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How Crowdsourcing Supported Haiti

Mission 4636- just one part of the story that has captured the attention of billions across the world in the opening months of 2010: namely, the tragedy and continued devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti on January 12.

[ More ] March 16th, 2010 | View Comments | Posted in Social Media, blur Group, crowdsourcing |

What Is An ‘Online Crowd’?

What’s an ‘online crowd?’ At first glance, the question appears so simplistic that even the dinosaurs of the internet age might feel they have a chance. A crowd of people…that meet online?  Yes… but, no. It’s slightly more complex than that Grandpa.

[ More ] March 9th, 2010 | View Comments | Posted in Social Media, crowdsourcing |

Is Twitter the Web’s Greatest Ponzi Scheme?

Is Twitter the Web’s greatest Ponzi scheme and Evan Williams the Madoff of the information age? Will this ‘pulse of the Web’ communications house of cards finally collapse when the vast majority of Twitter users figure out that the vast, vast majority of their ‘followers’ are nothing like followers and probably never will be. Is [...]

[ More ] September 22nd, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in Social Media |