Comments on: Crowdsourcing is not milking the masses for free labour, so put away your teets http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/ Startups, ventures, and a universe of abundance Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: $anchor$basketball Betting,final Four,final Four Betting,final Four Gambling,final Four Sports Book,final Four Sportsbook,march Madness,march Madness Betting,march Madness Gambling,march Madness Sports Book,march Madness Sportsbook,ncaa,ncaa Betting,ncaa http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-75164 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:19:15 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-75164 <strong>$anchor$basketball Betting,final Four,final Four Betting,final Four Gambling,final Four Sports Book,final Four Sportsbook,march Madness,march Madness Betting,march Madness Gambling,march Madness Sports Book,march Madness Sportsbook,ncaa,ncaa Betting,...</strong> $anchor$basketball Betting,final Four,final Four Betting,final Four Gambling,final Four Sports Book,final Four Sportsbook,march Madness,march Madness Betting,march Madness Gambling,march Madness Sports Book,march Madness Sportsbook,ncaa,ncaa Betting,nc... $anchor$basketball Betting,final Four,final Four Betting,final Four Gambling,final Four Sports Book,final Four Sportsbook,march Madness,march Madness Betting,march Madness Gambling,march Madness Sports Book,march Madness Sportsbook,ncaa,ncaa Betting,…

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]]> by: Jasmine http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-64940 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:19:28 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-64940 Thanks Aaron. We look forward to digging deeper into the up', down's and inner workings of Crowdsourcing at the WebGuild Conference in Santa Clara on Tuesday :) Thanks Aaron.
We look forward to digging deeper into the up’, down’s and inner workings of Crowdsourcing at the WebGuild Conference in Santa Clara on Tuesday :)

]]> by: Aaron Strouta http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-63742 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:04:50 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-63742 Jasmine - totally agree with your line of thinking here. "Crowdsourcing" is only negative if you perceive it to be so. We can ask Jeff H. directly but my guess is that he coined the term, he intended for it to be a positive (or at least neutral term) that spoke to the concept of using a community of customers, partners or employees to help problem solve. To that end, Cambrian House proves that companies that "crowdsource" aren't all pillaging their crowd as you give back a % of your company to your contributors. Folks like Threadless, iStockphoto et al. do the same. Keep on crowdsourcing!!! Jasmine - totally agree with your line of thinking here. “Crowdsourcing” is only negative if you perceive it to be so. We can ask Jeff H. directly but my guess is that he coined the term, he intended for it to be a positive (or at least neutral term) that spoke to the concept of using a community of customers, partners or employees to help problem solve. To that end, Cambrian House proves that companies that “crowdsource” aren’t all pillaging their crowd as you give back a % of your company to your contributors. Folks like Threadless, iStockphoto et al. do the same. Keep on crowdsourcing!!!

]]> by: generic_idea_machine http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-61612 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:48:01 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-61612 - is CH a true crowd-sourcing venture? - what does the CH fine print have to say about intellectual property rights for all the ideas submitted? - how many years has CH been in existance now and how many ventures (successful and non) does it have under it's belt these are some of the basic questions everyone should think/research about before marketing their venture on Cambrian House - is CH a true crowd-sourcing venture?
- what does the CH fine print have to say about intellectual property rights for all the ideas submitted?
- how many years has CH been in existance now and how many ventures (successful and non) does it have under it’s belt

these are some of the basic questions everyone should think/research about before marketing their venture on Cambrian House

]]> by: Paul Poutanen http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-59551 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:01:13 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-59551 This indeed is an interesting discussion. "Crowdsourcing" is not "freesourcing or open sourcing" in my opinion. I see crowdsourcing as using the crowd with intrinsic and/or extrinsic incentives. (Thanks Tom) This is not a gauging excercise. People will not do stuff for free (at least not for very long). The use of social tools to find the right people at the right time for the right work is what is really important. Crowdsourcing allows feedback and it allows things to be done that could not have been done before. from wikipedia definition "Crowdsourcing is a neologism for the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call" I believe crowdsourcing will change the face of work in the years to come. This indeed is an interesting discussion.

