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Mobile technology making the world a better place?

amysampleward — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:06:30 -0500

Nokia Conversations is in the middle of profiling a number of organisations and businesses who have a focus on helping the developing world. Three organizations have already been highlighted and more are on the way. You can follow along with the updates on the Nokia Conversations blog here.

Who's helping the developing world?

Everything geeky you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask: Wired's How-To wiki

Channing — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:03:58 -0500

You're ready to get your non-profit online and make a difference. Grand. Except...there's just a few basic things you're not quite sure how to do. Like edit a wiki, back up your computer's memory or um, code.

Off with you to Wired's How-To Wiki, which happens to be the most empowering place I've discovered for acquiring any internet skills beyond checking your Facebook. Get started with our selected list of their how-to's here:

First, learn to back up your non-profit's computers.

Ushahidi deployed in DRC

amysampleward — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:04:31 -0500

While many eyes were on the US election last week, many eyes were also on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially those working on Ushahidi. A N2Y3 Mashup Challenge winner, Ushahidi means 'testimony' in Swahili, but as a web tool it enables citizens to use mobile phones, emails or web forms to report and map crisis information. The first deployment of the new Ushahidi Engine into a crisis zone took place only a couple of days ago as Ushahidi released the platform for the DRC.

This just in: evil meters, Superstruct and Darfur Is Dying

Channing — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:40:04 -0400

Some updates on stories we've been following at Social Ch@nge:

Google's Evil Meter:

Ushahidi Continues to Grow

amysampleward — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:35:07 -0400

Ushahidi, a N2Y3 Mashup Challenge winner, proves that sometimes unrest and urgency, not funding, can be enough to get a project off the ground. Ushahidi means 'testimony' in Swahili, but as a web tool it enables citizens to use mobile phones, emails or web forms to report and map crisis information.

N2Y3 Featured Projects' Blog Roundup

Britt Bravo — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:28:44 -0400

Here's a sampling of updates from the 21 N2Y3 Featured Projects' blogs:

Why a Little Drama Never Hurts
Ask Your Lawmaker talks briefly with DNC chairman Howard Dean about Hillary Clinton's cutting short the roll call during the Democratic Convention.

Obama vs. McCain: By the Bills
OpenCongree will be analyzing the bills that Obama and MCain have sponsored in the current session of Congress, and posting links to their coverage on the Congress Gossip Blog.

Ushahidi Co-Founder Featured on TED.com
Watch a presentation by Ory Okolloh, co-founder of Ushahidi, at TEDGlobal2007.

Next Stop for Social Actions: Google Headquarters in NYC
The folks at Social Actions will be giving a Google Tech Talk on September 16, 2008.

You can find a list of all of the 21 Projects' web sites, blog feeds, Twitter feeds, news feeds and Facebook groups in the post, Follow the Net2 Mashup Challenge Featured Projects' Development Online.

Your NetSquared Dollars at Work... in Kenya

ehersman — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:07:21 -0400

Okay, time for an update to let you know what we've been doing at Ushahidi with the winnings from the NetSquared Challenge.

Ory and I are madly dashing around Kenya, meeting with local NGOs and users to determine what we need to build into Ushahidi's Engine (version 2). We helped sponsor the local Barcamp Nairobi, which was a huge hit and brought us even more developers.

A BIG Thank You from Ushahidi

ehersman — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:52:06 -0400

We wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who attended the NetSquared conference and for NetSquared for making this whole thing possible. David, Ory, Juliana and myself are absolutely stunned and ecstatic about what this win will let us do.

More than the financial support, we were moved by the validation we got from the community through this prize. Sometimes you can think you're a little crazy, tilting at windmills on your way to changing the world, so this means a lot.

When moved to build Ushahidi earlier this year, I wrote:

Not-So-Live Blogging: Map This!, Ushahidi, Greener One

SarahSchacht — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:17:24 -0400

Sorry for the delay folks, there's so much here at N2Y3 it can be a little distracting.

I've cut-and pasted my notes from the session, which aren't pretty, but they get the job done. If you have questions about my notes, or want me to clarify something, let me know.

I can be reached via director at knowledge as power dot org, and you can find my work at Knowledge As Power where we help individuals become effective citizens in the legislative process.

Ushahidi, Mapping and Mobiles - Activism in the Developing World

ehersman — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:48:38 -0400

Last weekend three US-based members of the Ushahidi project team were able to get together for two full days of planning for the upcoming Net2 conference. (Photo proof exhibited... Erik, David and Juliana)