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Opining for Pennies, Clicking for Cupcakes: Microwork and the World Wide Web

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

The original “Mechanical Turk” was an 18th Century imperial toy designed for the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa.  A centuries-earlier version of Deep Blue, the toy gave the illusion that one was playing chess with a highly-skilled automated mannequin, when in … Continue reading →

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“Do something good… Famously.”

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

So….this story isn’t really about labor organizing, but it is about a really interesting use of new media. The challenge to “do something good…famously” was provided by an advertising agency to their interns. The interns decided that “…famous was just … Continue reading →

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