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I’m about to tell you something that will shock you. Please sit down and grip anything firmly. Ready? This is what we discovered: a seasoned … Read More

Many of you will be aware that Microtask and the National Library of Finland launched a project called Digitalkoot several months ago. The use of … Read More

The term “crowdsourcing” has been in use since at least 2004, according to Google Ngram. Like many others, I first heard the term in Jeff … Read More

Money has lost its value for many people in Finland. After a few years, prices that seemed absurd at first become entirely acceptable (“€6 for … Read More

Ville Miettinen Wili is a serial entrepreneur and technology expert. Since the early 1980s, he’s been creating computer programs and has worked in the field … Read More

A devastating earthquake, a tsunami, and the possibility of a nuclear catastrophe. The situation in Japan is like a disaster film. Only the “special effects” … Read More

According to a recent Economist article, in most African countries far more people have a mobile phone than a bank account. In Kenya, over half … Read More

In a devastating blow to national pride, Finland plummeted from first to third place in a worldwide poll on child literacy last year. Finnish students … Read More

Specialization and Justin Bieber altered human existence entirely a long time ago, before the Industrial Revolution. Jobs that required many hands were used to bring … Read More

It goes without saying that people throughout the world are enraged by their politicians. There’s nothing quite as human as complaining about the people in … Read More