#crowd-sourcing — Public Fediverse posts

i have garnet's appointment tomorrow at 3 pm and i'm $257 CDN ($187 USD) in overdraft still. i need to both get out of overdraft and also i need to collect money to cover the appointment (which i'm not even sure the amount)

https://www.paypal.me/aliciaheart?locale.x=en_CA

please help my struggling self properly take care of my cat #mutualaid #donations #petcare #cats #financialsupport #crowdsourcing

Does asking attendees in advance for conference program suggestions work? No, it doesn't! Here's what does work…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/02/conference-program-suggestions

#meetings #EventDesign #ConferencePrograms #crowdsourcing #eventprofs

A (slightly edited) interview "Q&A with Adrian Segar on Crowdsourcing" by JT Long in Smart Meetings Magazine.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/interviews/2019/04/qa-with-adrian-segar-on-crowdsourcing

#meetings #EventDesign #interview #SmartMeetings #crowdsourcing #eventprofs

PetaPixel: This New Open-Source Camera Has Swappable Sensors and Lens Mounts. “CHC5 modules start at under $200 for backers, and the camera base itself, with a sensor and mount of choice, is around $680. The system is entirely open-source, rendering it easy to customize for even niche applications. With interchangeable sensors mounted on uniform boards, swappable lens mounts, and open-source […]

OMG! This is brilliant. The King of Citizen Science, @mhaklay.bsky.social, who catalyzed my idea for #UCLChemAirPoll is now bridged across to Mastodon. I strongly recommend you follow him if you are interested in harnessing people power to gather data to change the world. #citizenscience #crowdsourcing #learning #data

[#veille] et ça continue du côté de la mise en ligne de l'indexation nominative du fichier des ecclésiastiques catholiques (1880-1906). Par diocèse :
- Chartres, 697 individus
- Coutances, 1719 id
- Digne, 659 id
- Dijon, 894 id
- Fréjus, 601 id
- Grenoble, 1409 id

Accessible d'ici : https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/IR/FRAN_IR_059907
Ou par le moteur de recherche

#histoire #crowdsourcing #19esiecle #Girophares #archives #archivesnationales #histodons #archivistodon #histoirepolitique #histoirereligieuse

[#veille] Nouveau projet participatif sur #Girophares : "Au fil des rues de Paris". Indexation des répertoires des greffiers de la chambre des Bâtiments civils (18e siècle) - Archives nationales
https://www.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/actualites/nouveau-projet-au-fil-des-rues-de-paris

#crowdsourcing #archivesnationales #batiment #architecture #urbanisme #histodons #Paris #18esiecle #archives #histoire #patrimoine

How to use sticky notes to crowdsource sessions and level of interest dot voting to choose the sessions your attendees need & want

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/09/dot-voting

#meetings #EventDesign #GroupWork #crowdsourcing #SessionSelection #DotVoting #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs

Canadian Wildlife Federation: New App Encourages Canadians to Explore Aquatic Barriers Blocking Fish Migration. “The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is calling on all Canadians to help monitor freshwater connectivity through the new Canadian Fish Passage Assessment (CANFISHPASS) app, a free mobile tool that helps identify barriers potentially restricting fish movement in rivers, streams and […]

New York Times: A City Unites Around a Common Goal: Moving a Castle by Hand. This link goes to a gift article. “The children, about 480 total working in shifts, were taking part in the ancient tradition of hikiya, which involves moving buildings with ropes and rollers rather than dismantling them. They were trying to move Hirosaki Castle’s keep — its central, most fortified part — closer […]

BBC: Shipbuilding archive aims to preserve memories. “…people across north-east England have been asked to sit down with loved ones who once worked in the shipyards to contribute to the Shipyard Heritage Museum’s online living archive. The archive is open to stories from the rivers Tyne, Wear and Tees.”

