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Down on MyFarm: gamification goes rural
May 26, 2011… actually has more in common with green gamification projects like Practically Green and Recycle Bank.
There are, however, a few key differences that make MyFarm interesting. Practically Green, Recycle Bank and numerous other projects all use game mechanics primarily to alter/improve individual user behavior. The focus is on rewarding “good” personal actions: recycle more, drive less, run more. In contrast MyFarm is all about users making collective decisions which have a direct …
Crowdsourcing global development: working theories
May 18, 2011… to arrive. Internet cafés are expensive, plus many people in the developing world don’t have bank accounts.
Hatching an industry
The authors of the study state that “paid crowdsourcing has the potential to improve earnings and livelihoods in poor communities around the world.” But actually creating a paid crowdsourcing industry in developing countries is clearly a mammoth task. It requires connecting more people to the internet, redesigning crowd labor platforms, improving …
After the quake: crowdsourcing Japan
March 28, 2011… (that’s equivalent to the whole population of Helsinki). As governments across the world pledge support, crowd funders have also stepped up.
Crowdrise is a non-profit platform that lists individual fundraising projects (like a charitable version of Kickstarter). Organizations register, describe their cause and set a target for crowd funded donations. The HopeforJapan section of the site has over 60 projects listed. There’s something satisfyingly democratic about the way …
Africa online 2011: The mobile continent
February 28, 2011… article in the Economist, in most African countries more people have a mobile phone than a bank account. In technologically advanced Kenya, over 50% of the population now owns a mobile. A friend of mine who used to live in Mali told me that many young people there would rather go hungry than go without SMS.
In the West, all the money and media attention goes to smartphones – see the hyperactive press coverage of Nokia’s recent deal with Microsoft. However, while citizens of …
E-petitions: a vote for the future?
January 27, 2011… Given their track record, I couldn’t help feeling a little skeptical when I read the latest pledge by the same Conservative party: any e-petition with over 100,000 votes on the UK government website will be guaranteed a debate in Parliament. But since it’s a new year, I’m prepared to give the guys in suits another chance and take the idea seriously. It’s actually a pretty exciting concept: 100,000 clicks and the issues people care about most will get aired in one of the …
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