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Talking About Suicide is a mobile/web app built via Dashcode for my Social Activism using Mobile Technology class.

What will the future humanitarian/activist look like by 2020? Specifically, what technology will he or she use and how? I believe that all the activist’s technology/tools/gadget will be networked and wearable. All tools will interface with a single mobile device, perhaps phone. Communication would occur between the gadgets and a larger network, as well as [...]

Swine Flu: Tracking the H1N1 virus [About Ushahidi] Ushahidi provides a platform for people around the world to report incidents of H1N1, either via the website or using their mobile phone (SMS). Categories of reporting include Suspect, Suspected Death, Confirmed, Confirmed Death, Citizen Reports (Unverified), and Negative. Reports remain accessible and viewable on the site, [...]

Mark Belinsky and Emily Jacobi (and Liz Hodes) visit our class twice. Once via Skype while Mark and Emily were in Thailand discussing their organization; >Mark Belinsky’s Digital Democracy presentation decks the next along with Liz to workshop our final project proposals while our teacher, Nathan, was in India. >Digital Democracy: Presenting at ITP Social [...]

I synced up with my friend Kyle Suchomel who is extremely active and involved in the Trevor Project, which is “the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.” We were talking about mobile tech ideas for Trevor, and one such idea is a [...]

Assignment: – Listen to an online police or fire scanner stream for two hours and document what you hear. Specifically listen for codes, protocol and other methods of communicating complex information. Blog your report and post the link as a comment to this blog. Online scanner links: http://melsgarage.com/, http://www.police-scanner.info/live-police-scanners.htm, http://www.scannermaster.com/Online_Scanners_s/197.htm – Invent your own spoken, [...]

Assignment: Take pictures or video using a camera phone or Flip-style device of something controversial or in a place where you might be seen as a threat to the subject of the video or photo. The goal is to feel/experience the state of using mobile technology under duress. Post videos to a public website and [...]

Developing a Mobile Technology Solution for Social Equity and Food Security People’s health is determined by more than just having access to health care. Social conditions are just as important in predicting the level of health as one’s genes, behaviors, and medial care. On of the strongest predictors of our health is our social position [...]

Booyah Society Booyah is a free app for the iPhone that is based around the concept of unlocking achievements for your social updates. I’d say this app falls more under the category of persuasive technology than social activism, but it does encourage a change in behavior. It works off the trend of achievements in video [...]

Text MEDIATE to 41411 to join the Mediator mobile group and help solve each other’s problems.