When I first started talking about the idea behind Spot.Us (not the actual organization) it was late 2007. The first time I spoke about Spot.Us…
Category: Crowdsourcing
Carnival of Journalism – Universities and their Role
As you may or may not know with the help of the Knight Foundation and the Reynolds Journalism Institute I’ll be organizing a round-table in…
How I turned 20k into 48k
There are many things that excite me about Spot.Us. One in particular, which I believe is part of our pathway to sustainability is “community-focused sponsorship”…
WikiLeaks: Ethics, Ideals and Questions
If: Information is power. And: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Then: Absolute information corrupts absolutely. What is WIkiLeaks: According to wikipedia it’s “an…
Micro-Payments vs. Crowd Funding
In a recent Tweet LA Times media columnist James Rainey commented. “Hector Tobar colmn on low property taxes for wealthy country clubs from story 1st…