What should we include on this site?

[Andy Carvin]

Need feedback asap of what we should put here. Obvious stuff includes widgets for major info sources (twitter, google news, etc,) widgets of user-generated content tagged gustav, links to donation and volunteer sources (including phone #s), official govt alerts, etc. What else? Any thoughts on how to organize it?

Here's what I did in 2005 for Katrina, if it'll help us brainstorm:

http://katrina05.blogspot.com/

thanks

@acarvin

[Andy Carvin]

Hi everyone,

I want to restart the wiki conversation here, as we need to figure out the most strategic way to proceed.

http://gustav08.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2294159%3ATopic%3A370

[Debbie Cerda]

Can you please clarify whether this page is where the general public will get their information, or will the wiki be the source?

I think this format is better, IMHO.

[Andy Carvin]

The answer is both. The wiki will pull together static information - lists of links, phone numbers, etc, while this will be for dynamic info - news feeds, discussions, user content widgets, etc. During Katrina and the tsunami we learned that we needed both to do the job right.

Debbie Cerda said:

Can you please clarify whether this page is where the general public will get their information, or will the wiki be the source?

I think this format is better, IMHO.

[Mary Wehrle]

Found a guy on twitter that is willing to shelter someone in his home. You may want to add a space where people can connect to volunteers willing to host a family.

[Andy Carvin]

we'll probably direct people to craigslist and couchsurfing.com for these things, since they have the infrastructure for it.

Mary Wehrle said:

Found a guy on twitter that is willing to shelter someone in his home. You may want to add a space where people can connect to volunteers willing to host a family.

[noisecontrol]

Andy I would like a chance to discuss some semi sensitive traffic info
with you in an irc message

[JoeSolomon]

Andy - two, potentially useful links:
http://jazzychad.com/twitter/gustav/widget.php
http://www.twitter.com/gustavfeed (I just created using TwitterFeed ... happy to update based on feedback)

-- Joe

[W. David Stephenson]

Andy: to avoid reinventing the wheel, I've got extensive tips on how to effectively use Web 2.0 apps and devices in emergencies: http://tinyurl.com/5a4x9z
-- David

[Andy Carvin]

We tried to use jazzy's twitter widget and it broke our homepage, destroying our previous twitter widget in the process. :-(

JoeSolomon said:

Andy - two, potentially useful links:
http://jazzychad.com/twitter/gustav/widget.php
http://www.twitter.com/gustavfeed (I just created using TwitterFeed ... happy to update based on feedback)

-- Joe

[Dina Mehta]

Andy, could an admin put up some easy navigation links on the sidebar to important pages - eg. wiki, mobile, twitterfeed, scanner transcription etc. They're getting lost as the discussion forums grow somehow.

[Andy Carvin]

email me at andycarvin at yahoo

noisecontrol said:

Andy I would like a chance to discuss some semi sensitive traffic info
with you in an irc message

[Andy Carvin]

Just created a box in the top left of the homepage. Will start a separate forum thread about what should be added there.

Dina Mehta said:

Andy, could an admin put up some easy navigation links on the sidebar to important pages - eg. wiki, mobile, twitterfeed, scanner transcription etc. They're getting lost as the discussion forums grow somehow.