June 24, 2008 · 2 Comments
So Microsoft has launched a new crowdsourcing platform for business services - Task Market. It’s simple, elegant, and has the big M behind it. Task Market is a crowdsourcing marketplace for buyers and suppliers of business services (under $500) - naming, web development, graphic design, marketing, copy writing, document translation, proof reading. Buyers outsource a task to the crowd by posting a brief online at Task Market, with a guide price, and suppliers offer their services. The buyer chooses to work with... [Read the full story]
June 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
So whilst Dan is finishing our online brainstorming app, we’ve been looking at brainreactions.net - the online brainstorming site (used by P&G, Bank of America and others) for insights for clickadvisor. What we like about brainreactions.net Simple sign-up just name, username, email, password - then optional complete your profile page Splitting brainstorms into public (open) and private (invitation only (private brainstorming rooms)) Ability to setup brainstorms (open or private) - not just participate in them Free... [Read the full story]
June 27, 2008 · 1 Comment
Whilst Dan is putting the final touches on our online prize-brainstorming app - Wordpress guru Adii is re-designing our site as evolves into a notification and listing service of brand-sponsored creative challenges (idea, design, video, photo, review) posted across the Web. We’re huge fans of Adii’s work - his premium news themes really unlock the power of Wordpress, and his groovy design taste is exactly what we need for a fun and funky directory of crowdsourcing competitions. So we’re super-excited... [Read the full story]
A wondrous presentation on happiness as a Web 2.0 business model by Tara Hunt of CitizenAgency is generating some buzz (crowdspring, futurelab) on the Web. Tara’s main point... [Read more]
A super 4 minute video summary of Charles Leadbeater’s latest book “We Think: The Power of Mass Creativity” on collaborative innovation. Interesting fact - like... [Read more]