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Crowdsourcing Books. Amber King (@ambrking) sur Twitter. Crowdsourcing: Blog. Yves Behar (@yvesbehar) sur Twitter. Crowdsourcing definition, crowd wisdom, collective intelligence and how it works - Chaordix. Howe later refined his definition on his blog, while he was researching his seminal 2008 book, Crowdsourcing, with the following: The White Paper Version: “Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.” (Howe, 2008) The Sound bite Version: “The application of Open Source principles to fields outside of software.” (Howe, 2008) Jeff Howe’s Video Version: which also features Calgary’s iStockphoto, another local pioneering company in crowdsourcing. How Long Has Crowdsourcing Been Available? The practice of tapping a crowd has long been used by business. Chaordix: A Pioneer in the Crowd The founding company of Chaordix opened its doors and began to innovate with crowdsourcing back in 2006 to identify highest-opportunity technology ventures for investment and development.

La vedette du stock – Lise Gagné. Jeff Howe (@Crowdsourcing) sur Twitter.