Change Agents With The Balls: The Rise Of The Amateur Professionals, Prosumers, Pro-Ams – Robin Good’ Sharewood Tidings

Great article (still got to read the 70-pager attached) on professional amateurs. I know this topic, but it’s well said here with a great collection of quotes.

I point this out because these are the people who will drive Web 2.0 and all our economy. We are going back to artisans (and guilds?) and away from certified employee in hierarchical structures. It’s the democratization (flattening?) of work. This is the heart of the Creative Economy.

Link: Change Agents With The Balls: The Rise Of The Amateur Professionals, Prosumers, Pro-Ams – Robin Good’ Sharewood Tidings.

As access to powerful and low-cost new media, electronics and digital technologies becomes easier and easier thanks to innovation and lower and lower prices, creating value, products and good content is not anymore the exclusive property of large corporations, or financially equipped teams of investors. Amateurs professionals are figuring out in more than one way, that they too can be effective and even sustainable products creators without needing to tap into large budgets, expensive machinery and highly paid professionals.