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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

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Patrick Meier is a director of crisis mapping at Ushahidi, which is a platform that unifies data gathered from multiple sources (SMS, e-mail, web) and distributes it onto a visual map or timeline. In the five years since Hurricane Katrina, social media has exploded, and its potential for use in crises was clear after the Haiti earthquake.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

When email is unavailable, there’s almost always SMS. youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick.

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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Favorite – making things easily accessible is one of the tenants of the Internet. So marking a conversation or message, to be found easily later, should be one of the first features implemented. All rights reserved.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

People will share content on mobile devices through IR/SMS/email. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. You will be able to take a photo of barcodes that will be located everywhere (menus, receipts, posters, signs, business cards, etc.) and your phone will visit the related Web site. All sites will have to display on mobile devices.

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Dear YouTube – You Broke My Heart – An Open Letter to @YouTube

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Our romance has been long – it began years back (my birthday in 2006 if I recollect correctly) when I summonsed the courage to post a little video of myself on you and then posted it on my blog. You didn’t call, email, SMS, Tweet… I had to hear it from a friend – and nobody seems to know why.

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On the other hand, Plurk is really new, and thus, Twitter wins on followers (and the fact that mobile access — via SMS — totally owns), so the Plurk discussions (for now) are at a minimum. However, as stated in my blog policy , I have asked you to use your real name. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This post has been brought to you by SMS Gateway software. Reply Earn Money Online On The Internet At Home January 30, 2008 at 8:53 am I ended 2006 with a great (and still pertinent) list of blog posts and articles that I felt were really the best in their class in the area of Internet Marketing (tags: SEO web2.0 Thanks a Lot.

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