Crowdsourcing: Foreign Correspondents Needed!

Crowdsourcing: A Definition

I like to use two definitions for crowdsourcing:
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.

The Soundbyte Version: The application of Open Source principles to fields outside of software.

October 17, 2006

Foreign Correspondents Needed!

Long before she ascended to the throne of England Elizabeth Tudor had become fluent in French, Italian, Spanish, Greek and Latin. Too bad she's no longer with us, as bloggers have written about crowdsourcing in every one of those languages except Latin (the "crowdsouring for fun and profit" juggernaut having failed to penetrate the Vatican). Unfortunately, I speak none of these. (Perhaps it was the lack of royal tutors.) Given the volume of foreign-language postings, there's a lot of interesting stuff that isn't being tracked in the U.S. As such, I'm looking for volunteers who might be willing to file the occasional digest of (legitimate and interesting) crowdsourcing developments overseas. I've already got a Francophone lined up for the job, but the Spanish-, German- and Japanese-speaking slots remain open. Contact me for details.

Posted at 10:36 PM in Help Wanted | Permalink