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Global workforce: Remote digital workers earned $0.32 each for producing these self-portraits. Stephanie Hamilton is part of something larger than herself. She’s part of a computer program. The 38-year-old resident of Kingston, Jamaica, recently began performing small tasks assigned to her by an algorithm running on a computer in Berkeley, California.

That software, developed by a startup called MobileWorks, represents the latest trend in crowdsourcing: organizing foreign workers on a mass scale to do routine jobs that computers aren’t yet good at, like checking spreadsheets or reading receipts. By assigning such tasks to people in emerging economies, MobileWorks hopes to get good work for low prices. It uses software to closely control the process, increasing accuracy by having multiple workers perform every task. The best-known crowd marketplace is Mechanical Turk, which Amazon launched in 2005. Amazon’s marketplace was a revolutionary idea. Hamilton isn’t among Jamaica’s jobless. Programming Jobs - Hire the Best Hackers! - Gun.io. CrowdFlower | The World's Leading Crowdsourcing Service.

The Beginner’s Guide to Outsourcing Effectively. My journey with outsourcing began in college. I wish I could say that I accomplished something. I wish I could say that my decision to outsource made me money, or even just saved me time. Yet, I can’t. I did everything wrong. I saved up $800 for outsourcing tasks (which was also my net worth at the time). I decided to “invest” this into my first business. Six weeks later, I had nothing. Looking back, I really didn’t have the right reasons to outsource in the first place.

When I was outsourcing my tasks, I walked around campus arrogantly. In those days, I outsourced tasks like, “Determine the market size of Israel-based startups by writing a 30-page paper supporting your findings.” There’s two lessons in the story above: First, fail fast and move on. Why Outsourcing is Important The thesis of this book doesn’t center around getting organized and concentrating better. When should you outsource? Special thank to Nicolas Franz and Italo Oliveira (rock stars) for getting this done. ShareThis 1. CrossLoop - Affordable Computer Help & Support, Remote Access & Free Screen Sharing. Find Freelance Jobs & Freelancers - iFreelance.com.

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