Comments on: A Small Experiment with SMS http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: MediaChannel.org http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-150887 MediaChannel.org Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:24:21 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-150887 [...] when and where we want, we can also add to collective knowledge (the image at left relates to an SMS experiment I worked on last summer) from wherever we are, in something close to real [...] [...] when and where we want, we can also add to collective knowledge (the image at left relates to an SMS experiment I worked on last summer) from wherever we are, in something close to real [...]

]]> By: Mark Smithivas http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-122321 Mark Smithivas Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:26:44 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-122321 I forgot to ask...is the system you depict in the Strong Angel project available for open source development and/or use by anyone else? I forgot to ask…is the system you depict in the Strong Angel project available for open source development and/or use by anyone else?

]]> By: Mark Smithivas http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-122317 Mark Smithivas Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:24:46 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-122317 Dan, thanks for talking about this idea. I've long been waiting for a project that involves citizen journalists using cell phones and geocoding to report news as it happens. I think there are ways to limit gaming of the system. One option is to have people use cameraphones to send in an image of the location they're at. Another is to somehow read their cell tower location using e911 info? Finally, there could be a community reputation system to surface the best content. I'm hoping you've made progress on whatever experiments you've mentioned in your original post. I'd love to help beta test it when it's ready for public consumption. Or you could just get NowPublic to roll it out in their next release! ;-) Dan, thanks for talking about this idea. I’ve long been waiting for a project that involves citizen journalists using cell phones and geocoding to report news as it happens. I think there are ways to limit gaming of the system. One option is to have people use cameraphones to send in an image of the location they’re at. Another is to somehow read their cell tower location using e911 info? Finally, there could be a community reputation system to surface the best content.

I’m hoping you’ve made progress on whatever experiments you’ve mentioned in your original post. I’d love to help beta test it when it’s ready for public consumption. Or you could just get NowPublic to roll it out in their next release! ;-)

]]> By: Dan Gillmor http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-8399 Dan Gillmor Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:21:48 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-8399 It's not just cell towers to worry about, but the entire comms infrastructure. Just beginning ot recover after the tsunami was a nightmare, according to people here who were on the ground there. (And Katrina was no picnic, either, of course.) It turns out that text is pretty robust as long as even a few towers stay standing and have power coming to them. I understand that was the experience in Banda Aceh (near the epicenter of the quake that set off the tsunami in 2004). It’s not just cell towers to worry about, but the entire comms infrastructure. Just beginning ot recover after the tsunami was a nightmare, according to people here who were on the ground there. (And Katrina was no picnic, either, of course.)

It turns out that text is pretty robust as long as even a few towers stay standing and have power coming to them. I understand that was the experience in Banda Aceh (near the epicenter of the quake that set off the tsunami in 2004).

]]> By: Ryan Sholin http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-8396 Ryan Sholin Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:11:16 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/24/a-small-experiment-with-sms/#comment-8396 Lots of potential here - it's a fantastic idea for news and CJ. One question -- what if the cell towers are all down, i.e. in a hurricane? Lots of potential here - it’s a fantastic idea for news and CJ. One question — what if the cell towers are all down, i.e. in a hurricane?

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