“I would like to redefine the amateur because I think the amateurs have gotten a lot better.  And I’m in good company in this. Charlie Leadbeater, who is at Demos, a think-tank in England, writes about the rise of the Pro-Am. A third designation, someone who is an amateur, in that they don’t make their living by being a TV producer or a scientist, but they work to professional standards. So they are as good as a professional but for whatever reason, quite possibly choice, they choose not to make their living“. - Jeff Howe, author, contributing editor at Wired Magazine.