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Re: Wisdom of crowds — except at work?

Jonathan Rasmusson — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:07:56 -0000

Hi Mathew,

I think it's easy for each side of the debate to come up with
examples of where crowdsourcing works, and where it doesn't
work.

Mr. Freedmans example, while fair, miss some of the critical
points James points out in his book for what crowds need to
be effective - specifically independence, and a vested interest
in the outcome.

We are strong believers in crowdsourcing. At Cambrian House
we use the crowds rank our upcoming product ideas. We even
use the crowds to then help us build them.

Anyone will always be able to come up with an example of how
a crowd has been mislead (stock markets), but I don't again
with Mr. Freeman when he says collaboration of crowds does
not work.

All the best,

Jonathan Rasmusson
Community Evangelist
www.cambrianhouse.com

Re: How To Make Sure the Customer Isn’t Forgotten While in Startup Mode

Jonathan Rasmusson — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:40:42 -0000

Hiya Ben,

Thank you for the comments on your blog. This is an awesome site and one I look forward to exploring.

Have you joined the community?

http://www.cambrianhouse.com/community/

I know a smart guy like you has some good product ideas. We would love to have you in the house.

All the best - JR

Re: Workaround to solve a major annoyance in Quickbooks

Jonathan Rasmusson — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:15:40 -0000

Great post Shaun.

I use QuickBooks for my personal business and always found the online banking a pain.

I would either set it up in beginning, or spend the better part of a Saturday reconciling as you described.

Great post. I know where I am coming for QuickBook advice ;)