Crowdsourcing in 140 Characters

Zach Wilson asked me via Twitter to define crowdsourcing in less than 140 characters. My response:

More people collaborating to create more value with less individual effort than was possible pre-Web.

With room to spare! My twitter handle if you want to follow me there as well: @davidgammel.

Zachary Wilson
And my reply…

“Interesting. To me, crowdsourcing is initiated by a client and has a underlying motivation for the participant. IMO that is $$$ driven”

February 6th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
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