I am fascinated by the notion of the wisdom of crowds. The evidence and potential of a new intelligence that emerges from a group that is diverse and well networked is enthralling. A lot of people have talked about this topic, but maybe no one who described as well as [...]
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Crowdsource an Overthrow
A new film sets up the idea that we can crowdsource international justice. It’s inspiring and scary and everything in between. Watch the first 5 minutes. KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise [...]
Sukey beat me to it
I had an idea: Fancy-phone app for protesters. It’s a map with 2 views: Submit & Browse. In submit, you have a small set of icons you can drag and drop on the map, including barricade, broken barricade, arrest, speech, meeting etc. In Browse, you see an aggregate of everything [...]
Audio annotation of an Arrest
Police radio recording during an arrest at Occupy Boston. Public can annotate the recording. http://soundcloud.com/oliverday/bpd-arrests-second-park-occupy
Occupy Ideas
Idea forum for Occupy Wall Street. https://occupyideas.cc/