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rachel weidinger@rachelannyes415-793-2939

@NetSquared

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Every social benefit organization

on the planet has the

technology resources and knowledge it needs to operate

at its full potential.

handheld awesome detectors

*mobile empathyamplifiers

A children’s toothbrush I designed with every best intention to make my contribution to the betterment of the human condition through design was dropped on my desk, all bleached and worn and encrusted with sand. It had washed up on a remote beach in Baja California in front of a friend of mine who went to seek unspoiled nature and wild life there.

Thomas Overthurnhttp://www.otto-otto.com/2009/02/3-questions-thomas-overthun-of-ideo/

What you make goes

everywhere.

(party)

Do you like it here?

It’s the best place I’ve ever lived.

But I mean, you know, is it an interesting neighbourhood?

Oh – the neighbourhood? Well…that’s outside!

The Big Here

pop quiz

Kevin Kellyhttp://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000957.php

1) Point north.

5) How many feet above sea level are you?

11) From what direction do

storms generally come?

8) Is the soil under your feet, more clay, sand, rock or silt?

10) Name five native edible plants in your neighborhood and the season(s) they are available.

19) How many days is the growing season here (from frost to frost)?

handheld awesome detectors

awesome

(How I Big a Here)

• #1 Lifestyle app couple of times

• #64 in the Paid Apps

• Sold 10,000 +

LocavoreBuster Benson

enjoymentland.com/locavore/@enjoy_locavore

•180,000 unique downloads•Used 2.8 times on average

What’s Next:•Information about ocean issues•Super Green list•News

Seafood WatchHumberto Kam (contact)

seafoodwatch.org@seafoodwatch

•Find safe, healthy and green products

•70,000+ food, toys, personal care, & household products

GoodGuideSumhir Meghani (contact)

developer.goodguide.com

goodguide.com@goodguide

mobileempathy amplifiers

Ushahidi

(witness)

• Ushahidi

• http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/163 – Missing person found • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/936 – Water delivered • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/1119 – Update from volunteers

who landed in Jacmel • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/1245 – Orthopedic clinic finds

supplies • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/111 – Normil family found • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/389 – Children ok and evacuated • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/1070 – Water sent to orphanage • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/474 – Missing person found • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/606 – Food and water received • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/642 – Food, water, medical

supplies delivered • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/580 – Water deployed to

orphanage • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/761 – Children moved to safety • http://haiti.ushahidi.com/reports/view/584 – Missing person found

Tracking the Ushahidi map/feed include:

• Red Cross • Plan

International • Charity Water • US State

Department • International

Medical Corps

• AIDG • USAID • FEMA • US Coast Guard

Task Force • World Food

Program • SOUTHCOM • OFDA • UNDP • http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/02/06/ushahidi-how-we-are-doing/

“No matter what anyone else tells you, don’t stop mapping, you are saving lives.”

[Name not public], FEMA Task Force

(Conference call to Ushahidi)http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/02/06/ushahidi-how-we-are-doing/

“[The] Crisis Map of Haiti represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date map available to the humanitarian community.”

Craig Fulgate, FEMA Task Force

http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/02/06/ushahidi-how-we-are-doing/

Ushahidi Needs Now:

• Timeline and Map work • FrontlineSMS integration and extension • Geocoding Accuracy • Bayesian Modeling• Sahana integration • HeatmappingNews and Incident

Clustering• Charts and Graphs• Authentication

Ushahidi

ushahidi.com/join

Project 4636

Dalila: I need Thomassin Apo please

Apo: Kenscoff Route: Lat: 18.495746829274168, Long:-72.31849193572998

Apo: This Area after Petion-Ville and Pelerin 5 is not on Google Map. We have no streets name

Apo: I know this place like my pocketDalila: thank God u was here

http://www.mission4636.org/heart-and-soul/

mission4636.org/history

http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/02/08/project-4636-an-info-graphic/

http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/02/08/project-4636-an-info-graphic/

The Extraordinari

es

http://www.beextra.org/haiti

beextra.org

Red Cross Haiti

Mobile Campaign

MGive processed $37 million for Haiti in three weeks

http://blog.mgive.com/2010/02/03/behind-the-scenes-at-mgive-processing-over-37-million-in-donations/

2.3 million tweets w/“Haiti” or “Red Cross” from Jan. 12 -Jan. 14

59% were retweets150,000 tweets “Haiti” +“Red Cross.” 189,024 tweets that included “90999”

According to web analytics firm Sysomos

Via http://joegrayblog.com/2010/03/02/mobile-fundraising-for-haiti-a-behavioral-economics-perspective

Make handheld awesome

detectors. And empathy

amplifiers. Now.rachel weidinger@rachelannyes415.793.2939

Rachel Weidingerrachelweidinger.com

NetSquaredwww.netsquared.org

TechSoup Globaltechsoupglobal.org

Locavoreenjoymentland.com/locavore/

Seafood Watchseafoodwatch.org

GoodGuidegoodguide.com

Ushahidiushahidi.org

Project 4636.mission4636.org

Image sources

Lemon Tree Dinner- Andrew Hydehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/bouldair/2687963691/in/set-72157606291512251/

San Francisco Garter Snakehttp://www.ggnrabigyear.org/BigYearInReview/Images/6.jpg

The toothbrush that Thomas Overthun designed that washed up on a remote beach in Baja California

http://www.otto-otto.com/2009/02/3-questions-thomas-overthun-of-ideo/

Drains to the Bayou -kylewmhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/kindofblue115/3420806943/

Woman considering drinks at Walgreens by Katherine Squier http://www.flickr.com/photos/16896642@N02/2845100430/

References The toothbrush that Thomas Overthun designed that washed up on a remote beach in Baja

Californiahttp://www.otto-otto.com/2009/02/3-questions-thomas-overthun-of-ideo/

Brian Eno’s The Big Here and Long Nowhttp://www.longnow.org/views/essays/articles/BrianEnoLongNow.php

Kevin Kelly’s Big Here Quizhttp://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/001084.php