CrisisCommons is quickly organizing techies to lend IT and software development skills to the earthquake relief effort.
By J. Nicholas Hoover
InformationWeek
January 20, 2010 10:23 AM
They might not be able to pick up rubble and carry away bodies, but software developers and tech-savvy individuals around the world are beginning to organize to help with the Haiti relief effort
Among those taking the lead is a grassroots effort called the CrisisCommons, which hosted several hastily organized events last weekend in several cities where developers and others came together to, among other things, layer current information on collaborative maps of Haiti and develop a Craigslist-style online exchange to identify and solve relief needs on the ground.
Despite announcing the concept of these CrisisCamps in a conference call only last Wednesday, almost 400 people showed up at events in Washington, D.C., Silicon Valley, and beyond over the weekend. More camps are scheduled for this weekend in places as far-flung as Brooklyn, Portland, and London.
The goal, CrisisCommons co-founder Noel Dickover said in an
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