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FixMyTransport: keep calm and carry on crowdsourcing
September 19, 2011… Myfanwy Nixon, explains she always knew demand would be high: “You only have to dip into Twitter during rush hour and search for any of the major transport operators’ names to see a vast outpouring of discontent – we knew that could be channeled more constructively.
Can we fix it? Er, maybe we can
I love a good rant as much as anyone and FixMyTransport is clearly providing much-needed therapy to traumatized commuters. However, the real test will be whether the site actually …
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crowd, crowdsourcing, Fixmystreet, microwork, mySociety, Public transport, Tom Steinberg, Twitter, waze, WriteToThem | Leave a commentTransfluent: tweeting in tongues
September 14, 2011… the French often seem less willing to use English than some other Europeans.
The result? All our Twitter content @microtask gets immediately translated and reposted to the French account. Jani explains: “Before Transfluent it was almost impossible to translate Twitter messaging as it required too much work and traditional translation agencies are too slow. Our fast response times are due to crowdsourcing: all our translations are crowdsourced from networks of professional …
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crowd, crowdsourcing, dudesons, Finland, Jackass, Jukka Hilden, Latin America, microtask, microwork, Twitter | Leave a commentCrowdopolis 2012
May 17, 2012 Share What 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 day, our friends of Daily Crowdsource are organizing an event …
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Leave a commentPicture this: introducing the Descriptive Camera
May 16, 2012 Share Photography has come a long way. Two centuries ago taking a family photo meant standing perfectly still for ten minutes in a pose stiffer than a waxed mustache. Now we’ve all got multi-megapixel cameras built into our phones (or cans of processed meat ), and if we want that scratchy sepia look without the waiting around, we can just use an Instagram filter.
This is …
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