Comments on: Thoughts on Holistically Dealing with Disaster Scenarios http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/09/03/thoughts-on-holistically-dealing-with-disaster-scenarios/ Thoughts and Lessons from an African Open-Source Project Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:20:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Thoughts on “Hot-Flash” Conflict in Mumbai and Nigeria - The Ushahidi Blog http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/09/03/thoughts-on-holistically-dealing-with-disaster-scenarios/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Thoughts on “Hot-Flash” Conflict in Mumbai and Nigeria - The Ushahidi Blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:36:34 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=51#comment-484 [...] reminds me of a what I wrote about on holistically dealing with disaster scenarios during the hurricanes in the US earlier this year. The value of the current Ushahidi Engine is good [...] [...] reminds me of a what I wrote about on holistically dealing with disaster scenarios during the hurricanes in the US earlier this year. The value of the current Ushahidi Engine is good [...]

]]> By: Deanna http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/09/03/thoughts-on-holistically-dealing-with-disaster-scenarios/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Deanna Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:18:12 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=51#comment-85 Just a quick update for your readers (and I'm posting a similar note in the community, too) -- John Walling and I sat last night and started hammering out the meta of this mind map that I created, which was an absolutely fascinating process. A concept that I'd dealt with before, but never really thought that much about, was introduced by John-- faceted classification: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_classification This went a long way in helping us brainstorm loads of possibilities based on use cases: "I am a survivor from South Carolina who needs to figure out where I can get help rebuilding my house," vs. "I'm a volunteer outside of the strike zone and I would like to find info about helping animals and pets in the region." Overnight, John fleshed out the whole starter system: http://www.gustavwiki.com/wiki/Category_Team Hope this is useful to you all. Once I'm a little further along today, would love to mesh info... Just a quick update for your readers (and I’m posting a similar note in the community, too) — John Walling and I sat last night and started hammering out the meta of this mind map that I created, which was an absolutely fascinating process. A concept that I’d dealt with before, but never really thought that much about, was introduced by John– faceted classification: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_classification

This went a long way in helping us brainstorm loads of possibilities based on use cases: “I am a survivor from South Carolina who needs to figure out where I can get help rebuilding my house,” vs. “I’m a volunteer outside of the strike zone and I would like to find info about helping animals and pets in the region.”

Overnight, John fleshed out the whole starter system:

http://www.gustavwiki.com/wiki/Category_Team

Hope this is useful to you all. Once I’m a little further along today, would love to mesh info…

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