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Crowd and Open Sourcing

Crowd and Open Sourcing. By Lindsay Romo. Crowdsourcing. Definition : obtaining services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people Characteristics S ubdivide tedious work Fund-raise for startups C ombines the efforts of self-identified volunteers

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Crowd and Open Sourcing

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  1. Crowd and OpenSourcing By Lindsay Romo

  2. Crowdsourcing Definition: obtaining services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people Characteristics Subdivide tedious work Fund-raise for startups Combines the efforts of self-identified volunteers Undefined public rather than a specific group

  3. Uses Graphic design Writing Illustration DesignContest Apparel design Footwear/Sporting Goods Writing Illustration Interior design Architecture Video Film/TV Music/sound design Voice Overs

  4. Modern methods • Mainly to the Internet • Crowdsourcing can either be explicit or implicit • Explicit: • Books or webpages • Share by posting products or items • Implicit: • Standalone • Piggyback

  5. Why it works Spatial reasoning (or literally seeing solutions) Intuition Adaptivity Collaboration Self-organization Competition

  6. Biochemistry Example • The smartest biochemists and fastest computers have made little progress on this bitterly difficult problem over half a century • Foldit - a protein folding game • visual or spatial challenge • goal is to arrange an on-screen protein into the smallest possible shape that obeys all the rules • Amateurs can fold proteins better than chemists and computers

  7. Open Source Definition: any system of innovation or production that relies on goal-oriented yet loosely coordinated participants, who interact to create a product (or service) of economic value, which they make available to contributors and non-contributors alike • open source promotes • universal access • universal redistribution

  8. Applications Computer software Electronics Beverages Digital content Medicine Science and engineering Robotics Fashion Education Media Religion Arts Recreation Hardware

  9. Closed System Innovation

  10. Open Innovation Model Other Firm’s Market Licensing New Products/ Services

  11. Motivation Intrinsic Motivators Autonomy Relatedness Learning Self-expression Control Enjoyment Extrinsic Motivators • Financial compensation • Recognition • Awards

  12. Barriers & Opportunities Opportunities Domain knowledge Creative thinking skills Problem orientation Motivation Barriers • Social loafing • Evaluation apprehension • Production blocking

  13. Questions?

  14. Works Cited http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml Wikipedia Professors slides

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