http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/ Thu, 23 May 2013 17:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183210 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:31:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183210 [...] earthquakes and other catastrophes occur, Twitter is one of the ways that critical information gets out to the world. During the Iranian [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183209 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:37:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183209 [...] 8:36 AM PT | 0 comments Increasingly, every time there is an unfortunate tragedy — be it a raging fire or a terrorist attack — we get a torrent of stories heralding the legitimacy of Twitter as a [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183208 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:54:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183208 [...] an emerging crisis. Twitter was used by firefighters of the recent California wildfire outbreak to coordinate services. It will be interesting to see how technologies we are using to facilitate our learning on a day to [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183207 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:19:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183207 [...] ability to effect change (through grassroots fund raising) and mass distribution of info (see California Firefighters) among them. But when I sent out a tweet minutes after my daughter Ella was born I received some [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183206 Fri, 23 May 2008 18:27:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183206 [...] Earlier news outlets and citizens had used Twitter and YouTube to cover the fires in Southern California and provide updates when it was difficult for media outlets to provide updates.. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183205 Wed, 21 May 2008 18:54:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183205 [...] San Francisco-based company that started out as a way to group alert friends via SMS, but now has become a communications tool and microblogging service. Several feeder start-ups that rely on Twitter have formed, and some, [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183204 Sat, 03 May 2008 00:22:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183204 [...] Web 2.0 & The California Fire Crisis [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183203 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:51:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183203 [...] Twitter is a useful tool to help one get out of a dangerous situation (or two), a few less than honest companies/individuals may be trying to use the service to promote their [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183202 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:02:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183202 [...] And you only get 140 characters to do it. At first glance, it hardly seemed useful. Its popularity, however, has encouraged us to take a closer look. Though still a Twitter novice, I did manage to [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183201 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:17:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/23/web-20-the-california-fire-crisis/#comment-183201 [...] has been used to report on the fires in Southern California, leading to its continued adoption by emergency services across the United [...]

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