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OECD user-created content report

By Zohar Efroni on April 19, 2007 at 2:10 am

I’ve just came across this report published recently by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about User-Created Content (UCC). The 74-pages report, authored by Sacha Wunsch-Vincent and Graham Vickery, is a highly informative and well-written study providing an up-to-date account on the most significant developments in the area. Read more about OECD user-created content report

AssignmentZero

By Lauren Gelman on March 19, 2007 at 1:28 pm

Jay Rosen's NewAssignment.net and Wired News just launched AssignmentZero, "an attempt to bring journalists together with people in the public who can help cover a story."

I think this is a really wonderful project that takes the concept of citizen journalism to the next level by creating a platform for professionals and amateurs to collaborate on one story. Check it out and sign up to be a part of the project. Their first project-- assignment zero-- is about crowdsourcing and the larger practice it's part of: peer production on the new information commons.

(I wrote their copyright and privacy policy so please let me know if you have any feedback on that.) Read more about AssignmentZero

A Funny Think Happened on the Way to the Forum of Ideas

By Bruce B. Cahan on February 7, 2007 at 11:16 pm

I miss Zero Mostel. I wonder how he'd use laughter to ponder and probe our Web World of today and tomorrow, and how Zero would raise concerns about the Web's privacy protections. But that's a blog for another day... Read more about A Funny Think Happened on the Way to the Forum of Ideas

Zimbio's cool blogging tool

By Colette Vogele on January 31, 2007 at 3:38 pm

Zimbio is a cool web 2.0 collaborative media company, that has developed a great tool for promoting your blog. (Full disclosure: Zimbio is a client of my firm, and it's founders are friends of mine. So perhaps I'm a bit biased here, but I'll let you decide after checking out their new feature.) Read more about Zimbio's cool blogging tool

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