October 11, 2010

What I’m reading in Kindle: The Wisdom of Crowds

Check out the first chapter of this top level swarming reference. KindleReader.LoadSample({containerID: ‘kindleReaderDiv’, asin: ‘B000FCKC3I’, width: ’1491′, height: ’790′});

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May 17, 2010

YouTube Statistics

YouTube.com is 5 years old. It has more viewers than all three networks combined during their primetime evening slot. It serves over 2 billion views daily. Over a day’s worth of video is uploaded every minute. More stats at http://bit.ly/bK8L91 (Wired).

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March 22, 2010

Crowdsourcing is old-school

Modern technology/social networking companies aren’t the only ones using crowdsourcing. There are several older businesses which are very proven.

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March 6, 2010

Crowdsourcing: Jobs for $5

What would you do for $5? Fiverr is a marketplace for jobs (e.g. installing WordPress, reading Tarot cards, writing sonnets) priced at $5 (fixed). Great example of crowdsourcing.

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March 5, 2010

Crowdsourcing case studies & manuals

Amanda Hickman has written a post that contains many useful, practical links on crowdsourcing: So You Want to Try Crowdsourcing?

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