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Hierarchy of Crowdsourcing

I heard a speaker today vehemently making a point about how much the printing press impacted us as human beings because it made knowledge available to the common man.  Although agree, it pales in comparison with what the Internet is … Continue reading

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Crowdsourcing Coming of Age – March 11, 2008

Everywhere I turn these days I am running into new ways that organizations are using the concept of crowdsourcing to get work done through the Internet. Today, it was a review of a Website that allows people to post questions … Continue reading

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Google AdWords, CrowdSpirit – January 28, 2008

Google Knows How Old You Are Google recently began offering a new tool to advertisers; the ability to select a demographic segment to target web ads to. Publishers who sign up for the beta test can send demographic information to … Continue reading

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Outsourcing, Crowdsourcing, and Banks Closing – January 11, 2008

So, I had a strange experience this week because I was in a meeting with a few bankers and I started talking about Second Life, and started to tell them about the banks that are opened there. Half of them … Continue reading

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One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) – Can it really change the World? Jan 9, 2008

As I mentioned previously, I ordered an OLPC laptop through the program where you buy two and receive one, while the other gets donated to a needy person overseas. I have been playing with it as I have time, and … Continue reading

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