Crowdsourcing Dilbert - Capturing the “Fun” Engine


Just came across this post at The Tao of Mac, here’s an excerpt:

After all, why bother coding overly complex solutions that will never work when you can get people to scratch your itch and have fun in the process?

I’ve been playing around with the iPod Touch quite a bit, and have built a little Ajax UI that:

  • Lets you navigate my entire collection of Dilbert comics by date (or pick a random comic)
  • Lets you tag a comic using jQuery goodness
  • Lets you browse by tag

Two things, in particular, stood out for me on this one:

  1. Using the iTouch is a great example of mobile crowdsourcing, something that we’ve been investigating at BountyUp for a while.
  2. Dilbert is “FUN”. Browsing Dilbert on your iTouch is “FUN”. Tagging Dilbert so you can find it again later, is “FUN” - and also provides great value for everyone else. Voila Collaboration, Voila Crowdsourcing.

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