How long will it be before Google debuts its own Tonchidot augmented reality slice'o'experience on Android- this year, next?
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Be clear on what you want them to do.
pay them decently, not 1cent, maybe more like 5 cents or more
and test it out, see what kinds of data ya get back, tweak, and change it up
Most turks aren't going to be BS ya but some will, in the end however you only pay for what you feel is quality, but if you deny folks over and over and the reason you're getting crap data is not them its because your HIT is too vague and you pay crap, well you'll get a rep for being lame on turk and more crap data will follow.
transcription of audio interviews, paid 8 bucks
help me brainstorm a problem while I was flying from city to city for work, they did a good job on that one
validate a hunch we had at the office on some language in a research assignment, basically quick proof, get a taste on whether or not it was connecting with them
many times ive used it to get what i call fuel before a meeting, get a quick read on folks on brand or research aspects of something
i don't use turk in the traditional sense, i see it as a personal army ready to process whatever you got, a survey np, help you think outloud np, research when you cant, np, turk is pretty cool, but it all depends on what you want to get out of it
It doesn't cost much to get a taste of turk, go for it, you'll be surprised at the result.
this post shares some info from my studies
http://www.floozyspeak.com/blog/archives/2008/08/valley_of_t...
if you interview folks with a single serving mindset you're going to get single servings result
future of tv/movie downloads is subscription based entertainment, the MMORPG's do it and now its hollywood's turn
Think about it as a test. They didn't reject you, its a test. A mission, a quest that will give you 5g, 6000xp, and faction with YCombinator, but remember its an elite quest, bring others.
Do not fail, well fail, but do not fail at failing!
Fondle, We Make it Simple
oh oh.. current names.. lame.. my bad..
in todays el-explosion'ary 2.0 scene simple is usually left out
there are no tags, avatars, profiles, subgroups, contacts, thingamwhos and fake promises
what i find in yc news: inspiration, fresh, new, professional development, stuff to think about, its almost a good excuse for browsing vs say drudgereport,
i see alot more 2.0 newness mentions as well, i usually go to emilys hub for that
it feels more fresh, and i feel like it matters more than random dude check this out digg like stuff
http://ifthensoftwarehq.blogspot.com/2007/04/twitteromatic.html
But i dont really want to annoy people, just want an app to do the work for me. Occasionally pester me with a "what are you doing" snags my url and creates a post.
It'd be interesting a tag cloud view or word frequency count, kinda like that other site i saw where you can read whats on peoples minds in twitter the past min, hour, day etc.
I like the idea of at a glance views of twitter data since it so fleeting.
it is heavy, and you feel lonely, and yet you also feel like you got nothing to lose other than a house, a life, family and everything else... which is why we all need to be more wealthy, and more sane via yoga and good workouts...
Yer basically playing out a concept to see if you can do it and then you can either break it down and turn it into a licensing kit idea for people and get the masses to start creating their own, and adding their own personal style to it.
If you don't sell it ya got about a month until someone learns from your idea and rips it off and now yer bleeding.
Still isn't sticky.
You could play it up more and do more truman like things to it, but then yer dancing into the realm of staged content, and the real effect could wear off, but as if people really think reality shows are all that real anyways, theres always a camera man there watchin people.
I dunno. Still biggest thing for me as a would be watcher, needs stickyness. I like the fact you can embed justin like a widget, and all the bits you have to rss it out etc is nice but overall stick is lacking.
Spend, Build, Learn, Craft, License, Sell thats yer best bet here. I seriously doubt these guys can go a year, and if they could i mean my god, gun to head please, eventually the audience will WANT you to turn the thing off. People like blogs for stories and threads and ideas that get manifested into an entry, in a real time stream, that after thought processing isnt there, so you may see it you may not, stickyness is relying solely on the person in play and whether or not somethings really interesting to see.
looks like a good product, i could see using it for work, but like anything, i tend to be alone in that catagory at times, i'm still trying to get co-workers to see the light on social networks and heck photo-sharing..
Web wise people are wickedly in tune when someone is selling to them or preaching to them. Just like in real life, ya know a car salesmen when ya meet'm.
Remove the ads, just make better experiences.
http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2006/06/interactive-tv-conference-and-best.html#links
"We showed how to sample the ambient sound emitted from a TV and automatically determine what is being watched from a small signature of the sound -- all with complete privacy and minuscule effort."
A little ambient evesdropping eh? Now thats tasty!
The pinch is on, the pain is there, the solution? No idea, but its definately not going away.
so don't live in fear, embrace the possibility of ummm.. whats the word i'm looking for here