pivoting an african open source project

PIVOTINGAN AFRICAN OPEN SOURCE PROJECT

David Kobia - @dkobia

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“Citizens that were once only passive recipients of information are now contributors to the story.”

- Dale Zak, Ushahidi developer

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3,584 reports and 500,000 views4000+ reports and 150,000 views

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FIRST LESSONS

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CapturingStoring

CalculatingMedia monitoring

SourcingGeotagging

CategorizationAnalysis

Report authoringVerification

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Media monitoringSourcing

GeotaggingCategorization

AnalysisReport authoring

Verification

Media monitoringSourcing

Geotagging

CategorizationAnalysis

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NEW CHALLENGES

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It’s hard to make sense ofa lot of real-time information in short periods of time.

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“IT’S NOT INFORMATION OVERLOAD. IT’S FILTER FAILURE”

“IT’S NOT INFORMATION OVERLOAD. IT’S FILTER FAILURE”

- Clay ShirkyMonday, July 23, 12

Truth is subjective

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WE WILL BUILD ITSTRONGER + FASTER + BETTER

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CROWDSOURCETHE FILTER

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Real-time information. Processed into a river. Filtered by the crowd. Visualized & organized.

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Media monitoringSourcing

GeotaggingCategorization

AnalysisAnnotatingVerifying

Curate

Filter

Collaborate

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swiftly.org

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LESSONS

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STFUP and Just Do IT

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use what you know

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$software !== $product

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Simple, Stupid

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</ it would be cool if >

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‘Open’... really open

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Don’t just create products, solve real problems

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Developers

Testers

Translators

Mappers

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email david@ushahidi.com

web www.ushahidi.com

twitter @dkobia

DAVID KOBIA

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