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If we’d had Twitter on 9/11

Connection Cafe

We were surprised when we reached a roadblock just West of El Paso. I was also surprised that El Paso, TX is only the half-way point between LA and Austin. And so I’m hoping that community leaders won’t dismiss social media as “just for fun” or optional.

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What I Learned From @nancylublin About #dataonpurpose

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The program was a lot of fun, but when they looked at the data, it was not scaling. In August 2013, they sent an opt-in text message to area codes in El Paso and Chicago. The data set has been stripped of personal information and now available on a creative commons license at Crisis Trends. It’s Monday.