Questa volta sono le applicazioni sw al centro degli interventi. Da InformationWeek:
They might not be able to pick up rubble and carry away bodies, but software developers and tech-savvy individuals around the world are beginning to organize to help with the Haiti relief effort.
Among those taking the lead is a grassroots effort called the CrisisCommons, which hosted several hastily organized events last weekend in several cities where developers and others came together to, among other things, layer current information on collaborative maps of Haiti and develop a Craigslist-style online exchange to identify and solve relief needs on the ground.
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The goal, CrisisCommons co-founder Noel Dickover said in an interview, is to provide NGOs and others in Haiti with better information and improved situational awareness with help from a volunteer army of geeks. “We can have a real impact as NGOs get on the ground,” he said. “If we can improve situational awareness and information sharing, we can help NGOs have better performance across the board.”
Il resto qui
Alcuni sviluppatori di Apertium stanno sviluppando un language pair per le traduzioni da Inglese a Creolo haitiano (e viceversa): http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole_and_English (la grammatica è molto simile a quella del francese, nel caso qualcuno voglia collaborare 🙂
Mannaggia. Mi sono accorto solo ora che il commento precedente era in attesa nella coda antispam. Chiedo scusa a Pasquale.
Stanno cercando un Python Developer:
Python Developer to support Sahana Haiti Food Request Portal
The Sahana Software Foundation is looking for a developer to support its
Food Request Portal deployed to support the Food Cluster and the World
Food Programme in Haiti. This is a full-time position and requires
full-time availability (8 hours per day Monday through Friday,
and ability to be reachable during working hours in Haiti which is 1300
UTC until 0100 UTC). The main responsibility will be to support the
evolving requirements of the Food Cluster and the production, test and
development environments of this deployment. But one of the goals of
this effort will also be to move the FRP branch back into the trunk such
that the enhancements and features will become regular components of the
core SahanaPy project.
Skills/Experience required: python/web2py with good UI/UX skills, an
understanding of MySql, OpenLayers, KML approaches, experience with
release management, coordinating QA & UAT testing, systems
administration. Knowledge of SahanaPy a plus.
Candidates must be available to start no later than 15 March (the
earlier is better). The full-time effort will run through the end of
May 2010, followed by an additional part-time support effort of 40 hours
(5 days) for the month of June 2010.
Interested persons should send a current CV to me at mark@sahanafoundation.org as soon as possible.
Fonte: http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=14901420&gid=92989&trk=EML_anet_qa_ttle-cDhOon0JumNFomgJt7dBpSBA