Wikipedia Issue Equals Trouble for the Crowdsourcing Business Model?

I was surprised to see a plea for donations from Wikipedia.  The plea stated that if every user would donate only $5, Wikipedia could operate for a significant period with no additional donations needed.  I was under the impression that crowd sourcing and open sourcing were the business models of the future, so how could […]

The Free Bar Isn’t Just for the Web

In the world of the web, it is widely understood that you must ethically bribe your visitors with electronic goodies in order to get and hold their interest.  In the good old days of the internet, these free items may have been as simple as a quick quiz, a newsletter, or a short eBook.  As […]