Ask YC: Out-sourcing little boring jobs

#1

Post by pi3832 » Thu, May 08, 2008, 3:34 PM UTC

I've got some flow-charts that are currently image files, which I need to redo as Oo Draw files. I hate that kind of mindless work. Are there any websites out there where you can pay people to do little one-day jobs like this?

Re: Ask YC: Out-sourcing little boring jobs

#2

Post by michael_dorfman » Thu, May 08, 2008, 3:35 PM UTC

Mechanical turk?

Re: Ask YC: Out-sourcing little boring jobs

#3

Post by pi3832 » Thu, May 08, 2008, 3:38 PM UTC

michael_dorfman wrote: post #2

Mechanical turk?

Looks perfect. Thank you.

Re: Ask YC: Out-sourcing little boring jobs

#4

Post by NonEUCitizen » Thu, May 08, 2008, 5:41 PM UTC

will http://vectormagic.com/ help? unfortunately, no longer free.

Re: Ask YC: Out-sourcing little boring jobs

#5

Post by pi3832 » Thu, May 08, 2008, 6:39 PM UTC

NonEUCitizen wrote: post #4

will http://vectormagic.com/ help? unfortunately, no longer free.

Probably not--there's a lot of text in the charts. And I want to be able to edit them easily in the future.

Thanks, though.

Re: Ask YC: Out-sourcing little boring jobs

#6

Post by pi3832 » Thu, May 08, 2008, 6:42 PM UTC

pi3832 wrote: post #3

michael_dorfman wrote: post #2

Mechanical turk?

Looks perfect. Thank you.

Or maybe not. That doesn't seem to be set up for one-person jobs. More like hiring a swarm to sift through data.

I may give www.peopleperhour.com a try. (The Mechanical Turk suggestion did manage to break my brain-lock, though, so it was useful.)