The O'Reilly Radar
summary
Argues that open source and civic tech actually save lives by combining specific tools: Ushahidi and Sahana map incidents, OpenStreetMap fills missing slum maps, and CrowdFlower plus Amazon Mechanical Turk translate Creole SMS sent via short code 4636, enabling rescuers to find trapped people in Port-au-Prince; organizers produce about 3,000 pages of Skype logs coordinating aid. Advocates building open data APIs, local civic apps and platforms that let governments become cooperative tools.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Welcome and context
- 0:12Technology for better futures
- 1:11The future is uneven
- 2:55Call for self-reliance
- 4:00Open source and collaboration
- 5:35Technology in crises
- 7:42Reinventing government
- 9:38Civic innovation
- 10:28Building a better world
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