Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Crowdsourcing

Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business

The White Paper Version: Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.

The Soundbyte Version: The application of Open Source principles to fields outside of software.

The History of the Internet

Great 8 min video about something we take for granted and completely rely on nowadays....