Reflections from State of the Map 2025 (the OpenStreetMap conference). Re-engaging with Sotmafter 15 years, and thinking what changed, and what are the persistant issues that stay around. #OpenStreetMap #CitizenScience #CommunityScience #Crowdsourcing

https://povesham.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/state-of-the-map-2026-openstreetmap-conference/

The Guardian: Tell us: do you think AI has made Google search better or worse?. “Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on the internet still shows the same list of links to users, but they have to scroll past a summarized response from an AI chatbot, a feature Google calls AI Overviews. The change to what was once the gateway to […]

AZ PM: A new online tool maps border wall projects, using photos from the people who live nearby. “A new online mapping tool aims to document wall construction and other federal projects along the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border — using help from the people who live there. The Border Chronicle, a Tucson-based independent news outlet, launched the initiative — called ‘Wall Watch’ — […]

CNBC: Amazon service Bezos once called ‘artificial artificial intelligence’ is shutting down. “Amazon is soon pulling the plug on its 21-year-old crowdsourced work platform, called Mechanical Turk, the company said Tuesday…. Launched in 2005, Mechanical Turk matches legions of workers with simple digital jobs, or ‘Human Intelligence Tasks,’ that typically pay out a few cents per task. […]

Good-Humored Scientists Create ‘OnlyMarms’ Page to Boost Marmot Conservation and Donations

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-humored-scientists-create-onlymarms-page-to-boost-marmot-conservation-and-donations/

Here is a real-life comparison of pre-conference and at-conference crowdsourcing at a peer conference (aka #unconference)

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/07/comparing-pre-conference-and-at-conference-crowdsourcing

#meetings #EventDesign #crowdsourcing #events #eventprofs

Variety: ABC Unveils New Twist for Live-Streamed News: Shows That Respond to Viewer Queries, Needs. “During a recent live-stream of ‘Searched’, a relatively new entry to the schedule of ABC News Live, Benitez, clad in bright white sneakers and a short sleeve shirt, offered followers different angles on top news stories — the ones they were asking about on their own. ‘Searched’ uses data from […]

Zero context curiosty question for UK / English peeps:

"Orion by the Sea"

Mean anything to you?

NASA: Volunteer Develops Machine-Learning Tool to Identify Rare Clouds. “Certain kinds of clouds are misbehaving – appearing more often and lower in the sky than they used to. To help identify the factors influencing these changes (e.g. shifts in Earth’s long-term weather patterns), scientists have asked people around the world with cameras to submit fresh images of these clouds as a part […]

The Guardian: Meet the army of amateur archivists racing to save US history in national parks. “Hundreds of volunteers, many of whom are anonymous, have submitted photos of national signage to the digital archive. As of 3 August, the site has compiled 17,236 photos, including at least one in nearly every national park and historic site in the country.”

Best actual microblogging replacement for Twitter these days? (Not really seeking a particular "community" but basically the intellectual & age & emotional maturity opposite of Threads, which is just about the worst place on the internet now.

But I WANT character restriction for just vague little brain twitches…

Heritage Fund: Taking experiences with historic collections outside the archive’s walls. “Creating an archive about the fights for disability rights means thinking differently from the start. When we began creating the National Disability Movement Archive and Collection (NDMAC), we knew that preserving history was only part of the job. We also needed to think about how that history and […]

@petrillic @bunnie

It sickens me a little to think of how hard I hustled the SMT factory to get the boards built, and the guys who worked overtime to hit our deadline. They did it gladly, and with great alacrity for just a couple hundred bucks. Then I look at the majority cut that Crowd Supply/Mouser commands and their opaque delay on fulfillment. It’s not fair to the workers, it’s not fair to me, and most importantly, it’s not fair to the backers.

I have to wonder what other channels could facilitate a project like this. What if @opencollective got into #crowdsourcing?
#crowdsupply

How do you crowdsource a conference program in real time? I explain, using the 2017 Haute Dokimazo #unconference in Austin, TX as an example.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/08/crowdsource-conference-program-2

#EventDesign #TheThreeQuestions #crowdsourcing #eventprofs

Vineyard Gazette: BioBlitz is a Competitive Creature Feature. “Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket have each conducted individual bioblitz’s in summers past, but when Sarah Bois of the Linda Loring Nature Foundation on Nantucket proposed an inter-Island event, members of the Vineyard’s BiodiversityWorks agreed that some healthy competition could go a long way.”

At BizBash Live DC, David Adler and I discuss the best formats for live experiences in front of an invited crowd of meeting professionals.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/interviews/2019/11/best-formats-for-live-experiences

#meetings #EventDesign #AnnotatedVideo #interview #BestMeetingFormats #BizBash #crowdsourcing #eventprofs

Jackson Advocate: MHC launches new Mississippi Stories Grant program. “The Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) has launched the Mississippi Stories Grant, a new funding opportunity to help communities across the state preserve, share, and celebrate the voices and lived experiences of Mississippians. The program is supported by the Mississippi Legislature through the Mississippi Department of […]