December 2006
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Why Peter Jackson should direct "The Hobbit"
Thank to Bill Ives for pointing me to this New York Times article about Peter Jackson leveraging his fans using the Web in his negotiations with New Line Cinema. Because New Line Cinema and Peter Jackson could not agree on Jackson’s share on “Lord of the Ring” revenues, New Line Cinema intends to dump Peter Jackson as director of LOTR prequel “The Hobbit”. Peter Jackson’s letter on his fan web...
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Getting the Wisdom of Crowds Through Computer...
Thanks to Ken Zolot for pointing me to this post by Henry Jenkins on “Collective Intelligence vs the Wisdom of Crowds”. Henry Jenkins rightly differentiates between the wisdom of crowds such as in prediction markets, and a more sophisticated way of working together through collective intelligence such as in Wikipedia, where people instantly get access to and can build upon each...
