June 2009
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Aleveo - Crowdsource Innovation via Students →
Interesting application of crowdsourcing for design innovation. Provided it can create enough of Win-Win situation for both students and companies it could herald the future of outsourced, crowdsourced design.
See also Crowdspring and 99Designs.
via @techcrunchUK
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Billie Tweets - a Twitter tribute to Michael... →
Great example of a single purpose site, knocked up in a few days, with huge viewing and virality potential. I doubt anyone ever listens to the whole song, or bothers clicking on many of the links, but as a one-off web “experience” it’s nicely put together.
Via @techcrunch.
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Obama's campaign manager downplays Web 2.0 impact →
Interesting look at how the likes of Facebook and Twitter only helped the later stages, and that email, online donations and TV ads really won the campaign.
Via @tweetminster
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Toilet Twinning - Link your loo to flush away... →
Genius idea to raise money for clean toilets and santisation.
via @saatchidesign
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My Starbucks Idea →
Another example of crowdsourcing innovation. Seems like everyone’s doing it now, even Starbucks ..
.. And in the true spirit of sharing the reward for creating good ideas, Starbucks says: “If we implement your idea, we may give you credit on the site, but we won’t be compensating customers if their ideas are chosen”. That’s nice.
via @jameselliot
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Outlook’s broken—Let’s fix it →
Brilliant crowdsourcing (or ‘tweetsourcing’) application designed to send Microsoft a clear message. This isn’t just anti-MSoft, it’s passionate users collaborating to help MSoft do a better job. If only everyone was that kind..
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BackTweets →
Search for links on Twitter - and find out who’s Tweeting them. Gotta be useful for something..
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Crowdsourcing Content: Picture-mapping the British... →
Not one to go on about how well the Guardian are embracing the potential of web technologies, but here’s another simple application of web 2.0 Flickr communities for sourcing great content.
And everyone’s a winner: a community is formed around their love of British summers, photographers get their work showcased, Flickr gets more photos & users, and the Guardian gets great...
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The digested, digested read: Twitterature for the... →
Dante, Shakespeare, Stendhal, and Joyce - all in 20 tweets or less? I might finally get a chance to get through these books.
Wonder if they’ll bring out Twitpic versions too..
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WatchThe House That Tweets: not only does it tell you when a window opens, or a mouse is caught, it even lets you know how much water and electricity you’re using.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Tweeting mouse trap and window
Virgin Media flogs smartphone with new TV ad -... →
But it’s not an iPhone. With the app store, a developer community and already integrated with a suite of software and hardware. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Book At Bedtime - Silentnight →
Great example of engaging digital marketing. Not only can you listen to and read stories created by kids, but you can vote on them too. And families will tell everyone they know to vote on their little darling’s efforts. Which is how I heard of it. (Vote Laurent please)
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Animoto - The end of slideshows →
Nifty web app for sticking pics together nicely
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Fast Food: Crispin's BK Work Doesn't Help Gain On... →
CP + B’s Burger King ads may have cleared up at award ceremonies, but failed to do the one thing they were designed to do: sell more burgers. Looks like fellow adoring advertisers just ain’t market enough to out-sell McDs (via http://twitter.com/phil_adams)
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How not to use Twitter: HabitatUK as a case study →
Great post on the danger of jumping on the Twitter bandwagon. Looks like @habitatUK just got caught up in the spokes..
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Iran, citizen media and media attention →
Fascinating insight into social media and protesting - not just championing the cause, but exploring the imbalances and bias that may result.