theory and practice of creativity

CROWDSOURCING: NETWORKS OF PEOPLE INVENTING, PRODUCING AND EARNING

BOOTB - Create and pitch your own ad campaign

An open marketplace of advertising creativity, where companies and creative workers from all over the world come to meet. The companies publish a brief, then choose – and pay for – the best idea. Technical-general.

GALAXY ZOO - Crowdsourcing at the edges of the universe

Online astronomy project that asks users to help classify millions of galaxies. The premise is that the wisdom of the crowd outstrips that of the computer. Truly magical, not to be missed. Technical- general.

CITIZEN JOURNALISM - The readers are the writers

Citizen journalism is an offspring of web 2.0, whereby readers look for news, parse it, send it around, evaluate it. To understand this coming revolution, have a look at the 11 levels of integration between the media and ordinary people and read The Knight Citizen News Network and the Center for Citizen Media. To see what it looks like, check out the American sites Nowpublic and AssignmentZero and the Italian sites Fainotizia and Wikinotizie. Get ready, because people are already talking about open source journalism and the end of printed news...

INNOCENTIVE - The thorniest problems meet the brightest minds

A site that brings together business and industry, profit and non-profit with Solvers (engineers, scientists, inventors). The Challenges are found in the Marketplace section. The best solutions are compensated. Specialized.

ISTOCKPHOTO - Send your photos and receive royalties if they’re used

Library of quality images (photos, illustrations, videos). Anyone can submit their own work. If someone decides to use the image, the author gets royalties. Specialized.

REVVER - The video sharing network that pays

Upload your videos and share them online with the adv chosen by Revver. The more people that see it, the more you earn, 50/50 with the site. Check out the Most Watched and surf among the profiles of the creators. General.

THE HUMAN CLOCK - The fun side of crowdsourcing

An extreme case of crowdsourcing where time is measured out by photos sent in by users. Each image represents the exact hour and minute in some way, depending on the imagination of the photographer. General.

THREADLESS - Design a t-shirt

Send your design or slogan for a t-shirt. If it gets enough votes and then gets made, you get paid. You can also participate in the site’s many themed contests. Technical-general.

WIKIHOW - The mother of all manuals

How to think like Leonardo da Vinci, how to write a self-evaluation, how to control your dreams, even how to save a waterlogged cell phone... All with the philosophy of Wikipedia. General.

The rise of crowdsourcing - Jeff Howe - Wired

The alternative to low-cost labor in India and China? The web. All that’s needed is an internet connection to design content, resolve problems, develop new products. General.

The Wiki way - Oliver Burkeman - Guardian Unlimited

The author of Wikinomics explains the change brought about by the advent of the internet. His thesis: with the new possibilities of mass collaboration, companies are no longer necessary for making money. Technical-general.