Tag Archives: China
Live Aid – giving the crowd more feedback
April 26, 2010… displayed on an interactive map. Participants in Ghana, The Philippines, Dominican Republic, and China are informed of treatment solutions which they can produce locally, based on their specific test results, along with education about water and sanitation. Crowdsourcing was also successfully used to channel disaster relief aid in Haiti.
Dial-a-donor
But what if crowdsourcing was used to provide direct feedback to aid agencies and donors on the results of money spent? This would not …
Work Hard, Play Hard (then Die Hard)
December 21, 2009… say. I wonder if people struggling for decent quality of life in the enormous industrial cities in China, or tribes in remote highlands of Papua New Guinea are passionate about whatever it is they do to put food on the table. Humans are complicated creatures, but it seems logical that the less opportunity people have to work in an area of their choosing, the less likely it is that they are going to enjoy it.
Work Made Fun
But is this dim view of work inevitable, or is it just a passing …
Look Who’s Talking
December 9, 2009 Share
As anyone who has ever tried to learn a new language knows, it is jolly tough. You have to memorise the vocab, conjugate the verbs, get your word order right and even then you don’t understand a word of what the locals say.
Of course – as is always the case in life – some people are annoyingly good at learning new languages. The most talented seem to pick them …
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