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I was at Crisis Camp DC on Saturday, January 21; In real life I am a PM that manages more than 20 people working on multiple continents and in multiple time zones. At Crisis Camp DC I returned to coding in order to support the effort. What follows are some of my impressions. First, I [...]

Under the supervision of Andy Carvin of NPR the Crisis Wiki team has made some serious head way today.  Our research team created a google docs spreadsheet and via google forms started inputting data pertaining to the DC/VA/MD area emergency resources.  The IA/UI team has been working on developing the information architecture and general wire [...]

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Each group is working behind closed doors here in DC. We are scheduling a working lunch. Much to do and not enough time.

Back of the envelope estimates put about 150 people here at NPR’s Washington offices.  Quick takeaway from project managers at Crisis Camp DC: Crisis wiki: 8-10 people are on this team, mostly librarians focused on researching emergency management resources in DC. They’re focusing on DC as test case for best way to map out info. [...]

As the main Crisis Commons blog shared yesterday, Crisis Camp expanded to 12 cities in its second week, with locations around the globe. Today, there will be volunteers working in United States, UK, Canada and Colombia. As projects expand and go live, this movement could be called “geeks without borders,” to riff on the extraordinary work [...]