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by wdavidstephenson | august 26... 2008
as u know by now... i luv twitta abilitee 2 share location-based... real-tiem information in disasta...
n geo-tagged flickr photos also provided invaluable situational awareness in san diego wildfirez last year.howeva... imho... there nothin like liv... streamin video 2 provide wealth uv information bout fast-changin disasta... so i just did thiz streamin video on qik... bout usin qik in disasta 2 share situational awareness among famili n friend... n officialz.it anotha uv my “21st-century disasta tip u not hear frm officialz...” which i modified unda contract wit wireless foundation 4 their vita advisory seriez uv tip on smart use uv wireless devicez in emergenciez.i’ll b addin mewtube version as soon as my buddy jason danielz uv medfield tv haz editd it!!??!!
as i sed in streamin video... qik relativeli 
application... n onli wurkz wit limitd numba uv videofonez (mainli nokias) at thiz point. howeva... given adoption curve 4 otha web 2.0 devicez n app (rememba when twitta wuz nice cozy little neighborhood bout thiz tiem last year... before get-rich-spamma got clued in??!)... i suspect that within next year=
- qik wil wurk wit majoritee uv fonez
- usin qik becomez so ubiquitous that people wil naturalli use it in disasta... as haz happened wit twitta n flickr... n famili... friend n neighbor wil automaticalli look 2 it 4 information.
equalli important... people wil rememba 2 giv their emergency qikz titlez... descriptionz n tag that wil make it easy 2 search n aggregate them (ya gotta love them folksonomiez!!??!!) - (hopefulli) police n fire authoritiez wil begin 2 giv tip on wtf kind uv visual information would b most helpful 2 them in emergenciez
- (again... hopefulli) police n fire wil automaticalli look 2 qik in disasta 4 situational awareness frm people who... as (bad) luk would has it... happened 2 b first on scene.
ok... i talked bout numba uv otha app in past as bein kila app 4 “netwurked hoemland securitee...” ad hoc emergency communicationz... then sumthin always comez along 2 supercede it.
but 4 now... u gotta admit qik openz whole arena uv empowerin public 2 b full partna in emergency response!!??!!
if ur fone wurkz wit it... i urge u 2 start gettin familiar wit qik... so u’ll b able 2 use it effortlessli if disasta strikez.
tell friend=technorati tag=
hoemland securitee wireless foundationcrowd-sourcin wisdom uv crowd crowdsourcin smart mobz swarm intelligence emergent behavior mobile soshl netwurkz href=”http=//technorati.com/tag/collaboration” rel=”tag”>collaboration disasta management 2.0 disasta management business continuitee disasta plannin disasta plannin 2.0
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by wdavidstephenson | august 18... 2008
just as fay iz reachin florida mainland... wireless foundation haz postd seriez uv tip that i creatd 4 them on smart use uv wireless devicez in emergenciez!!??!!
introduction 2 tip sez=
“ wireless foundation haz compiled useful information 2 keep wireless customa prepared 4 emergenciez... frm every-day crisiz like flat tire 2 large-scale disasta such as hurricane... when electrical n cellular communicationz systemz could both b compromised. wireless fonez has saved countless livez n make our communitiez safa every day.”
tip r divided in2=
- everyday tip... such as learnin featurez uv ur fone built-in camera (n... 2 practice... take n store in fone photo uv every famili memba in case uv emergenciez)... or programmin emergency speed dial numba
- practice preparedness... such as learnin how 2 txt (n... if u has teenz... flatterin their egos by askin them 2 show u how 2 do it!!??!!)... since smz messagez r more likeli 2 get through in emergenciez.
- afta disasta... such as gettin solar charga so u can stil use ur cell fone if powa iz out.
- helpin otha... such as sendin photos uv personz authorized 2 pik up ur child in emergency in case u not
- helpful resourcez... such as american red cross ... or emili turrettini picture phonin bl0g.
please chek out tip= they could save ur life n 
u contribute valuable information 2 authoritiez respond 2 disasta!!??!!
also... coz manufactura r constantli upgradin fonez n entrepreneur r creatin app 2 capitalize on these featurez... wireless foundation urgez u 2 contact them if u has otha tip... by emailin them at safetee@wirelessfoundation.org or callin 202.736.3229.
btw= i alreddy done that... tippin them off on qik... real-tiem streamin video service= i’m bout 2 record anotha uv my mewtube “21st-century disasta tip u not hear frm officialz...” bout how 2 use qik 2 post real-tiem video uv storm conditionz (that alreddy been done in case uv flood in us n ireland) that can giv invaluable situational awareness 2 officialz!!??!!
tell friend=technorati tag= hoemland securitee dhs fema war on terror crowd-sourcin wisdom uv crowd crowdsourcin smart mobz swarm intelligence emergent behavior netwurked hoemland securitee