Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2012

Author: Sara Spivey. And although it fell from its 2009 #1 Wired position to #3 in 2010, it still ranks #1 in two of three categories: It has the highest percentage of homes that are accessing the internet via high speed broadband at 4%. In order to catch Atlanta in this ranking, they will need to get to 16 wi-fi hot spots per person.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

cloud-based tools that facilitate group process around mapping, making. Brandon Sutton , Atlanta, GA @brandon101 Brandon is a social/digital media consultant and aspiring documentarian with an emphasis on social justice and environmental issues. 2010 as a way of using film, photography, and real-time reporting. Collaboration.

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