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When stupid beats smart: the power of collective ignorance
March 21, 2012… of a crowd and a well-designed framework for them to operate in is when the magic of crowd labor really occurs. Like Voltron, we’re more powerful when we join together, but someone always needs to be the head.
crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Hertwig, List of cognitive biases, microtask, microwork, Ralph Hertwig, Rick Santorum, Tennis, Thomas Carlyle, Wikipedia | Leave a commentHappily ever after: how bored workers and their bosses can benefit from crowdsourcing
February 23, 2012… carefully cultivated air of magic and mystery with new research on the demographics of digital labor (I can handle losing a little mystique, but nobody better go anywhere near my special Microtask wizard’s hat). Some of the results do not make pleasant reading for traditional employers.
The research found that nearly 75% of those surveyed have a job outside of their Turk work and 21% perform tasks while at another job. Although this is a great way for workers to boost their pay …
The land that time forgot: How crowdsourcing can help bring Cuba into the 21st Century
February 6, 2012… hanging around your front door from dusk till dawn, the decision seems easy. The concepts of crowd labor and microwork are wide enough to appeal to people of all ages and educational backgrounds.
Although Cuba is a fascinating country to visit, actually living there probably isn’t. Ordinary Cubans are crying out for the opportunities most of the world takes for granted. With some decent internet access, crowdsourcing could help kickstart this process (there is definitely no shortage of …
From millions of tasks to thousands of jobs: Bringing digital work to the developing world
February 1, 2012… For example, many companies post their tasks on Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT), a digital labor marketplace. At any given time AMT carries around 200,000 microtasks, each worth from a few cents to several dollars. Anyone wishing to earn this money can simply point their web browser to AMT and follow the instructions. Microwork is inclusive in that gender, disability and other personal characteristics do not play a role in selection on digital labor marketplaces.
The World Bank’s …
All I want for Christmas is you clear terminology
December 19, 2011
… in general please agree on more precise terminology for crowdsourcing/widesourcing/distributed labor etc, before all of us become tarnished by bad Christmas songs and lazy blog posts. If you grant me this one request, I promise I won’t exploit Christmas in a blog post this time next year.*
*OK, these are also lies. Don’t tell Santa.
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