pivoting an african open source project
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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
Report authoring Verification
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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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