The City as a Computing Platform

Posted at 11 March 2012 in Collective Intelligence

Part of the 2011 TEDxPhilly lectures on “The City”, Youngjin Yoo, Director of the Center for Design+Innovation at Temple University discusses urban information architecture systems.

Data is the New Oil – Publicy is the New Default

Posted at 21 February 2012 in Collective Intelligence

When observing the explosive growth of the mobile Internet, the ubiquitous availability of ever more powerful digital services as well as the global boom in social networking, it becomes patently clear that there is a common economic force behind these trends, and that force is Data.

Citizen 2.0 White Paper

Posted at 13 November 2011 in Collaborative Innovation, Collective Intelligence

RedCut has released Citizen 2.0, a white paper of case studies that include 17 examples of social media and government innovation: SeeClickFix, Ushahidi, ManorLabs, Vancouver Green City, NYC Idea Market, GovLoop, Yammer, Experience Grand Rapids, Turkayfe, US Embassy in Jakarta, Zonability, CultureNow, PopVox, Localocracy, Votenaweb, EveryBlock, and YouTown.

Video: Openness and collective intelligence

Posted at 4 September 2011 in Collective Intelligence

Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive of NESTA UK, talked in Lift France 11 conference, about collective intelligence and how we think about the idea of openness. Through several examples, he introduces a reflection around crowd sourcing data and its use.

Planning 2.0: Collaborative Platform for Intelligence

Posted at 20 January 2011 in Cities, Collective Intelligence

Ahmed Abukhater, Global Industry Manager for Community Development at Esri explains in Next American City magazine how to shift from “planning for people” to “planning with people” using new technologies and platforms.

Made on the Web, designed by us

Posted at 31 August 2010 in Collective Intelligence

Based on a recent Forrester survey showing that the majority of people on the Web are willing to co-create, Dion Hinchcliffe, a lead Enterprise Web 2.0 advisor, argues that crowdsourcing is looking like a repeatable, reliable way to outsource work and partner with online communities to create concrete results.

Crowdsourcing Public Data

Posted at 2 July 2010 in Collective Intelligence, Digital Cities / Cyber Cities

The Next American City magazine published an article about the latest efforts of the cities to use crowdsourcing strategies to enlist the help, knowledge and time of their citizens.