Jan

Crowdsourcing is broken. And how to fix it.

Steve Douglas on January 29th, 2010

Business article figures out that one of the main problems with this design crowdsourcing trend is that people aren’t getting paid to do it. Offers a suggestion or two on how to fix this, all of which involve paying people. Yay. [BusinessWeek]

Apple does what Apple does. This time, it seizes 16 domains from some poor schmo who had registered domains with the words iPod and Macbook in them, having done so with the purest intentions. Like redirecting Googlers to competitors of Apple. [TechCrunch]

Speaking of Apple, did anyone miss their new announcement about their new iPad thingy? If you were one of the few, you can check out this moment-by-moment blog about the event. To get the whole effect, you need to start at the bottom. [Engadget]

Speaking of the iTampod (sorry, couldn’t resist), if you’re thinking about coming up with an off-color joke about Apple’s new light days computer (sorry, again), you’re a little late to the party. [Globe & Mail]

Speaking of the iPad, right after the unveiling, Adobe got all huffy because the revolutionary tablet doesn’t support Flash. Apple has yet to respond, but it will probably be along the lines of “suck it”. [Mashable]

Our humble shop got named as logo company of the year over at Famous Logos blog & porftolio site. All things considered, that’s a pretty cool way to start 2010. [Famous Logos]