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Lab Book Club: Jeff Howe
Lab Book Club: Interview with Jeff Howe, Part 3
/ Nov. 24, 2008 / 7:45 a.m.
As part of the Lab Book Club, I interviewed Jeff Howe, author of the very interesting Crowdsourcing. We marched through the book’s chapters in an hour-long session in the Nieman Foundation’s basement; here’s the third and final chunk, about 14 minutes. This one covers chapter 8 through 11. Some of the issues we cover:
— The wisdom of Sturgeon’s Law
— Why news organizations should moderate comments on their sites
— How his UK book cover got crowdsourced
— Tim Ferris’ research to pick his book title
— Kevin Kelly’s 1,000 True Fans
— How hyperlocal fits in
My thanks to our own Ted Delaney for the shooting and editing. For more about the Lab Book Club, check here.
