http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/05/24/quickbits-may-2008/ because information can save lives Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:58:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/05/24/quickbits-may-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-189509 Paul Currion Thu, 29 May 2008 09:21:00 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/?p=282#comment-189509 I guess that's a problem for the initiatives themselves, but the question for me is where the ideas for these initiatives come from if not from the end users? I guess that’s a problem for the initiatives themselves, but the question for me is where the ideas for these initiatives come from if not from the end users?

]]> http://www.humanitarian.info/2008/05/24/quickbits-may-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-188092 Kevin Toomer Sun, 25 May 2008 03:21:50 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/?p=282#comment-188092 The big problem with I see with initiatives like NGO Post and Commkit is that they are competing with hundreds (if not thousands) of well funded Web 2.0/social media startups. Who wants to settle for an under-funded closed system that will be constantly struggling to keep up with private sector initiatives? The big problem with I see with initiatives like NGO Post and Commkit is that they are competing with hundreds (if not thousands) of well funded Web 2.0/social media startups. Who wants to settle for an under-funded closed system that will be constantly struggling to keep up with private sector initiatives?

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