Thanks god you are safe! sugree
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:20 AM, satoko 31o5 Oh <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- 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
