Remove Internet Remove Literacy Remove Open Source Remove Sound
article thumbnail

Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy.

Disaster 206
article thumbnail

Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

people who are blind or severely dyslexic), and human rights groups will be collateral damage in Hollywood’s attempt to break the Internet in their latest effort to squash “piracy.” Sounds kind of un-American, doesn’t it? Let’s Not Do This Stupid Thing, and Avoid Breaking the Internet. Except, we’re not pirates.

Copyright 108