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September 03, 2005
Katrina & web
Katrina & web: Michael Malone, in the "Silicon Insider" column at abcnews.com, has an overview of how people on the network reacted... the spontaneous things small groups of web professionals did to help others. "What this burst of Katrina blogs suggests is that from now on these aggregator blog sites and dedicated webs are going to form spontaneously on the Internet in response to major events. Their size will be dictated by the magnitude of the event, and driven by individuals who, whatever their walk of life, are prepared to bring unique talents, dedication and time to the managing them. They will be equipped to disseminate mountains of useable information to millions of readers with a timeliness and depth no other medium can match. To say this is ham radio in three dimensions, or a multimedia Early Warning System, is insufficient to capture the richness and the power of this new model. It really has no historic precedents. And just wait a few years, when every cell phone on Earth is Web-enabled."
Posted by John Dowdell at September 3, 2005 08:10 AM
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