Posts about Wisdom of Crowds

Examples of the Wisdom of Crowds in Daily Life

In Wisdom of Crowds on 17 May 2009

Recently I wrote an article for A List Apart, the site for people who make websites, on applying the Wisdom…

Design for the Wisdom of Crowds

In Conferences, Design, Wisdom of Crowds on 16 March 2009

Yesterday I gave a fun talk at SXSW. Here are a few photos. As promised, here are the slides. Related…

Video of Me @ FOWD

In Community, Crowdsourcing, Event, Interface, Internet, Video, Wisdom of Crowds on 12 December 2008

Last month I presented at Future of Web Design 2008 NYC. Now the Carson folks have put the video online.…

Meaning-Making Machines

In Community, Emotions, Psychology, Wisdom of Crowds on 4 October 2008

Grandma Powazek once told me why she stopped making cucumber salad. She’d been chopping cucumbers when her hands started to…

No Spectators

In Business, Community, Crowdsourcing, Geek, Internet, Technology, Wisdom of Crowds on 19 October 2007

It’s difficult to remember now, but there was a time when companies looked at the internet and made a ponderous…

People-Powered Products

In Business, Crowdsourcing, Wisdom of Crowds on 30 May 2007

Expanding on the quick thought I posted this morning, I’m on the hunt for more examples of people-powered products. In…

The Wisdom of Browse

In Design, Geek, Internet, Wisdom of Crowds on 20 April 2006

There’s some drama afoot lately as bloggers pick apart Digg’s user-controlled editorial system, looking for evidence of editors lurking in…