Hello barcampers ++ Just a thought after the disaster... my mind is still not clear but just want to share with someone. I am right now in Buenos Aires where is the most far place from Japan on the earth, and I have been feeling such a useless one, i want to do something but still havent done anything yet ;(
After the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, I see ICT helping people a lot. I see people using social services to find friends, family etc, and I see many developers launch useful services right after the disaster happened, I really do respect such a developers. But I felt about the missing part, people I saw online are the people basically fine (maybe shouldn't say that they are fine, but at least alive and able to go online), and I know if you are in such a disaster you wouldn't get connected. However I have been wondering if there are anything ICT can do for the people who is not connected or I say people actually in the disaster. I guess people in the serious area didn't have information like we - safe people had. People need to know where they can get water, food, where to sleep, how is their family, how the situation is etc etc... but they couldn't reach the information. I am on the other side of the earth with food and house, and I knew where they can get food but they didn't know it. Google person finder http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/ helps finding people, but the people who can update their status is who is alive/able to connected, people actually under the serious situation can't even go online. Sorry if my point is not clear here, I just feel kind of frustrated about the situation that ICT can't do much for the people actually need the information. I have no clear answer yet, i would say if internet/network were alive... but there are no IF. They went down. Just want to have some thoughts from you guys. besos, satoko a.k.a 31o5 -- Barcamp Bangkok 4: October 23-24, 2010 More details at http://www.barcampbangkok.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en
