Loading...Web 2.0 Summit 08: Jesse Robbins (O'Reilly Radar), High Order Bit
- Jesse Robbins is a firefighter and EMT and a CEO of a tech startup.
- Web 2.0 tools are transforming humanitarian aid.
- We can now make a difference and improve our product.
- Problems are hard. When we are faced with them we are faced with inexperience and being excited or knowledgeable and scared.
- The geek community says that it can save everyone with technology.
- The emergency management community responds that it will never work and that the geeks will kill everyone.
- Sometimes, it is the exact reverse.
- This makes innovation a challenge.
- There is a way: Adhoc innovation.
- When a disaster happens, a champion must push her cause in the community.
Mikel Maron a Google Maps expert worked with Yahoo and Google to update the maps and have better maps for everyone.
- The anti pattern is that when a disaster occurs and an adhoc adaptation is needed, if there is no champion then there is no iterative improvement.
- The search for missing people is not a repeatable process. Many false positives during such searches are misleading.
- The Internet SAR is championing this cause and hopes to learn from these mistakes
- There are many disasters and many non-profits are desperately seeking solutions.
- These are the same issues as the enterprise and need Web 2.0 technologies.
- Find such non-profits where you can use your skills.
- Try to assess their needs.
- Serve those who serve others.
