InSTEDD’s Eduardo Jezierski on SPOT

August 8, 2008

Eduardo’s comment is already in the wild but I thought I’d post it for all to see.  Eduardo Jezierski is Director of Engineering over at InSTEDD, a Google.org funded initiative.   He’s got some great lessons learned for those of you that are on your way to pick up a SPOT unit.  He also praises […]

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Spiegel Online Fotostrecke

August 8, 2008

Der Spiegel Online has a an incredible slide show of images from the fighting in South Ossetia.  Click on the image below to view the entire show: Tweet

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VIDEO: Georgian troops pound separatists – Reuters

August 8, 2008

More from Reuters: Tweet

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Russian tanks have entered South Ossetia, heavy fighting

August 8, 2008

Below is a screen clip from the BBC’s latest video of Russian tanks rolling into Georgia.  Click on it and you’ll be taken to the full BBC video: BBC I was told late last night that aid agencies are already planning their response, ReliefWeb has begun updating their maps for the region and the Red […]

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South Ossetia – If this isn’t war I don’t know what is

August 8, 2008

Russia Today reports on the current violence in South Ossetia: Tweet

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Polka’s Emergency Card iPhone App

August 8, 2008

Mike Kirkwood over at Polka.com is our hero of the day.  Mike responded to the request I posted yesterday asking for iPhone developers for a worthwhile SMS GeoChat App that InSTEDD is working on. I owe him a big thanks for stepping up to the plate.  We’ll be sure to let you know what these […]

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‘Heavy fighting in South Ossetia’

August 7, 2008

Here’s the latest from the BBC: “Georgian forces and South Ossetian separatists have been exchanging heavy fire just hours after agreeing to a ceasefire and Russian-mediated talks. Fighting broke out after a brief lull in a day of heavy fighting in which 12 people were reportedly killed.” Read on… Tweet

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Locate your missing laptop using Adeona

August 7, 2008

Remember Adeona?  Here’s a Tinkernut.com how-to video for those of you that anticipate leaving your laptop unattended.  (Hint – be sure to watch this video before you leave it unattended.) Tweet

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Battle of the 2D barcode readers

August 7, 2008

We are back with more 2D barcode info.  In “Mobile Barcodes NeoReader on the iPhone vs Nokia N95 Barcode Scanner” we are treated to a comparison of the two readers.  Bena Roberts of GoMo News does a good job of laying out the details.  For those of you that have been waiting for this ‘tete […]

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InSTEDD needs an iPhone developer for a great App

August 7, 2008

Eduardo Jezierski over at InSTEDD is looking for a developer to help build an SMS GeoChat iPhone App.  It seems that SMS GeoChat has begun to draw some attention even though it is pre-Beta.  For those of you interested in volunteering your time (that’s right, volunteering) please email me at aidworkerdaily@gmail.com. This is a fairly […]

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