[Web4lib] Mobenzi > Mobile-Phone-Based Empowerment

[Andrew Hankinson]

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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