Saturday, June 27, 2026 Strategy, technology, media, and social systems

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Sorin Adam Matei

Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.

Tag: crowdsourcing

Lost flight MH370 last known locations and identified debris around the possible crash sites (maps, KMZ)

  The map below and the KMZ file of Lost Flight MH370 , summarize in real time the story of the search and hopefully eventual finding of lost flight MH370. Come back often or bookmark this page to get the latest geographic news. Or…

Why Iceland’s new draft constitution was not written by crowdsourcing and why this is a good thing, too

Iceland surprised the world when it announced that it will include in the draft of its new constitution suggestions made by the citizenry via social media. A website and a special Facebook page were used as main means for collecting public input.  The…

Less is more, even when we communicate

Image via Wikipedia Lifehacker picks this little tid-bit of insight from Inc: You might think that involving a bunch of people in every company meeting and email keeps everyone on the same page. In reality, it's a productivity killer that hinders rather…

Independent and interdependent task allocation in Wikipedia editorial work

Image via Wikipedia Wikipedia articles that are controlled by a small group of editors that coordinate their work closely seem to be of higher quality. This is one of the main suggestions made by Kraut an Kittur, whose work was previously featured…

Broadband.gov – by IdeaScale

The FCC decided to change the way it does business. It has crowdsourced its policy planning process. Well, sort of.. It launched a Digg-like platform (actually a service on demand site, launched by IdeaScalem who wants to do for Digg-like applications what…