[Web4lib] Mobenzi > Mobile-Phone-Based Empowerment

[gerrymck]

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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