[Web4lib] Mobenzi > Mobile-Phone-Based Empowerment

[gerrymck]

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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