Author Archives: Tommaso De Benetti
About Tommaso De Benetti
Tommaso is a young and dynamic lover of media and communications. Spending most of his time discussing the industries of games and media, he also runs a popular podcast in Italian and an awesome digital magazine. For Microtask he carries out market and use case research, as well as information exchange.Crowdopolis 2012
May 17, 2012ShareWhat are you planning to do on July 19th? “Laying on a beach sipping a mojito” could be an answer, the wrong one. What we really want to hear is “I’m attending Crowdopolis 2012 in Los Angeles”. See? It wasn’t that hard, and we heard conferences are even easier on your skin. Quick recap: that [...]
camera, crowdsourcing, microtask, microwork | Leave a commentCan crowdsourcing be used as a tool for evil?
May 9, 2012ShareA recent interview on Daily Crowdsource with Manuel Cebrian (you might remember him from such groundbreaking crowdsourcing projects as 2009’s DARPA Red Balloon Challenge and last month’s Tag Challenge) about crowdsourcing and crime got me thinking. It occurred to me that the Joker from The Dark Knight may be the first ever super-villain to use [...]
Batman, crowdsourcing, Eiffel Tower, Facebook, Joker, Kickstarter, microtask, microwork, Supervillain, Twitter | 2 CommentsFree from the chains: how crowdfunding is changing game development
April 11, 2012ShareFor most new ventures, the funding process is the most malignant of the many necessary evils they have to overcome. For months, if not years, they must devote a huge portion of their resources towards one single goal: getting enough cash to carry on operations. When funders are enlightened and things go right, the payback [...]
Brian Fargo, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Double Fine Productions, Graphic adventure game, Kickstarter, Long Tail, microtask, microwork, monkey island, Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer | Leave a commentMicrotask Backstage: our CEO Ville Miettinen featured on FounderLY
March 16, 2012ShareThe other day our beloved galactic emperor CEO Ville Miettinen was featured in an interview published by FounderLY, a website dedicated to entrepreneurs who have founded potentially disruptive tech companies. In these two videos, Ville gives in insight into how Microtask got to where it is today: the idea inception, its evolution, the early days, [...]
Leave a commentDuolingo Beta put to the test: can you learn a language while translating the web?
February 29, 2012ShareA while ago, while trying to avoid some work, I watched this TED presentation by Luis von Ahn. While his name might not ring a bell for everyone, his legacy definitely will: he is the guy behind reCAPTCHA, the bot-blocking service that uses all of us to help digitize the archives of The New York [...]
Caribbean, crowd, crowdsourcing, Duolingo, Google Books, Luis von Ahn, microtask, microwork, new york times, reCAPTCHA, TED, translation | 2 Comments← Older posts
