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Posts by: Erik Hersman

  1. Election Monitors and the Unwashed Crowd March 14, 2010

    Posted in crowdsourcing, elections.

    No comments
  2. The Need for a Tech Election Monitoring Toolbox March 5, 2010

    Posted in Conferences, Kenya, Nairobi, Strategy, Ushahidi, elections.

    11 comments
  3. HIVOS funding and Ushahidi February 16, 2010

    Posted in Community, Crisis, Deployment, Nairobi, Ushahidi, Video.

    6 comments
  4. Volunteers Power the Open Crowdsourcing Movement January 24, 2010

    Posted in Community, Deployment, Ushahidi.

    6 comments
  5. The Nuts and Bolts Behind 4636 in Haiti January 22, 2010

    Posted in Community, Deployment, Mobile, Ushahidi, disaster, localization, reporting.

    16 comments
  6. Help Connect Haitian Diaspora to PersonFinder January 21, 2010

    Posted in Community, Deployment, Diaspora, disaster.

    3 comments
  7. Ushahidi Haiti Heatmap January 21, 2010

    Posted in Deployment, Strategy, Ushahidi, testing.

    3 comments
  8. Getting Precise Geo-Coordinates, When No Map Has It January 21, 2010

    Posted in Community, Crisis, Deployment, Reports, Ushahidi, disaster.

    4 comments
  9. “4636″ Success Stories from Haiti January 20, 2010

    Posted in Crisis, Mobile, Reports, Ushahidi, disaster.

    8 comments
  10. The sms2geo project in Haiti January 20, 2010

    Posted in Community, Deployment, Mobile, Strategy.

    6 comments
  11. Crowdsourcing the Response January 20, 2010

    Posted in Community, Crisis, Deployment, Mapping Resources, team.

    2 comments
  12. The Campaign to Map Haiti January 18, 2010

    Posted in Community, Mapping Resources, Ushahidi, disaster.

    3 comments
  13. Ushahidi-Fletcher Situation Room Update January 18, 2010

    Posted in Community, Deployment, Ushahidi, disaster, team.

    13 comments
  14. The 4636 SMS Shortcode for Reporting in Haiti January 17, 2010

    Posted in Community, Crisis, Deployment, Mobile, Ushahidi, news, reporting.

    43 comments
  15. Haiti Update January 15, 2010

    Posted in Community, Crisis, Deployment, Ushahidi, disaster, news.

    2 comments
  16. Jon Gosier joins the Swift River Initiative December 14, 2009

    Posted in Crisis, Ushahidi, disaster, swift river.

    7 comments
  17. Talking Strategy: Mobile & Web December 10, 2009

    Posted in Community, Kenya, Mobile, Strategy, Ushahidi Users.

    2 comments
  18. Demos of the Ushahidi Mobile Apps December 10, 2009

    Posted in Community, Mobile, Nairobi, Ushahidi.

    5 comments
  19. Ushahidi Usergroup Meeting: Hatari December 10, 2009

    Posted in Community, Kenya, Nairobi, Ushahidi, Ushahidi Users, Violence.

    2 comments
  20. Ushahidi Meeting: KANCO December 10, 2009

    Posted in Community, Ushahidi, Ushahidi Users, team.

    No comments
  21. Ushahidi Usergroup Meeting: Nairobi December 10, 2009

    Posted in Community, Nairobi, Ushahidi, Ushahidi Users.

    2 comments
  22. What is Ushahidi? December 4, 2009

    Posted in Media, Ushahidi, Video.

    3 comments
  23. Announcing Funding from the Omidyar Network December 3, 2009

    Posted in Community, Kenya, Strategy, Ushahidi.

    24 comments
  24. Open Question: Mixing Analog & Digital November 5, 2009

    Posted in Conferences, Deployment.

    4 comments
  25. Getting Better at Design and Crisis Mapping November 2, 2009

    Posted in Community, Ushahidi, team.

    11 comments