tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52027972024-02-18T20:32:51.337-08:00Swamp CottageAfrica, technology, media, humanitarian issues, Africa jobs.Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comBlogger689125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-4280089867305491472010-10-20T13:52:00.001-07:002010-10-20T13:52:38.943-07:00Re:An impressive and interesting critique. I wanted to add a couple of points/questions. 1 You say: "Crowdsourced information – that is, information voluntarily submitted in an open call to the public – will not ever provide the sort of detail that aid agencies need to procure and supply essential services to entire populations." I wonder if anyone organising - for example - the supplyBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-40018131590497724362010-08-24T01:52:00.001-07:002010-08-24T01:52:59.507-07:00Job: Save the Children Food Security Nairobi Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-84438375646567470422010-07-22T10:05:00.001-07:002010-07-22T10:05:15.292-07:00Buzz from Ben Parker Link to this post: http://www.google.com/buzz/103985456644507856574/7oKtZ9ezhBx/swampcottage-RT-rgkirkpatrick-UNGlobalPulse-is 3:16 pm Ben Parker: swampcottage: RT @rgkirkpatrick: @UNGlobalPulse is looking for a Chief Platform Architect. Come join our team!!! http://tl.gd/2cq6o0 Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-70425681903477830272010-06-07T04:09:00.001-07:002010-06-07T04:09:39.683-07:00Job: http://www.google.com/jobs/africa/communications-and-public-affairs-manager-africa-nairobi/index.html Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-28488528071045537082010-05-12T10:11:00.001-07:002010-05-12T10:11:30.330-07:00Jobs: Google Africa jobs: http://www.google.com/jobs/africa/ Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-91406248654991587062010-03-17T13:23:00.001-07:002010-03-17T13:23:14.687-07:00Job: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Regional Director, Nairobi: Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-15835117752371933642010-03-11T03:14:00.001-08:002010-03-11T03:14:43.162-08:00USAID is hiring for "transition" in Somalia: USAID/EA/LPC Office - Transition Initiative for Somalia Program Manager Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-17057850844884961582010-02-28T23:21:00.001-08:002010-02-28T23:21:03.993-08:00UNEP web job, Nairobi Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-80008030535916509952010-02-09T23:51:00.000-08:002010-02-09T23:57:09.171-08:00Three questions on crowdsourcing humanitarian need (post Haiti,Ushahidi, EIS, 4636 etc)1. What level of individual user requirement information is useful toa provider of social services (in normal circumstances or in crisis)?Bluntly, is it useful in a practical sense for thousands of hungrypeople to be enabled to say that they are hungry in x using technologyy?If you were running a 24-hour Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-44949180620238820552010-02-09T02:11:00.001-08:002010-02-09T02:11:24.328-08:00Job: Head of ICC Liaison Office, Addis Ababa (D1) Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-65763129707973336002010-02-08T06:42:00.001-08:002010-02-08T06:42:49.347-08:00Job Vacancy: JRS-Asia Pacific Regional Communications-Advocacy Officer Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-39637460230537688962010-02-01T21:50:00.001-08:002010-02-01T21:50:09.123-08:00Public Service Broadcasting, Non-profit media, etc: Lee Bollinger at POLIS: http://www.charliebeckett.org/?p=2445 Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-87024371485423337562009-12-20T10:59:00.001-08:002009-12-20T10:59:37.682-08:00Job: Director of Communications, ODI Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-76647187551910344022009-12-18T00:29:00.001-08:002009-12-18T00:29:28.341-08:00Job: Eastern Africa journalists Association (EAJA) based at Djibouti is seeking for a Program Officer. Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-11059526346329235622009-11-30T08:22:00.001-08:002009-11-30T08:22:34.298-08:00Job: Regional Sales Director – Sub Saharran & East Africa, O3b networks Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-9222825579286944812009-11-26T12:10:00.001-08:002009-11-26T12:10:40.970-08:00Job: Web Content Coordinator to work on the Forced Migration Online website (Oxford, UK). See: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/index.html?currentvacancies Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-4538597194483425382009-11-09T20:37:00.001-08:002009-11-09T20:37:16.982-08:00Kenya job: Database developer, Somalia Food Security and Nutrition Unit (doc): http://www.fsnau.org/fileadmin/uploads/1610.doc Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-45655730058387947732009-11-03T01:30:00.001-08:002009-11-03T01:30:27.718-08:00 Competition: Journalists encouraged to submit stories about change in the worldJournalists from around the world can submit videos, photos or short stories on what they seek to change in the world, to a contest being organized by Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW). Deadline: December 4. Stories can be about implementing greener environmental policy, improving education, or any other change. They Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-41652235056947594872009-08-06T09:50:00.001-07:002009-08-06T09:50:08.189-07:00Job: Eurodad seeks Communications Officer Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-61550514060922314012009-07-30T03:14:00.001-07:002009-07-30T03:14:15.363-07:00Gaming for good: @Ethanz tries Wired's Somali piracy game Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-90538374294818059832009-07-20T13:05:00.001-07:002009-07-20T13:05:28.312-07:00Job: APC Global ICT Policy Advocacy and Networking Coordinator. APC were doing ICT4D before the acronym was born... Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-84881750933686171972009-07-16T00:59:00.001-07:002009-07-16T00:59:27.721-07:00Fwd:The sprawling empire of dgCommunities has relaunched as http://www.Zunia.org on typo3 CMS platform... Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-28964536287427781492009-07-09T23:36:00.001-07:002009-07-09T23:36:14.645-07:00Job: MSF Communications Director, Abu Dhabi Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-59483593383772187602009-06-24T13:48:00.000-07:002009-06-24T13:49:01.986-07:00Job: Regional coordinator – Middle East and North Africa (SciDev.Net) Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202797.post-46251693372453052532009-06-09T15:12:00.001-07:002009-06-09T15:12:25.187-07:00Job: Membership and Communications Officer at AlertNet: http://www.alertnet.org/thepeople/jobs/124447574289.htm Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004857424188093763noreply@blogger.com