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“Why Are You Here -- Right Now” is the first book written based on the collective wisdom of one thousand people. YRUHRN announces an ebook and paperback which a crowd of people dreamed, wrote, designed, edited, marketed and published in 50 days. YRUHRN is based on hundreds of people answering the question, “Why Are You Here -- Right Now” via the Amazon service, Mechanical Turk.
Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) October 12, 2006 -- How would you answer this question…Why Are You Here – Right Now? One month ago a group of individuals started a project, YRUHRN, to publish a book written with the use of crowdsourcing and creative efforts of entrepreneurs working from their homes. In just 10 days, almost 1,000 people from all over the world answered the question, “Why Are You Here -- Right Now” for a penny on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
Today that book is a reality and available at http://www.yruhrn.com. A free ebook version is also at http://www.lulu.com/content/447946 and paperback for $19.95 at http://www.lulu.com/content/457464. One third of the profits from YRUHRN will be donated to children affected by Hurricane Katrina by providing holiday gift cards in December 2006.
YRUHRN is based on the big global city of the Internet and a crowd of strangers. The book gives us all a voice to share together and to listen to other voices. They are the voices of mothers, the voice of fathers, the voices of students, the voices of business people, and the voice of the crazy guy that stands on the corner every day. Something about this question seemed to speak to everyone.
“Why Are You Here -- Right Now” is written by one thousand people and created by Ishidos, a self-named group of creative work-at-home people, primarily stay-at-home-moms. The making of YRUHRN has been open source to the public and has utilized tools such as Amazon's Mechanical Turk, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Technorati, Yahoo Groups, Joomla, and other web services. Mechanical Turk allowed YRUHRN to find hundreds of people and pay them a penny each to write an answer to the question.
We all have similar life experiences and we are also all unique individuals. With this one question we hope to create a catalyst for caring and connection for all of our unique talents. Do you have a story to contribute? Join us at http://www.yruhrn.com.
YRUHRN is a book and growing project involving over one thousand people around the world (http://www.yruhrn.com). YRUHRN is a project of Lifebushido (http://www.lifebushido.com).
Contact:
Steve Kantor
240-396-5282
http://www.yruhrn.com
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First Book Created by Global Collaboration of Over 1,000 People Using Amazon’s Mturk
An emerging project, YRUHRN, is creating the first book designed, written, edited, marketed, and published using the wisdom of crowds involving over 1,000 people.
YRUHRN is based on hundreds of people answering the question, “Why Are You Here – Right Now” via the Amazon service, Mechanical Turk. Bethesda, MD (Lifebushido - YRUHRN) September 16, 2006 – How would you answer this question: Why Are You Here – Right Now? We asked that question to over 1,000 random people. The answers are leading to a book created by hundreds of people around the world working together using their unique talents.In a world where we all have similar life experiences we are also all unique individuals. With this one question, and the answers from hundreds of people so far, we hope to create a catalyst for caring and connection about the unique talents of all of us.We all have a choice to create, destroy, or just observe. Our group chooses to create, share, and connect. Do you have a story to contribute? We bet you do… come and join us at http://www.yruhrn.com.
Imagine you are walking down a crowded street as you start your journey. You drop a penny and as it rolls down the sidewalk - you follow it. You realize that you can hear the innermost thoughts of the crowd around you. You question them, “Why Are You Here – Right Now? You start to hear the answers. Yes, think about that big global city and all those voices, as we follow that first penny that started this project through that city, along the way the voices get louder. At the end of the journey, we follow that penny to a global pond, reflecting and watching as the ripples radiate outwards. Those ripples symbolize our impact on all those who read this book and learn about our project. It allows creative people to be heard. It turns our book into far more than just random entries. It gives us a voice, and the world a voice to share together.
They could be voices of the mothers, the voice of fathers, the voices of students, or of business people, voices of the children, and voices of the crazy guy that stands on the corner every day. YRUHRN is an emerging story and hundreds of people are writing it. The project is being run primarily by stay-at-home-moms using their unique talents and expertise working from home. One-third of profits will be donated to the kids of Katrina during the holiday season.YRUHRN emerges with an open source business model. The making of YRUHRN is public and uses a variety of tools to connect our global crowd including Amazon’s MTurk, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Prosper, and other web services. YRUHRN leverages the emerging creative platform to create remarkable stories using the wisdom of crowds and the power of connectors. While hundreds of books compete in the red ocean of books written by one person, we venture forth into a blue ocean of a book written by a thousand people.If you want to contribute your answer, or join the project as an entrepreneurial team member, volunteer for a few hours, or just watch and observe the project, you can find us in a number of places. Just search for YRUHRN and follow the breadcrumbs.YRUHRN – “Why Are You Here – Right Now?” is a book and project blending the lives of 1,000 individuals. This project is being accomplished primarily by stay-at-home-moms using their unique business flair while working from home. (http://www.yruhrn.com). YRUHRN is a project of Lifebushido (http://www.lifebushido.com).
Contact:Steve Kantor
http://www.yruhrn.com
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