NTEN
NOVEMBER 30, 2008
After you look at the sobering visualization of incidents in the Congo (DRC), you may need another dose of puppies. Google.org has developed a way to track flu outbreaks based on aggregated search data. Now, will somebody please mash-up a system that sends us alerts when people nearby start to get phlegmy? Economy got you down?
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. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.
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NTEN
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take. Fundraising. Missing Persons.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
I've been retweeting a lot of these links, but I also like to look for patterns and the best way to do that is aggregate them in a single blog post. It's called Why Congo Matters. A few tools mentioned: Twinfluence , Twitalyzer , and TwitterEffect (which shows you how many people unfollowed or followed because of a specific tweet).
Museum 2.0
JULY 29, 2008
Most people think this requires designing more sophisticated content (and it can). What I post on my Facebook page is only available to other people in the Facebook network. They add to my aggregate online existence. People are going to steal your images no matter what your license scenario is. Why build a walled garden?
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