On DigitalFunsourcing: Create Games to Solve Problems and Gain Insight
Irfan Kamal June 25th, 2008
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) was not just adventurous, but pretty smart too. As many of us know, Tom convinced a few friends to take on the job of painting a fence by making it seem fun.
Fast forward to the 21st century, and we see the same basic idea being used creatively by Gwap, FoldIt , Brandtags and some similarly entertaining (and secretly useful) little games on the Internet.
