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Posted by MelissaUlbricht on Jan 28, 2011
The radio station WNYC is creating on-air and online stories from two things very familiar to people in the Northeastern United States: mobile phones and snow. A snowstorm over the holidays was the heaviest December snowfall in six decades and dumped up to 20 inches in many parts of New York City. The story quickly became one of snow removal and how the city was not removing the snow as quickly as people had hoped.
Jim Colgan and the WNYC newsroom wanted to get a sense of what was happening on the streets. Problem was, there was no good or easy way to do this. The station couldn’t rely on the city for real-time information, and reporters couldn’t get to many of the areas. The answer was to have the listeners share their own reports and stories, via mobile phone.
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Posted by anoushrima on Sep 08, 2010
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This month, NYC will be abuzz (and grid-locked in traffic) with leaders and practitioners in town for two high-profile gatherings focused on international development: The UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals and the Clinton Global Initiative’s Annual Meeting.
With that opportunity and energy in mind, this month’s MobileActive.org Tech Salon (on Thursday Sept. 23rd) is themed “Mobiles for Women & Women in Mobile” - calling attention to the growing role of mobile technology in development, and particularly the role and needs of women in this field.
Through a mix of short presentations on projects & research, we will take a closer look at:
Posted by KatrinVerclas on Jan 10, 2009
We are very privileged to co-host MobileTech for Social Change New York, a barcamp on February 21, 2009 in New York. We are especially pleased to co-organize the event with Hunter College's Integrated Media Arts Program.
The second in the MobileActive barcamp series, we'll explore mobile tech to advance social development and social change goals. Expect this to be highly participatory and interactive, and cover anything you wanted to know about using mobiles for social change. MobileTech for Social Change New York is open to anyone with passion and interest in the topic and since it's a barcamp, bring your ideas, innovations, products, tools, projects, and organizations!
And if you want to be an angel and sponsor the event, contact us at info at mobileactive dot org!
Registration and info again is here.
Posted by CorinneRamey on Feb 22, 2008
MobileActives in New York! If you read about the folks who organized the Zumbido project which connects people living with HIV/AIDS through an SMS network, come meet them this Friday, February 22 at 5 p.m. We'll meet at the Park Bar, located at 15 E. 15th Street. Click here for a map.
See you there!
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