“Crowdsourcing” is not “freesourcing or open sourcing” in my opinion.

I see crowdsourcing as using the crowd with intrinsic and/or extrinsic incentives. (Thanks Tom) This is not a gauging excercise. People will not do stuff for free (at least not for very long).

The use of social tools to find the right people at the right time for the right work is what is really important.

Crowdsourcing allows feedback and it allows things to be done that could not have been done before.

from wikipedia definition “Crowdsourcing is a neologism for the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call”

I believe crowdsourcing will change the face of work in the years to come.

]]> by: Jeff De Cagna http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-59414 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:35:03 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-59414 Jasmine, this is a great post. I'm particularly interested in your 2008 goal to educate people about crowdsourcing. I am actually involved with a professional gathering taking place on the West Coast this summer that would offer you the opportunity to educate an audience that is mostly unfamiliar with both Cambrian House and crowdsourcing. It would be great if you could be a speaker. Can I contact you about it? Please let me know ASAP. Thanks! Jasmine, this is a great post. I’m particularly interested in your 2008 goal to educate people about crowdsourcing. I am actually involved with a professional gathering taking place on the West Coast this summer that would offer you the opportunity to educate an audience that is mostly unfamiliar with both Cambrian House and crowdsourcing. It would be great if you could be a speaker. Can I contact you about it? Please let me know ASAP. Thanks!

]]> by: Jasmine Antonick http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-57740 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:33:02 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-57740 Great points, Tom. In the Age of Participation, you have a choice of whether or not you want to participate :) Great points, Tom.
In the Age of Participation, you have a choice of whether or not you want to participate :)

]]> by: Tom Powell http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-57711 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:47:03 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-57711 It seems Tara has an overly negative view of Crowdsourcing. It is simply a term describing what is and has been going on in communities for a while. It isn't inherently negative or positive. (Though obviously iStockPhoto, per the above comment, very much enjoys being called a crowdsourcer.) And if for whatever reason you don't enjoy how a company is crowdsourcing, here's the best part: you don't have to participate. Only those companies which effectively crowdsource (providing the right incentives -- both intrinsic and extrinsic) will survive and thrive. Tara seems to categorize all negative/failed/exploitative attempts as "crowdsourcing" and all positive/successfull/mutually beneficial attempts as "customer led innovation". Which doesn't seem to make much sense. It seems Tara has an overly negative view of Crowdsourcing. It is simply a term describing what is and has been going on in communities for a while. It isn’t inherently negative or positive. (Though obviously iStockPhoto, per the above comment, very much enjoys being called a crowdsourcer.)

And if for whatever reason you don’t enjoy how a company is crowdsourcing, here’s the best part: you don’t have to participate. Only those companies which effectively crowdsource (providing the right incentives — both intrinsic and extrinsic) will survive and thrive. Tara seems to categorize all negative/failed/exploitative attempts as “crowdsourcing” and all positive/successfull/mutually beneficial attempts as “customer led innovation”. Which doesn’t seem to make much sense.

]]> by: Nollind Whachell http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-57638 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:34:45 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-57638 Actions not words will relay the true heart of any person or organization. Therefore you can agree to disagree on the words but the actions will speak truthfully for themselves. Actions not words will relay the true heart of any person or organization. Therefore you can agree to disagree on the words but the actions will speak truthfully for themselves.

]]> by: Patrick Lor http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-57621 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:59:09 +0000 http://www.cambrianhouse.com/blog/cambrian-house/crowdsourcing-is-not-milking-the-masses-for-free-labour-so-put-away-your-teets/#comment-57621 The term "crowdsourcing" was coined by Jeff Howe last year - and iStockphoto was extremely pleased that the word has become as popular as it is today. Before that, we always struggled to describe our business, using terms such as "User Generated Content". The term “crowdsourcing” was coined by Jeff Howe last year - and iStockphoto was extremely pleased that the word has become as popular as it is today. Before that, we always struggled to describe our business, using terms such as “User Generated Content”.

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