Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law and Faculty Co-director (and co-founder) of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, gave a presentation at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View about a month ago that ought to be required viewing for anyone interested in Cloudlabor and Crowdsourcing. Drawing examples from all over the… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2009
Ask a Stupid Question
What makes a bad survey question and why does it matter? I thought I’d use my first blog posts as Dolores Labs’s friendly neighborhood social scientist to talk a little bit about question design since it’s a relevant, but often overlooked, area of Crowdsourcing work. You can ask “the crowd” all kinds of questions, but… Read more »
Getting the Gold-Farmers to do useful work
One of the most interesting and successful ways that games make money is through “offers” — basically ads or surveys that players can do to earn virtual currency. The game maker earns real money for every player that completes an offer. We’ve integrated with Gambit, a leading offer provider. They post our tasks inside games… Read more »
iPhone app — Give work
We just launched our first iPhone app: Give Work lets you do tasks in your downtime and help increase the wages of refugees in Kenya working for us.We have been working with Samasource for a while now — they are a fantastic local non-profit that brings computer based work to people in Africa. We send… Read more »
We’re still growing
Come work for us! We’re funded by a group of well known investors, we’re generating substantial increasing revenue, and we’re looking for people to take us to the next level. We’re located in the heart of the Mission, and we particularly love to meet readers of this blog. Among many amenities, we offer unlimited otter… Read more »