@microtask

Microtask is a technology company that creates innovative services for managing distributed workforces. We also run an active blog on crowdsourcing.

 Helsinki, Finland
microtask.com
Joined December 2009
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Wili Miettinen@wili30 Jul 2012
Looking for a good 24/7 Application Maintenance Service provider. Any suggestions?
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Aleks Jakulin
@aleksj2 Sep 2011
Arthur Clarke in 1964: "Men will no longer commute, they will communicate." [50 years from now] http://j.mp/rhJIlO
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Paygr Looks To Combine Facebook And PayPal In A Marketplace For Local Buying And Selling http://tcrn.ch/itT8ka
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Wili Miettinen@wili29 Apr 2011
Gaming the system: how rewards affect performance http://bit.ly/kPN5AK #gamification #aaltoes
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Wili Miettinen@wili11 Apr 2011
Too cool to play: the #gamification backlash http://bit.ly/evEiaC #gdc #games #aaltoes #crowdsourcing
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5,000 fish! Smithsonian scientists use Facebook to crowdsource their research (via @BBCPhilippaT) http://nie.mn/hRnQmA
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Speaking abt gold farming, microwork at Financial & Private Sector Development Forum, World Bank, Washington DC, Apr 7 http://bit.ly/efIhQA
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Wili Miettinen@wili14 Mar 2011
Interested in a summer #enternship at @microtask ? http://bit.ly/eclFn1 #aaltoes #aaltovg #job
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SVNewTech@svnewtech10 Mar 2011
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@Microtask shows off their crowdsourcing games at SVNewTech http://bit.ly/hhmegH #startups #demos #brilliant
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Tzigla.com is an exquisite corpse. Every intellectual discipline has an analogue of the corpse. This one uses DocumentCloud's Backbone.js.
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Aleks Jakulin
@aleksj3 Jan 2011
Tackling corruption with crowdsourcing and infographics - solution from India http://j.mp/hLhmkI (but don't forget followup) via @newsbrooke
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Nissan Leaf Uses Crowdsourcing to Enhance Fuel Economy http://on.mash.to/eWsKJG
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Africa is the last wave of outsroucing http://j.mp/fU8mLO
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Crowd-Sourced Johnny Cash Video Scores Grammy Nomination - http://on.mash.to/ieLJI1 #creative #crowdsourcing
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Congress passes legislation giving agencies broad power to use challenges/contests to spur innovation. http://go.usa.gov/rOm Fascinating.
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via @digiphile Will crowdsourcing & big data help the new CFPB to detect fraud earlier, before a crisis? #gov20 #opengov
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Wili Miettinen@wili15 Oct 2010
Revamping The Finnish National #Library by #crowdsourcing arcticstartup.com/2010/10/15… via @arcticstartup #aaltoes
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Aleks Jakulin
@aleksj27 Sep 2010
Cognitive slavery: much of $25B Facebook value comes out of connections, work and loyalty of 100,000 unpaid superusers. http://bit.ly/9h1GW0
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CrowdFlower's Lukas Biewald on the repercussions of crowdsourced work and the state of human-machine relations.

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Crowdsourcing, fraud detection, and open data tools were touted at a recent Senate hearing
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