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Saturday
Feb272010

Aggregation and collaboration during a disaster

While our thoughts go out first and foremost to those affected by the Chilean earthquake and the potential coastal tsunamis it could result in, I found it interesting how the latest information technology tools are being leveraged to the hilt for the benefit of journalists, aid workers, government workers, and concerned friends and family.

Visit this site - a public Google Docs page is being used to aggregate (and update in real-time) a number of social media and news sources for the benefit of the various people who need the information fast.

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