thanks ;)))))

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 14:17, Sugree Phatanapherom <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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
>>
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