Basex brief: "Smartsourcing with Mechanical Turk"

03/19/09

Smartsheet Smartsourcing is a new offering that provides on-demand access to virtual workers who can be employed on a task-by-task basis.

Amazon.com originally developed the Mechanical Turk for use in projects for the company’s e-commerce site. It was so well received that the company then decided to open up the service beyond its originally intended in-house use to external customers. Unfortunately, many potential users were turned off by an unfriendly user interface,

Cody Burke is a senior analyst with Basex. To continue reading Cody's brief on Basex.com, click here