Telemarketing Democracy (And Crowdsourcing Other Causes) via Facebook

Posted by on Oct 18, 2008 in Experiences, Technology | View Comments

Telemarketing Democracy (And Crowdsourcing Other Causes) via Facebook

I just got done with one of the most interesting service projects I’ve ever been part of; one that I see has a lot of potential for all sorts of causes. I just called about 40 unregistered voters in California to remind them to mail in their registration form by Monday, via Rock the Vote. While the project itself doesn’t sound too mind blowing, it was how we did it. Rock the Vote has...

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Ventures in Outsourcing

Posted by on Oct 15, 2008 in Personal Explorations | View Comments

Practicing what I’m documenting, I’ve hired my first freelancer and outsourced a tedious task that’s been a huge time suck – transcribing the documentary footage. I had briefly done some browsing on Elance for transcription services and it all seemed pretty prohibitive – about $15-$25 an hour, which for 20 hours and counting gets pretty pricey. I made it through 3...

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Manan Kotak – Life Hacking in Action

Posted by on Oct 6, 2008 in Hacking in Action, Life Hacks | View Comments

This is a new series I’m starting featuring real examples of life hacking in action. Manan Kotak is a 24 year old living in India. He was pulled into his family business of publishing, handling the advertising and revenue part while his brother took care of the rest. However, when his brother passed away due to an unfortunate accident, Manan had to learn and take over the departments his...

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