Crowdsourcing Response

Reading this has made me want to start my own crowdsourcing project.  My father actually suggested it to me as a project about my mother that seemed nearly impossible given the time limit I had and the amount of traveling I would have to do.  This idea is a documentary about my mother’s sister, Mindy, who died some time ago from cancer.  I would get relatives from all across the country—from upstate New York, to Indiana, to Arizona—to interview with me about what Mindy meant to them and to tell me stories about her.  I would then send it to my mother and Mindy’s sons as a graduation gift for my cousin Tim.  Now that I’ve learned more about crowdsourcing, I find this project to be extremely possible, and that it will be even more exciting and interesting, given all the different personalities of those who would be participating. 

            In response to the readings/videos, it was the Wikipedia viewing that intrigued me the most.  Even though I’ve heard the basic story before, it’s incredible to me how successful the website has become, as well as how accurate the information on the online Encyclopedia is.  I never realized how much the website checked its facts, but it makes sense now.  It shows how far crowdsourcing can spread, and how affective it can be as a process of gaining information. 

            Though film crews are already broken up into such diverse categories, having many people do many things, it will be interesting to see how crowdsourcing, as it expands in interest, will affect the film community even more in the future.