Comments on: Turn Waste of Time into Online Books through reCAPTCHA http://jesperastrom.com/google/turn-waste-of-time-into-online-books-through-recaptcha/ SEO, eMail & Social Media on a web full of chaos Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:08:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Flite http://jesperastrom.com/google/turn-waste-of-time-into-online-books-through-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-2838 Flite Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:54:35 +0000 http://jesperastrom.com/?p=2042#comment-2838 I just want to highligth that it's not the waste of time you turn into something useful, it's an additional time, and that's a big difference. By the way, I like Google (although they're getting dominant in several areas) - everything they do is awesome, and I'm using Gmail and Android. I also contribute to projects like OpenStreetMap, so we don't disagree that much =) I just want to highligth that it’s not the waste of time you turn into something useful, it’s an additional time, and that’s a big difference.

By the way, I like Google (although they’re getting dominant in several areas) – everything they do is awesome, and I’m using Gmail and Android. I also contribute to projects like OpenStreetMap, so we don’t disagree that much =)

]]> By: Jesper Astrom http://jesperastrom.com/google/turn-waste-of-time-into-online-books-through-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-2837 Jesper Astrom Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:52:34 +0000 http://jesperastrom.com/?p=2042#comment-2837 Yes. Absolutely! I think they've taken it into consideration, but I guess we just disagree on how valuable this time is and what we get for it. Yes. Absolutely! I think they’ve taken it into consideration, but I guess we just disagree on how valuable this time is and what we get for it.

]]> By: Flite http://jesperastrom.com/google/turn-waste-of-time-into-online-books-through-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-2834 Flite Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:44:52 +0000 http://jesperastrom.com/?p=2042#comment-2834 @Jesper - My point is that the Google guy in the video does not mention that with this system, the amount of time we spend on captchas is doubled to 1.000.000 hours a day. @Jesper – My point is that the Google guy in the video does not mention that with this system, the amount of time we spend on captchas is doubled to 1.000.000 hours a day.

]]> By: Jesper Astrom http://jesperastrom.com/google/turn-waste-of-time-into-online-books-through-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-2797 Jesper Astrom Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:41:42 +0000 http://jesperastrom.com/?p=2042#comment-2797 @Flite - well that's not entirely true. Actually it is not true at all. As they are making millions of books available for us, the users, I feel like it is the kind of give and take relationship which has come to classify Google's activities the past few years. If you have a great idea that helps me but you earn the dough, then I am more then willing to help out creating it. Even when it would cost me money doing so. It is all about how much I evaluate the effort vs. the gain. With regards to captcha I now have two values. 1. I provide help in digitizing books and 2. I get to post my comment. If I value that greater than the 10 seconds it takes.. then I do it. @Flite – well that’s not entirely true. Actually it is not true at all. As they are making millions of books available for us, the users, I feel like it is the kind of give and take relationship which has come to classify Google’s activities the past few years.

If you have a great idea that helps me but you earn the dough, then I am more then willing to help out creating it. Even when it would cost me money doing so. It is all about how much I evaluate the effort vs. the gain.

With regards to captcha I now have two values. 1. I provide help in digitizing books and 2. I get to post my comment. If I value that greater than the 10 seconds it takes.. then I do it.

]]> By: Flite http://jesperastrom.com/google/turn-waste-of-time-into-online-books-through-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-2796 Flite Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:30:48 +0000 http://jesperastrom.com/?p=2042#comment-2796 This is indeed very clever by Google. However, if you watch the video, they add another (known) word to the reCapcha (since they don't know the first one). The means you have to type TWO words instead of ONE. Google doubles the burdon for the users, they take all the profit. This is indeed very clever by Google. However, if you watch the video, they add another (known) word to the reCapcha (since they don’t know the first one). The means you have to type TWO words instead of ONE. Google doubles the burdon for the users, they take all the profit.

]]> By: Jesper Astrom http://jesperastrom.com/google/turn-waste-of-time-into-online-books-through-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-2768 Jesper Astrom Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:43:12 +0000 http://jesperastrom.com/?p=2042#comment-2768 Indeed!! Can't agree with you more. I mean... thinking like that I could come up with a million ways to utilize farmville for actual utility. But the Facebook bastards don't want to share their data. Bastards!! Indeed!! Can’t agree with you more. I mean… thinking like that I could come up with a million ways to utilize farmville for actual utility. But the Facebook bastards don’t want to share their data. Bastards!!

]]> By: Jens Ode http://jesperastrom.com/google/turn-waste-of-time-into-online-books-through-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-2767 Jens Ode Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:40:50 +0000 http://jesperastrom.com/?p=2042#comment-2767 Damn, thats clever! Would be funny to see more approaches like this. Throw out all the crap games from Facebook and use convert the power of the users to some more creative problem solving. Damn, thats clever! Would be funny to see more approaches like this. Throw out all the crap games from Facebook and use convert the power of the users to some more creative problem solving.

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