Personal Internet Fundraisers

It will take anywhere from 3 seconds to 1 minute for your pic to upload, depending on how big it is. You're going to see this message every time you post a new pic. So, we're making the text really long so that it'll take you at least five picture uploads to read it all. Here's what we're thinking...While your first picture is uploading think about someone you want to kiss.

Bands | Mobile App Challenge Home Latest App News Run Your Own Contest Blog Twitter Facebook YouTube Sign Up To Our Mailing List apple iOS BlackBerry Windows Phone android Privacy Policy Sorry, Nothing Here by That Name <a href=' Toolbar by Wibiya</a> Wiwi Title Powered by Close window Minimize Toolbar Select Language ▲ Click here to learn more about this bar Original text Contribute a better translation Amazon Mechanical Turk: Best Practices Guide Crowdsourcing's Champions (GE, OMC, SNE, WEN) Crowdsourcing is all the rage these days, another aspect of the cloud computing proliferation that has companies doing crazy things. Even if you have never heard of it, you have probably purchased a product that was developed using crowdsourcing or have been directly involved yourself. Crowdsourcing is the outsourcing of idea generation or tasks that would normally be tackled by employed workers or contractors for a particular company. The task or idea is outsourced to the masses via the Internet or social media technology. Crowdsourcing can be more than just a task or an idea. See, crowdsourcing is fun and it can be very profitable and cost favorable for many companies. salesforce.com (Nasdaq: CRM ) Salesforce.com is one of the undisputed leaders in the cloud computing space, and it has used its expertise to build and acquire successful crowdsourcing ideas and applications.

Crowdsourcing specific microtasks Since the first-ever Mechanical Turk meetup a year ago, there has been an explosion in crowdsourcing services and a well-attended conference in San Francisco. I remain enthusiastic about crowdsourcing, but the number of companies has me worried about quality of work. Fortunately specialization is already occurring, so for particular tasks there are companies out there ready to provide high-quality service. One company that recently caught my eye is Helsinki (and SF) based Microtask. Founded by Computer Graphics (CG) and Computer Vision (CV) veterans, Microtask has chosen to focus in a few areas where CG and CV are relevant. A few things about the Microtask platform are worth highlighting. Using call-center workers is novel but crowdsourcing seems increasingly tied to social gaming and virtual currencies. (*) It’s useful to remember that these are simple tasks (e.g., OCR) involving the validation of outputs generated using machine-learning.

Instant Market Feedback | PickFu