[Web4lib] Mobenzi > Mobile-Phone-Based Empowerment

Mon Feb 1 08:55:51 EST 2010

And Gerry - Do I dare ask (since others are commenting on your entries in
general) - What's with the capitalization????

Cindy Harper
charper at colgate.edu
315-228-7363

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Andrew Hankinson <andrew.hankinson at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi Gerry,
>
> I re-read my message, thinking that I had let my temper produce some sort
> of ad hominem attack, and fully prepared to apologize if that were the case.
> However, re-reading my message, I can find no evidence that it was
> unprofessional, or meant as a personal affront. I simply meant to point out
> that:
>
> 1. Calling someone by a colloquial nickname, especially when they don't
> identify with that name, is unprofessional at best, rude at worst, and a
> practice I long-ago learned may be insulting. My name, to you, is Andrew.
> Not Andy, or Drew, or any variation thereof.
>
> 2. Your message was, at best, tenuously related to the discussion topic of
> this list.
>
> I am sure you have received many nice compliments, because the people on
> this list are exceptionally nice people. I'm also sure that they would be
> very interested in subscribing to a dedicated notification service or
> mailing list to be alerted each and every time you update your blog(s) if
> they wish to stay on top of your interests.
>
> However, the constant barrage of your own blog posts, each one containing
> links to drive traffic back to your sites, moves your posts from an
> acceptable "hey, isn't this an interesting diversion" practice into "I need
> to post something to keep my site in front of people's eyes" territory.
>
> As Rich quite rightly points out, a discussion list is a place to discuss,
> not to republish your blog.
>
> -ANDREW.
>
>
>
> On 31-Jan-10, at 6:31 PM, gerrymck wrote:
>
>  Andy/
>>
>> I don't believe that either you or Dick (or anyone else) needs to justify
>> your reasons for Junking my postinss/submissions.
>>
>> But Please ...
>>
>> Do you consider Dissing Me As Appropriate ; Is It Professional ? / Is this
>> the Kind Of Discussion that members should expect on this list ?
>>
>> [Reminds MeOf The FlameWars Of The 90s ]
>>
>> I have stated my views ;please respect them.
>>
>> On a regular basis I receive Notes Of Appreication from our colleagues
>> thanking me for keeping them up-to-date on professional developments and the
>> traffic on my blogs is clearly indicates substantial  interest.
>>
>> Can we agree to disagree?
>>
>> Regards,
>> /Gerry
>> c: Web4Lib
>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Andrew Hankinson <
>> andrew.hankinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm sorry, but I'm with Richard on this one.
>>
>> First: Although I know "Dick" is a popular nickname for "Richard," your
>> use of it could be seen as insulting, especially since he did not
>> self-identify with this nickname.
>>
>> Second: I'm not one for a narrow view of the impact of technology on
>> libraries, but your e-mail below is tenuously related, if at all. I'm sure
>> there are other lists where it would be more appropriate. (In fact, my
>> e-mail client marked your post below as spam, something it shouldn't do from
>> Web4Lib!)
>>
>> This is the 21st century, and as such we're all very aware of the
>> difference between spam, self-promotion and valuable contributions. I'm
>> afraid I regard most of your posts as somewhere between the first two, with
>> a few exceptions.
>>
>> -Andrew
>>
>>
>> On 31-Jan-10, at 2:02 PM, gerrymck wrote:
>>
>> Dick/
>>
>> We all thave he option of blocking any individual, but your statements are
>> not correct
>>
>> 1] I am an active contributor but >>> I do not post every hour nor every
>> day
>>
>> Check The Web4Lib Archives
>>
>> [ http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/search/index.cgi]
>>
>> 2] My postings are not self-promotion; On the contrary > My postings
>> highlight the work of others ...
>>
>> 3] The root source of my postings (i.e., my blog entries) is as valid
>> source
>> as any
>>
>> 4] While one might expect that a posting to an e-list might generate
>> discussion, a majority of my psotings are informational > Use or Delete Or
>> ???
>>
>> 5] This Is The 21st Century
>>
>> Withh All Due Respect !
>>
>> /Gerry
>>
>> c: Web4Lib
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Richard Wiggins <
>> richard.wiggins at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>> For the first time in decades of following mailing lists, I for one am
>> filtering all posts from someone -- specifically gerrymck -- from now on.
>>
>> This relentless, daily -- sometimes hourly -- self-promotion is not
>> appropriate for Web4lib, or any public forum.  A discussion list is a
>> place
>> to discuss, not to republish your blog.
>>
>> /rich
>>
>>  On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:22 PM, gerrymck <gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> Mobenzi is a software service that empowers people to earn money by
>> completing simple tasks on their mobile phones.
>>
>> The Concept
>>
>> Mobenzi is a software service that empowers people to be rewarded for
>> completing simple tasks on their mobile phones. These tasks involve
>> certain
>> types of problems that are difficult for a computer to solve without
>> assistance from a real person – even someone without expert knowledge of
>> the
>> problem.
>>
>> We are seeking to uncover new applications for these ‘human intelligence
>> tasks’ and build the systems to process them, so that we can create novel
>> technology solutions and help thousands of poor people earn additional
>> income.
>>
>> History
>>
>> Clyral is a software development company based just outside of Durban in
>> South Africa. In 2006 we created Mobile Researcher to allow organisations
>> to
>> capture data in remote locations using standard mobile phones. We designed
>> the software as a platform because we had many other application ideas
>> that
>> involved the completion of mobile forms.
>>
>> Pilot Project
>>
>> In 2009 we partnered with the Business Trust, through their Shared Growth
>> Challenge Fund to extend the Mobile Researcher platform to cater for the
>> completion of human intelligence tasks and to pilot the service with low
>> income people in South Africa’s urban poverty nodes.
>>
>> Links To Source / How Mobenzi Works / News Coverage / Etc. Available At
>>
>> [ http://tinyurl.com/yeogj25 ]
>>
>> And/Or
>>
>> [
>>
>>
>> http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2010/01/mobenzi-mobile-phone-based-empowerment.html
>> ]
>>
>> /Gerry
>>
>> Gerry McKiernan
>> Associate Professor
>> Science and Technology Librarian
>> Iowa State University Library
>> Ames IA 50011
>>
>> Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs
>>
>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>>
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