Open Source Disaster Recovery
The two situations discussed in this First Monday piece are great preliminary efforts. More “lessons learned” work needs to be done in conjunction with actual open source development (so that we aren’t left relying on blogs – which are fundamentally unsuited towards true collaboration). Incorporate mobile technology, rapid deployment of large scale wifi networks, throw in some simple social networking software (allow tagging of volunteer skills, or physical traits of missing/found children). It is going to be very cool to watch the described trajectories unfold.
-Shlok
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