Embrace the Crowd
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00 Monday, 07 September 2009 18:35
Get used to it boys and girls. Crowdsourcing is here to stay. Wired Magazine warned us back in 2006 and most of the those of us in design saw the writing on the wall. The crowd has power. Ask the folks at UC Berkeley (SETI), iStockphoto, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook and a ton of others. If you can tap the power of the crowd (also known as your audience) you can achieve amazing success. Here are a few articles on the topic and the blog of a man who is dedicating a year of his life to studying the phenomenon.