Comments on: Sokwanele’s Zimbabwe Election Events Mashup http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/26/sokwaneles-zimbabwe-election-events-mashup/ because information can save lives Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Currion http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/26/sokwaneles-zimbabwe-election-events-mashup/comment-page-1/#comment-172881 Paul Currion Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:46:03 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/26/sokwaneles-zimbabwe-election-events-mashup/#comment-172881 Mike: the idea of a Moore's Law applying to international justice is absolutely brilliant, and I hope you don't mind if I steal it - obviously I'll give you credit! Mike: the idea of a Moore’s Law applying to international justice is absolutely brilliant, and I hope you don’t mind if I steal it – obviously I’ll give you credit!

]]> By: Mike Staresinic http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/26/sokwaneles-zimbabwe-election-events-mashup/comment-page-1/#comment-172464 Mike Staresinic Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:42:53 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/03/26/sokwaneles-zimbabwe-election-events-mashup/#comment-172464 Dear Tom, Thanks for bringing Sokwanele's Google Map to attention. It is an impressive, quickly gathered, innovative use of Google Mapping, considering all of the technical problems in Zimbabwe -- 14 kbit/sec dial up connections! government software to censor the Internet, and daily existential problems that make people feel as if they are living under water. It's a debate point about human rights documentarist reactions, but is beside the point as you say. Documentarists should not miss the real battle to prevent attacks while reporting months afterwards. Human rights groups should copy Sokwanele -- get the information out while it is still useful in short-circuiting crimes underway. The human rights story of the past 6 decades is a kind of Moore's Law in crimes against humanity, in that the feedback between crime and comeuppance is ever shortened. Check my blog at http://www.WageConflictWell.com for more thoughts on Zimbabwe's current situation. Dear Tom,

Thanks for bringing Sokwanele’s Google Map to attention. It is an impressive, quickly gathered, innovative use of Google Mapping, considering all of the technical problems in Zimbabwe — 14 kbit/sec dial up connections! government software to censor the Internet, and daily existential problems that make people feel as if they are living under water.

It’s a debate point about human rights documentarist reactions, but is beside the point as you say. Documentarists should not miss the real battle to prevent attacks while reporting months afterwards. Human rights groups should copy Sokwanele — get the information out while it is still useful in short-circuiting crimes underway.

The human rights story of the past 6 decades is a kind of Moore’s Law in crimes against humanity, in that the feedback between crime and comeuppance is ever shortened.

Check my blog at http://www.WageConflictWell.com for more thoughts on Zimbabwe’s current situation.

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