Programmers Solving Crises
Originally published at BlackTabi Blog. You can comment here or there.
This Saturday, CrisisCamp will bring together volunteers in Boston, MA to collaborate on technology projects which aim to assist in Haiti’s relief efforts by providing data, information, maps and technical assistance to NGOs, relief agencies and the public. Work will be motivated by needs in Haiti, but with an eye toward resuable tools for future disasters.
Developers will be designing, writing, and debugging software, while technical non-developers can contribute by finding and supplying data, providing ideas and feedback, or doing other project-specific work. More information is available at these sites:
- Learn more about/Register for CrisisCamp Boston
- CNN coverage of last weekend’s camps
- Main page for the CrisisCommons organization, including a list of some of the projects (also includes a wiki with much more information)
Sign up and spread the word! We will have more information about projects and skills needed by Friday, and we’ll try to tune projects to the skills of volunteers, both technical or non-technical.