Comments on: Recovery 2.0 – thoughts on what worked and failed on PeopleFinder so far http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: …My heart’s in Accra » “How do I help?” - Introducing Nabuur http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-1140917 …My heart’s in Accra » “How do I help?” - Introducing Nabuur Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:58:17 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-1140917 [...] The video above tells the story of a Dutch mother who’s able to assist an organization in Uganda that supports AIDS orphans in translating their website. She explains that she’s able to assist when she’s got free time, and that all the work takes place online, two factors that are hugely appealing when you’re looking for volunteer participation (as we discovered when we recruited people to help with the Katrina Peoplefinder project.) [...] [...] The video above tells the story of a Dutch mother who’s able to assist an organization in Uganda that supports AIDS orphans in translating their website. She explains that she’s able to assist when she’s got free time, and that all the work takes place online, two factors that are hugely appealing when you’re looking for volunteer participation (as we discovered when we recruited people to help with the Katrina Peoplefinder project.) [...]

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Kenya: mapping the dark and the light http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-789979 …My heart’s in Accra » Kenya: mapping the dark and the light Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:14:54 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-789979 [...] citizen media when events grip a nation or a region. I also suspect that the tool is important for Recovery 2.0 efforts, where having visualizations of people in trouble is a first step in deciding where and how to [...] [...] citizen media when events grip a nation or a region. I also suspect that the tool is important for Recovery 2.0 efforts, where having visualizations of people in trouble is a first step in deciding where and how to [...]

]]> By: asda@wp.pl » Blog Archive » Digital activists find ways to help Kenya http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-772816 asda@wp.pl » Blog Archive » Digital activists find ways to help Kenya Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:29:52 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-772816 [...] started a series of relief efforts around the SEA-EAT blog. We saw it again during Katrina, where teams around the world worked to create Peoplefinder, a database designed to help family members and friends find each other. And we’re seeing it [...] [...] started a series of relief efforts around the SEA-EAT blog. We saw it again during Katrina, where teams around the world worked to create Peoplefinder, a database designed to help family members and friends find each other. And we’re seeing it [...]

]]> By: other » Blog Archive » Digital activists find ways to help Kenya http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-772703 other » Blog Archive » Digital activists find ways to help Kenya Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:30:32 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-772703 [...] started a series of relief efforts around the SEA-EAT blog. We saw it again during Katrina, where teams around the world worked to create Peoplefinder, a database designed to help family members and friends find each other. And we’re seeing it [...] [...] started a series of relief efforts around the SEA-EAT blog. We saw it again during Katrina, where teams around the world worked to create Peoplefinder, a database designed to help family members and friends find each other. And we’re seeing it [...]

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Digital activists find ways to help Kenya http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-764763 …My heart’s in Accra » Digital activists find ways to help Kenya Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:52:19 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-764763 [...] started a series of relief efforts around the SEA-EAT blog. We saw it again during Katrina, where teams around the world worked to create Peoplefinder, a database designed to help family members and friends find each other. And we’re seeing it [...] [...] started a series of relief efforts around the SEA-EAT blog. We saw it again during Katrina, where teams around the world worked to create Peoplefinder, a database designed to help family members and friends find each other. And we’re seeing it [...]

]]> By: Unthinkingly.com» Blog Archive » Geeks Responding to Katrina: Relief 2.0 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-258770 Unthinkingly.com» Blog Archive » Geeks Responding to Katrina: Relief 2.0 Sat, 12 May 2007 22:46:49 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-258770 [...] …My heart’s in Accra: Recovery 2.0 - thoughts on what worked and failed on PeopleFinder so far [...] [...] …My heart’s in Accra: Recovery 2.0 – thoughts on what worked and failed on PeopleFinder so far [...]

]]> By: Open Source Disaster Recovery » humanitarian.info http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-12174 Open Source Disaster Recovery » humanitarian.info Sun, 07 May 2006 21:37:20 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-12174 [...] With PeopleFinder, they certainly managed a huge amount of data processing and their site was clearly widely used (judging solely by the number of hits). Ethan Zuckerman characterised it fundamentally as a data entry problem in his blog entry on the history of the project, and that’s the sort of problem that’s amenable to the large scale voluntary effort that the PeopleFinder team put together. However it’s hard to evaluate how many of those hits resulted in family reunification, and consequently it’s hard to judge whether all that effort was worth it. This is not exclusive to PeopleFinder - none of the sites running these services have been able to work out how useful they were - and to some extent it’s not relevant. The service needed to be provided, and they provided it - but it’s hard to make the case for replicating the service in other disasters if you can’t demonstrate utility. [...] [...] With PeopleFinder, they certainly managed a huge amount of data processing and their site was clearly widely used (judging solely by the number of hits). Ethan Zuckerman characterised it fundamentally as a data entry problem in his blog entry on the history of the project, and that’s the sort of problem that’s amenable to the large scale voluntary effort that the PeopleFinder team put together. However it’s hard to evaluate how many of those hits resulted in family reunification, and consequently it’s hard to judge whether all that effort was worth it. This is not exclusive to PeopleFinder – none of the sites running these services have been able to work out how useful they were – and to some extent it’s not relevant. The service needed to be provided, and they provided it – but it’s hard to make the case for replicating the service in other disasters if you can’t demonstrate utility. [...]

]]> By: andeud http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-6169 andeud Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:15:19 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-6169 thank you. it is very instrest article thank you.
it is very instrest article

]]> By: WorldChanging: Another World Is Here http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-5816 WorldChanging: Another World Is Here Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:15:52 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-5816 <strong>Hoping for a Slower 2006</strong> Happy holidays, everyone! As 2006 approaches, I find myself in an increasingly unfamiliar spot: my office, in the attic of my house in Lanesboro, Massachusetts.... Hoping for a Slower 2006

Happy holidays, everyone! As 2006 approaches, I find myself in an increasingly unfamiliar spot: my office, in the attic of my house in Lanesboro, Massachusetts….

]]> By: Influence http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/09/06/recovery-20-thoughts-on-what-worked-and-failed-on-peoplefinder-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-5146 Influence Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:16:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=170#comment-5146 <strong>Trends: Online Collaboration</strong> We see online collaboration as one of the most powerful trends in how organizations will use online services to have a bigger impact in their work. Now, collaboration has been happening online for a long time (email, Usenet, the Apache open source se Trends: Online Collaboration

We see online collaboration as one of the most powerful trends in how organizations will use online services to have a bigger impact in their work.

Now, collaboration has been happening online for a long time (email, Usenet, the Apache open source se

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