Comments on: Mozilla and Ubuntu have an opportunity (and a duty) to unlock the cognitive surplus http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/ Relentless user-focus on civic websites Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Celeste Dauphine http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-109645 Celeste Dauphine Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:20:01 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/#comment-109645 @Vadim, I would be doing this already if I knew how to. While I don't have the time to search out suitable opportunities, if a widget came up (every time I opened FireFox would be fine with me) that sent me directly to a place where I could spend 5 or 10 minutes completing a task, I would love to do that. I'm going directly to Distributed Proofreaders for Project Gutenberg, now that I know about it. @Vadim, I would be doing this already if I knew how to. While I don’t have the time to search out suitable opportunities, if a widget came up (every time I opened FireFox would be fine with me) that sent me directly to a place where I could spend 5 or 10 minutes completing a task, I would love to do that. I’m going directly to Distributed Proofreaders for Project Gutenberg, now that I know about it.

]]> By: Joe Anderson http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-8956 Joe Anderson Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:40:21 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/#comment-8956 Yeah, I would find it a little annoying. I'd feel guilty not to volunteer, but frankly I wouldn't have the time. I would think it'd be nifty to build BOINC (distributed supercomputing) into Firefox or another web-browser, but I suspect it would cause major performance issues. Yeah, I would find it a little annoying. I’d feel guilty not to volunteer, but frankly I wouldn’t have the time. I would think it’d be nifty to build BOINC (distributed supercomputing) into Firefox or another web-browser, but I suspect it would cause major performance issues.

]]> By: Vadim P. http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-5094 Vadim P. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:15:14 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/#comment-5094 Great idea, lets annoy the users for no reason at all. It's not like if they'd like to do this, they'd be doing this already, right? Should make them play the rice game too. Great idea, lets annoy the users for no reason at all. It’s not like if they’d like to do this, they’d be doing this already, right?

Should make them play the rice game too.

]]> By: Craig Nicol http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-4855 Craig Nicol Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:25:57 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/#comment-4855 To follow up on Ross' point, maybe mySociety could prove the point by creating a blog/iGoogle/... widget demonstrating the concept with a rolling link to mySociety's cognitive surplus tasks (such as the videos, or the groups near you task), and then invite others to add their own tasks. Then all Firefox/Ubuntu/Google/whoever have to do is roll that widget into their page. I'm not sure what the widget would look like though. To follow up on Ross’ point, maybe mySociety could prove the point by creating a blog/iGoogle/… widget demonstrating the concept with a rolling link to mySociety’s cognitive surplus tasks (such as the videos, or the groups near you task), and then invite others to add their own tasks. Then all Firefox/Ubuntu/Google/whoever have to do is roll that widget into their page. I’m not sure what the widget would look like though.

]]> By: Jenny S-T http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-1998 Jenny S-T Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/#comment-1998 There's also Distributed Proofreaders for Project Gutenberg, though that takes longer to get into as there's a bit of a learning curve. There’s also Distributed Proofreaders for Project Gutenberg, though that takes longer to get into as there’s a bit of a learning curve.

]]> By: Tom Steinberg http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 Tom Steinberg Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:10:54 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/#comment-1996 Maybe I think it's their responsibility because of the truckloads of cash they have :) Maybe I think it’s their responsibility because of the truckloads of cash they have :)

]]> By: Russ http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 Russ Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:39:46 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/#comment-1995 This sounds a little bit "it's someone else's responsibility to do this". How about mySociety sponsors the creation of a Firefox plug-in that uses the cognitive surplus, and if it proves successful then contact the Mozilla foundation and ask them to make use of it? This sounds a little bit “it’s someone else’s responsibility to do this”. How about mySociety sponsors the creation of a Firefox plug-in that uses the cognitive surplus, and if it proves successful then contact the Mozilla foundation and ask them to make use of it?

]]> By: Tim Davies http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 Tim Davies Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:23:06 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/2008/08/02/mozilla-and-ubuntu-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-unlock-the-cognitive-surplus/#comment-1994 Hey Tom We've been talking about something similar over on this post: http://timdavies.org.uk/2008/07/04/five-nine-volunteering Looking at how to tap into the cognitive surplus of commuters via micro-crowdsourced tasks that can take place via mobile phone / blackberry. Roll on the Cognitive Surplus Foundation... Hey Tom

We’ve been talking about something similar over on this post: http://timdavies.org.uk/2008/07/04/five-nine-volunteering

Looking at how to tap into the cognitive surplus of commuters via micro-crowdsourced tasks that can take place via mobile phone / blackberry.

Roll on the Cognitive Surplus Foundation…

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