Among writerly tools in the open source world, TinyMCE is one of those under-the-hood gems that deserves notice from many users. Also known as the Tiny Moxiecode Content Editor, TinyMCE is a cross-platform, web-based JavaScript/HTML WYSIWYG editor control, released under the LGPL by Moxiecode Systems AB. It integrates with many content management systems, such as Drupal, Joomla! and WordPress. Joakim Lindkvist, CEO Moxiecode Systems AB, recently gave us some thoughts on how it's used, and what open source needs.

Taking its inspiration from the XPrize a new beta web site called BigCarrot.com is seeking to "democratize innovation" by generating inducement prizes (financial incentives) for people to innovate, and to fix broken things. The site isn't only focused on meeting goals for open source projects, but there are already open source challenges with cash prizes showing up on the site--some serious, some tongue-in-cheek. "Inducement prizes are an enormously efficient method of encouraging exploration, research and achievement," says J. Kent Pepper, founder and CEO of BigCarrot.com. Could cash prizes encourage open sourcers to go where they haven't gone before?