climb for National Cancer Institute toward open source collaboration
By Andy OramApril 5, 2012 Although a lot of government agencies produce open source software, hardly any develop relationships with a community of outside programmers, testers, and other contributors. NCI sees the advantages of a give-and-take. Four short links: 20 March 2012
By Nat TorkingtonMarch 20, 2012 jPlayer -- jQuery plugin for audio and video in HTML5. Dual-licensed MIT and GPL. Tesseract (Github) -- Square has open sourced (Apache license) their Javascript library for filtering large multidimensional datasets in the browser. Tesseract supports extremely fast ( QR Code Madness -- I recently received an MMS (multimedia text message) with a picture to a QR code. First,... Developer Week in Review: When game development met KickstarterBy James TurnerMarch 15, 2012 Crowdsourcing is changing how software development gets funded. It's also driving one of the great reference guides of the 20th century out of print. Developer Week in Review: When game development met Kickstarter 
By James TurnerMarch 15, 2012 Crowdsourcing is changing how software development gets funded. It's also driving one of the great reference guides of the 20th century out of print. Understanding place and space in a decreasingly English worldBy David SimsMarch 12, 2012 Robert Munro, a computational linguist and speaker at Where 2012, says the subtleties of spatial distinctions are growing in importance as more of the world's digital information takes the form of non-English, unstructured text. Understanding place and space in a decreasingly English world March 12, 2012 Robert Munro, a computational linguist and speaker at Where 2012, says the subtleties of spatial distinctions are growing in importance as more of the world's digital information takes the form of non-English, unstructured text. Four short links: 1 March 2012
By Nat TorkingtonMarch 1, 2012 Crowdsourcing Radiation Data in Japan (Freaklabs) -- wardriving pollution detection. Backyard Brains -- measuring electrical activity of a neuron in a cockroach leg. Astonishing how much science is within the reach of backyard hackers now. (via BoingBoing) Cotton Candy Stick Pre-Orders -- a $200 Android computer on a USB stick, with HDMI out etc. Raspberry Pi Launches -- $35... Practical applications of data in publishingBy Jenn WebbFebruary 24, 2012 Several overriding themes permeated this year's Tools of Change for Publishing conference. The second in a series looking at five of the major themes, here we take a look at data in publishing — how publishers can benefit, practical applications, and innovative ways it can be used. Practical applications of data in publishingBy Jenn WebbFebruary 24, 2012 Several overriding themes permeated this year's Tools of Change for Publishing conference. The second in a series looking at five of the major themes, here we take a look at data in publishing — how publishers can benefit, practical applications, and innovative ways it can be used. Practical applications of data in publishing February 24, 2012 Several overriding themes permeated this year's Tools of Change for Publishing conference. The second in a series looking at five of the major themes, here we take a look at data in publishing — how publishers can benefit, practical applications, and innovative ways it can be used. Four short links: 22 February 2012
By Nat TorkingtonFebruary 22, 2012 Hashbangs (Dan Webb) -- why those terrible #! URLs are a bad idea. Looks like they're going away with pushState coming to browsers. As Dan says, "URLs are forever". Let's get them right. I'm fascinated by how URLs are changing meaning and use over time. DNA Sequencing on a USB Stick -- this has been going the rounds, but... Documentation strategy for a small software project: launching VoIP Drupal introductionsBy Andy OramFebruary 17, 2012 VoIP Drupal is a window onto the promises and challenges faced by a new open source project, including its documentation. A meeting at at MIT this week worked out some long-term plans for firming up VoIP Drupal's documentation and other training materials. Documentation strategy for a small software project: launching VoIP Drupal introductions
By Andy OramFebruary 17, 2012 VoIP Drupal is a window onto the promises and challenges faced by a new open source project, including its documentation. A meeting at at MIT this week worked out some long-term plans for firming up VoIP Drupal's documentation and other training materials. Can Maryland's other "CIO" cultivate innovation in government?By Alex HowardJanuary 11, 2012 Maryland's first chief innovation officer, Bryan Sivak, is looking for the levers that will help state government to be smarter, not bigger. From embracing collective intelligence to data-driven policy, Sivak is defining what it means to be innovative in government. Can Maryland's other "CIO" cultivate innovation in government? 
By Alex HowardJanuary 11, 2012 Maryland's first chief innovation officer, Bryan Sivak, is looking for the levers that will help state government to be smarter, not bigger. From embracing collective intelligence to data-driven policy, Sivak is defining what it means to be innovative in government. Four short links: 8 December 2011
By Nat TorkingtonDecember 8, 2011 Temporal Patterns of Happiness and Information in a Global Social Network: Hedonometrics and Twitter (PLOSone) -- Tweets involving the ‘fake news’ comedian Stephen Colbert are both happier and of a higher information level than those concerning his senior colleague Jon Stewart. By contrast, tweets mentioning Glenn Beck are lower in happiness than both Colbert and Stewart but comparable to... Four short links: 7 December 2011
By Nat TorkingtonDecember 7, 2011 Don't Be a Free User (Maciej Ceglowski) -- pay for your free services, else they'll go away. Katta -- Lucene for massive data sets in the cloud. (via Pete Warden) Old Weather -- crowdsourced transcription of old nautical journals to yield historical information for climate researchers. (via National Digital Forum) Siddhartha Mukherjee Talks About Cancer (Guardian) -- fascinating profile... Four short links: 15 November 2011
By Nat TorkingtonNovember 15, 2011 Cost-Effectiveness of Internet-Based Self-Management Compared with Usual Care in Asthma (PLoSone) -- Internet-based self-management of asthma can be as effective as current asthma care and costs are similar. Apache Lucy -- full-text search engine library written in C and targeted at dynamic languages. It is a "loose C" port of Apache Lucene™, a search engine library for Java. The... When good feedback leaves a bad impression November 8, 2011 In a recent interview, NYU Professor Panagiotis Ipeirotis explained why a "good" online review is often perceived negatively. He also discussed Mechanical Turk's growing pains. When good feedback leaves a bad impressionNovember 8, 2011 In a recent interview, NYU Professor Panagiotis Ipeirotis explained why a "good" online review is often perceived negatively. He also discussed Mechanical Turk's growing pains. When good feedback leaves a bad impressionBy Audrey WattersNovember 8, 2011 In a recent interview, NYU Professor Panagiotis Ipeirotis explained why a "good" online review is often perceived negatively. He also discussed Mechanical Turk's growing pains. Wrap-up from FLOSS Manuals book sprint at GoogleBy Andy OramOctober 21, 2011 Mixtures of grassroots content generation and unique expertise have existed, and more models will be found. Understanding the points of commonality between the systems will help us develop such models. Wrap-up from FLOSS Manuals book sprint at Google
By Andy OramOctober 21, 2011 Mixtures of grassroots content generation and unique expertise have existed, and more models will be found. Understanding the points of commonality between the systems will help us develop such models. FLOSS Manuals books published after three-day sprintBy Andy OramOctober 21, 2011 Joining the pilgrimage that all institutions are making toward wider data use, FLOSS Manuals is exposing more and more of the writing process. FLOSS Manuals books published after three-day sprint
By Andy OramOctober 21, 2011 Joining the pilgrimage that all institutions are making toward wider data use, FLOSS Manuals is exposing more and more of the writing process. Day two of FLOSS Manuals book sprint at Google Summer of Code summitBy Andy OramOctober 20, 2011 As a relatively conventional book, the KDE manual was probably a little easier to write (but also probably less fun) than the more high-level approaches taken by some other teams that were trying to demonstrate to potential customers that their projects were worth adopting. 1 to 50 of 148 Next Stay Connected
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