When web users cross the Gladwell 10,000-hour standard

"Derek Powazek has a piece that tries to bring the Malcolm Gladwell Outliers thesis — that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master anything — and apply it to the explosion of content brought about by the Internet"

http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/when-web-users-cross-the-gladwell-10000-hour-standard