Technological breakthroughs: Using them in crises.

One of the most challenging aspects every day, but especially in the midst of a crisis, is harnessing the myriad sources of information that exist via facebook, twitter, text, email, rss feeds, news etc.  Luckily there are people out there who possess not only a programming gift but also a gift for application.  Please take 10 minutes to click through the links below.  If you weren't aware of what's out there, your mind will be opened!

http://vimeo.com/19271268  SwiftRiver Dataflow quick video which explains how it works.  I could understand it, which means you can too!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/weekinreview/14giridharadas.html

http://crowdvoice.org/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/aug/11/ushahidi-crowdmap-crisis-mapping

http://blog.ushahidi.com/

Ushahidi, which means ”testimony” in Swahili, is a website that was developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. We’re working to build a new platform that can be used anywhere in the world, and this blog tells some of that story.more →

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=215454646984933465708.00049c59184ae1136341a&ll=28.844674,18.237305&spn=15.36493,21.049805&z=5&source=embed

http://www.arasmus.com/2011/03/01/mapping-violence-against-pro-democracy-protests-in-libya/

This guy is the many, pretty incredible and useful map!

http://crowdmap.com/

This seems like it could be really cool from the demos but I haven’t figured it out yet.  Not a super-intuitive tool.