Some interesting links from one of the early crowdsourcing people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_von_Ahn http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?lan...
His current gig:
-Toby
We've been talking about this guy for ages (and I think roughly half the mobile team uses Duolingo at this point) – wasn't someone going to try to put us in touch? :)
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Toby Negrin tnegrin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Some interesting links from one of the early crowdsourcing people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_von_Ahn
http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?lan...
His current gig:
-Toby
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Yes -- we tried to connect him and Lila at some conference but it didn't happen. We shall continue to try...
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Maryana Pinchuk mpinchuk@wikimedia.org wrote:
We've been talking about this guy for ages (and I think roughly half the mobile team uses Duolingo at this point) – wasn't someone going to try to put us in touch? :)
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Toby Negrin tnegrin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Some interesting links from one of the early crowdsourcing people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_von_Ahn
http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?lan...
His current gig:
-Toby
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Luis von Ahn is my hero. This cheesy PBS clip about him with Neil Degrasse Tyson is my favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-dRIoj3_4
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Toby Negrin tnegrin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Yes -- we tried to connect him and Lila at some conference but it didn't happen. We shall continue to try...
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Maryana Pinchuk mpinchuk@wikimedia.org wrote:
We've been talking about this guy for ages (and I think roughly half the mobile team uses Duolingo at this point) – wasn't someone going to try to put us in touch? :)
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Toby Negrin tnegrin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Some interesting links from one of the early crowdsourcing people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_von_Ahn
http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?lan...
His current gig:
-Toby
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
-- Maryana Pinchuk Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org
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I spoke with them at Google I/O many months back and they would love to talk more. Let me reach out again.
--tomasz
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Maryana Pinchuk mpinchuk@wikimedia.org wrote:
We've been talking about this guy for ages (and I think roughly half the mobile team uses Duolingo at this point) – wasn't someone going to try to put us in touch? :)
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Toby Negrin tnegrin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Some interesting links from one of the early crowdsourcing people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_von_Ahn
http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?lan...
His current gig:
-Toby
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
-- Maryana Pinchuk Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org
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Luis is also reaching out. Could you see where he's at?
On Feb 6, 2015, at 13:52, Tomasz Finc tfinc@wikimedia.org wrote:
I spoke with them at Google I/O many months back and they would love to talk more. Let me reach out again.
--tomasz
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Maryana Pinchuk mpinchuk@wikimedia.org wrote: We've been talking about this guy for ages (and I think roughly half the mobile team uses Duolingo at this point) – wasn't someone going to try to put us in touch? :)
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Toby Negrin tnegrin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Some interesting links from one of the early crowdsourcing people:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_von_Ahn
http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?lan...
His current gig:
-Toby
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
-- Maryana Pinchuk Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l