Witology (in English)

08/08/2013

In our new blog post Sergey Karelov (CTO, Witology) keeps on dwelling on what crowdsourcing really is, on its allied technologies as well as introduces the researches that can help to differ the former from the latter.

..Unfortunately, there are virtually no serious research papers on crowdsourcing in Russian, as well as on the related areas such as social computing, innovation management, social platforms, etc. Internet search for 2013 Russian scientific public...

29/07/2013

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16/07/2013

Looking Into the Future: Sergey Karelov (Witology CTO) about dispersed knowledge and network-centric intelligence

.Forecasts of the future of breakthrough technologies almost never come true. Even Clayton Christensen, an eminent innovation expert and the author of the international bestseller The Innovator\'s Dilemma, failed to understand the real value of iPhon...

09/07/2013

In our new blog post Sergey Karelov (CTO Witology) is dwelling on the term "crowdsourcing", its orgin and present-day usage. What does the notion "crowdsourcing" imply and what would be more a more correct name for the technologies that stand behind it?

..‘As you name your ship, so shall she sail,’ they sing in Adventures of Captain Vrungelcartoon. And Americans say about this, ‘Give a dog a bad name and hang him’ (i.e. you’d better hang a dog rather than give him a rotten name)...Regrettably, ...

05/06/2013

Crowdfunding is a hot topic both abroad and in Russia. In our new blog post Sergey Karelov (Witology CTO) tells how crowdfunding can help to raise the level of venture investments in innovation and why public funding is sometimes better than the venture one as well as how things stand with all that in Russia and the US.

..Inquiring about ‘crowdfunding’ on the Russian-language Internet brings about over 150,000 answers and that is saying a lot. The figure is 100 times as much for the English-language Internet. But the notion of crowdfunding is gaining popularity in...

06/05/2013

We have analyzed how crowdsourcing is being applied in creative industries and imagined what an ideal crowd cinema project could look like.

..Undoubtedly, the energy of crowds can be harnessed to produce tons of creative ideas, such as music, works of art and design, films and video clips. Thus, the group ‘Semantic Hallucinations’ is now working on a music video entitled ‘Everything Wi...

11/04/2013

'Crowdsourcing proved to be invaluable tool in obtaining feedback from citizens'. Read about the results of our crowdsourcing project “New Ways to Improve Zelenograd" in our blog!

..The other day Alexei Mikhalchenkov, Deputy Prefect of the Zelenograd Borough of Moscow, presented the winners of the crowdsourcing project “New Ways to Improve Zelenograd” with prizes and gifts (For more details see the official website (in Russi...

27/03/2013

The word “crowdsourcing” sounds outlandish to Russian ears. To explain the notion we decided to compare it with something comprehensive and well-known - the folk tales. Which tales of your country could best illustrate crowdsourcing? We look forward to your ideas! http://witology.com/en/5342.html

..We have often discussed the fact that “crowdsourcing” sounds outlandish to Russian ears, leading to confusion at first acquaintance. And we have recently hit upon the idea of drawing a parallel between crowdsourcing and a fairy tale, The Princess...

14/03/2013

There has been little relevant information on investments and investors in social business both in Russia and abroad. So we are very pleased to share the new post by Sergey Karelov, Witology CTO and Chairman of LINEX, in which he presents the exclusive results of a fresh analysis performed by LINEX on who and how invest in social business in the world.

..The subject of social business investments is extremely important for start-upsand their investors. However, there has been little relevant information both in Russiaand abroad. So I am very pleased to present the exclusive results of a fresh ana...

27/02/2013

In our new blog post Sergey Karelov, Witology CTO, tells about network-based collective predictions, the qualitative leaps in their past and their future.

..The recent plans of the Pentagon to predict the future via monitoring Twitter (in Russian) have caused a sensation among many people. But it is no surprise at all. Defense and intelligence agencies, as well as major corporations, have long been a...

11/02/2013

Sasha Smirnova, Witology Facilitator, tells about disseminators of ideas, their role in making an idea successful and where to find them.

..One of the most important results of any crowdsourcing project is producing valuable ideas on some topic or solutions to some problem, depending on the project goals. Equally important is recognizing talented people. Yes indeed, just look at the ...

04/02/2013

Facilitators and Community Managers: what kind of occupation is that, how high is the demand for it and what are the perspectives for its development.

.I am ashamed to admit that although the success of our business relies on facilitators, we have written very little about them. In our tag cloud the font size of the facilitator tag is smaller than that of IBM, Spigit and even Seminar tags..So I m...