Our Wednesday class talked about crowdsourcing - getting information/input for a task/project/idea by seeking out the services of people, paid or unpaid, on the Internet. I think it's such a coincidence because I was surfing the internet for ways people of today have incorporated Moby Dick into life today and came across this video. It's a group of guys called King Post appealing to people of the internet for funding of a Moby Dick card game! How fun is that? Crowdsourcing and the book we're studying all in one.
So I tried to get the link above to be a direct video to here, but I couldn't figure it out without using Youtube. So I searched Youtube to see if King Post had the same video on there. I found them but they didn't have this video. Instead they have a channel of information about the game and book. So not only are they crowdsourcing, but they are using different databases to get their message out to appeal to more people and get more viewers.
Their crowdsourcing got them the funding they needed to make their card game possible. This just shows the power of the internet and how effective this method is of getting your ideas out there and getting the support you need to make stuff happen!
That's really great. Online collaboration has become such a powerful tool. I think it's neat that people can bring new vitality to old concepts and art in the new digital realm. Using online technologies can help connect younger generations with things that could seem outdated and "uncool" like Moby Dick.
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