Nothing demonstrates the wildfire spread of online social networks such as MySpace and Facebook better than the experience 73 Stanford students had last fall. They were enrolled in the computer science course Creating Engaging Web Applications Using Metrics and Learning on Facebook—and did they ever engage. At a public session held at the Arrillaga Alumni [...]
Ushahid.com Blog- What is Ushahidi?We get asked, “What is Ushahidi?” a lot. So, with the help of my friend Jason Hawkins, we’ve created this little video to better explain what Ushahidi is in 2 minutes: What is Ushahidi? from Ushahidi on Vimeo. We’ll be putting up more videos on Ushahidi at Vimeo.com/ushahidi
- Announcing Funding from the Omidyar NetworkWe’re very excited to announce major funding for Ushahidi coming from the Omidyar Network today. Omidyar Network is making a $1.4M grant to Ushahidi over the next 2.5 years. The funding will enable us to scale the platform, put resources towards Swift River and grow our operations in Kenya. Who is the Omidyar Network [...]
- Ushahidi selected to join the 2010 Class of Davos Tech Pioneers.We are honored (and absolutely thrilled) to be recognized as one of the 2010 class of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers. The selection process is quite rigorous with 26 companies being selected from more than 300 applications from around the world. Other members of the 2010 class include Twitter, ESolar, and Collabnet,. To [...]
- NSHR Monitors Elections in Namibia using UshahidiNamibia Elections 2009 Ndesanjo Macha of Global Voices reports on efforts that went into monitoring the elections in Namibia – November 27-28th, and the use of tools such as Ushahidi and new media. The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR), used the Ushahidi platform to collect reports about fraud, undue influence, violence intimidation etc. We are […]
- TED Fellowships announced!Erik and I are excited to share the news of our TED Senior Fellowship. We are delighted to be in the company of outstanding and amazing individuals. We have met some of the other TED Fellows and we have worked with several of them in the African tech space. As senior fellows, we will attend the [...]
- Survivors Connect launches its Connection GeoMap Project** From November 17th Press Release: Sacramento, CA, USA - Survivors Connect is happy to announce the launch of a new project called Connection GeoMap! Connection GeoMap seeks to create a space to share critical information about trafficking and anti-trafficking activities, promote transparency, engage communities and learn best practices, current challenges […]
- Patrick: What I’m Up to at Ushahidi and WhyI distinctly remember the first time I heard of Ushahidi. It wasn’t while visiting my family in Nairobi amidst the tragic election-violence but rather a week later and on the opposite side of the planet. I was in Dili, Timor-Leste, working with a local NGO to set up a community-based conflict early warning system funded by [...]
- Decoding Ushahidi’s Open Source DevelopmentI have to admit that when we began developing Ushahidi as an open source platform, I was a little skeptical about how far that would go driven by the power of volunteer (unpaid) programmers. It’s a little nerve wracking sitting around waiting for interested programmers to start contributing to something driven mostly by passion and [...]
- The Next Generation Philanthropy ForumIt was an honor to represent Ushahidi at The Next Generation Philanthropy Forum in London, where I gave a brief presentation on Ushahidi’s genesis, current activities and future plans. It is very encouraging to meet experts in Social Media, Diplomacy and Technology, who are already aware of the Ushahidi platform and its potential. A recording [...]
- Advocacy Through Mapping: Threatened VoicesThreatened Voices is an interactive mapping project to build a database of bloggers who have been threatened, arrested or killed for speaking out online and to draw attention to the campaigns to free them. The global voices community is a champion for free speech and online expression around the world, and this new initiative is [...]
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