Comments on: London calling: Musing about crowdsourcing http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/28/london-calling-musing-about-crowdsourcing/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephanie Booth http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/28/london-calling-musing-about-crowdsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-196803 Stephanie Booth Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:19:00 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/28/london-calling-musing-about-crowdsourcing/#comment-196803 I guess they're only taking English songs, but in French there is (at least!) "Dans les brouillards de Londres" (Thierry Hazard): http://www.paroles.net/chansons/13501.htm I guess they’re only taking English songs, but in French there is (at least!) “Dans les brouillards de Londres” (Thierry Hazard): http://www.paroles.net/chansons/13501.htm

]]> By: Partha Kannan http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/28/london-calling-musing-about-crowdsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-196658 Partha Kannan Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:27:07 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/28/london-calling-musing-about-crowdsourcing/#comment-196658 JP, I don't have another example but it is really fascinating to see that wikipedia is being put to use for a research task. This definitely opens new propsects for the different ways in which things like wikipedia can be used. Crowdsourcing! I like the word. Looks like this word has been around for more than a year but I came to know of it only today. I am visiting your blog after a few days gap and as always I am going back after finding something fascinating. JP,

I don’t have another example but it is really fascinating to see that wikipedia is being put to use for a research task. This definitely opens new propsects for the different ways in which things like wikipedia can be used. Crowdsourcing! I like the word. Looks like this word has been around for more than a year but I came to know of it only today. I am visiting your blog after a few days gap and as always I am going back after finding something fascinating.

]]> By: Robbie Clutton http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/28/london-calling-musing-about-crowdsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-196103 Robbie Clutton Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:22:52 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/09/28/london-calling-musing-about-crowdsourcing/#comment-196103 This started on London's XFM radio station with Alex Zane's breakfast show (http://www.xfm.co.uk/Sectional.asp?b=onair&id=440). 'Cheeky Pete' write a song about Holloway Road to the tune of "We didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel. This started on London’s XFM radio station with Alex Zane’s breakfast show (http://www.xfm.co.uk/Sectional.asp?b=onair&id=440). ‘Cheeky Pete’ write a song about Holloway Road to the tune of “We didn’t start the fire” by Billy Joel.

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