Comments on: DisasterTech at eTech 2008 http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/07/disastertech-at-etech-2008/ because information can save lives Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:31:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mikel Maron http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/07/disastertech-at-etech-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-165760 Mikel Maron Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:30:21 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/07/disastertech-at-etech-2008/#comment-165760 I'm going to remember to make sure slides stand on their own in the future! In the talk itself, we explored the subtleties of championing within several examples, and absolutely the strategy is different in every case. What's the right term for this role? The goal of course is to get the technologists excited to take on t role.. The message is gathering steam. Humanitarian mapping will be a key theme of Where 2.0 this year. There will be a keynote on Ushahidi, and several other talks, including a redux by Jesse and myself. http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/03/from-etech-to-where-20-disaste.html I’m going to remember to make sure slides stand on their own in the future! In the talk itself, we explored the subtleties of championing within several examples, and absolutely the strategy is different in every case. What’s the right term for this role? The goal of course is to get the technologists excited to take on t role..

The message is gathering steam. Humanitarian mapping will be a key theme of Where 2.0 this year. There will be a keynote on Ushahidi, and several other talks, including a redux by Jesse and myself.

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/03/from-etech-to-where-20-disaste.html

]]> By: Paul Currion http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/07/disastertech-at-etech-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-162776 Paul Currion Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:45:25 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/07/disastertech-at-etech-2008/#comment-162776 Yah, I guessed as much... but you wouldn't believe how many people genuinely believe that kind of stuff. What sort of feedback did you get from the participants? Any interesting leads on projects? Yah, I guessed as much… but you wouldn’t believe how many people genuinely believe that kind of stuff. What sort of feedback did you get from the participants? Any interesting leads on projects?

]]> By: Jesse Robbins http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/07/disastertech-at-etech-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-162743 Jesse Robbins Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:38:36 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/07/disastertech-at-etech-2008/#comment-162743 Paul, Yikes! Those slides are easy to misinterpret without the audio. The point is that readily available technologies (such as GeoRSS feeds and advanced data processing) have the potential to save lives when they are: a) approperiately distributed b) incorporated into larger systems We paused for questions on each of the "" slides, and this issue came up then too. My answer was that this kind of technology was a small step in establishing a tsunami evacuation system. (Previously this kind of modeling was a big step.) Paul,

Yikes! Those slides are easy to misinterpret without the audio.

The point is that readily available technologies (such as GeoRSS feeds and advanced data processing) have the potential to save lives when they are:
a) approperiately distributed
b) incorporated into larger systems

We paused for questions on each of the “” slides, and this issue came up then too. My answer was that this kind of technology was a small step in establishing a tsunami evacuation system. (Previously this kind of modeling was a big step.)

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