Ever walk up to a group of friends and ask their opinion on something? Music, cars, shopping, etc.? well then congratulations you were crowdsourcing and may not have even been aware of it.
In these days of instant on Internet and access to hundreds and thousands of people through a tweet or a status update this happens untold number of times every day. Crowdsourcing comes in many shapes and sizes and this infographic does a nice job of showing you where it stands these days.
Via http://www.newrockstarphilosophy.com/2011/05/infographic-on-crowdsourcing/