Day 363: Rising Tide Conference – Think New Orleans

Alan Gutierrez unleashes the wrath of using the Internet to communicate and plan effectively. A set of freely-available tools and concepts critical to the thud! factor this city needs, meet Think New Orleans.

Some pre-reading on concepts introduced in this talk:

• The Long Tail
• Online Volunteers
• Digital Divide

Meanwhile, Ernesto is in the back of everyone’s minds. To evacuate or not to evacuate? And when? The last thing this city needs when coming up on a year after Katrina. We knew this hurricane season isn’t going to be easy.