What sorts of tools/services could software engineers build to help the Occupy movement?
How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
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Re: How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
#2A facial recognition app to sound a siren when Tony Bologna is near.
Re: How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
#3When doing community work, I created a system to graphically represent asset maps. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/pz5WfI If this could be standardized with dropdown menus and connected to Google Docs, people could create asset maps that communicate a lot of info in a small space that can be easily understood. I got a start, but didn't have the technical know-how to make it simpler. The details are here: http://bit.ly/q5sGrK
TL;DR: A picture could quickly demonstrate a person's assets, needs, contact info, and an image to quickly identify with that person (like a photo, logo or spirit animal or whatever) and these could be filled out on blackboard or paper or online and then translated into a database.
contact me for more info: realistic.optimist@gmail.com
Re: How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
#4How about participating in the movement and guiding folks towards using RSS for distributed and decentralized news suggestion?
Dave Winer:
occupyweb.org
http://scripting.com/stories/2011/10/03/relyingOnFacebookTwi...
http://scripting.com/stories/2011/10/09/bootsOnTheGround.htm...
Re: How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
#5Aviary's feather application uses HTML5 to allow embedded image editing. This is a good visioning tool whereby people can draw out their visions and submit them. The tool is very simple and easy to use, even by those who are not at all tech savvy, and it requires no download of software.
possible applications: proposing camp layout design ideas proposing march routes proposing flyer and poster ideas showing where cops are gathering during a protest (map overlay) showing where people are hurt during a protest (map overlay)
Re: How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
#6I've been looking for some developers interested in building an application to assist them in their process. Centralized messaging, city based messages, support requests, and an unfiltered news source etc. Mostly just RSS Aggregates, Push Messaging notifications. Rails / HTML / jQuery / Java
I've spoke to 4 or 5 head Occupy Leaders about this idea and they are interested as could bring some real-time centralization of the movement. This would be a profitless project, donations past server costs would go back into occupy movements. Contact me me@scott-mcleod.com
Re: How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
#7I had a programmer friend of mine help build http://OccupyCalendar.org - it is a first start, if it catches on, could use help in developing it.
Also - IT on the ground is helpful and people who understand electrical needs.
Re: How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
#8A facial recognition app to sound a siren when Tony Bologna is near.
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Re: How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
#9What's the "Occupy movement", exactly? Is it really a protest against the wealthiest 1 percent? That seems really counterproductive, since most of the wealth possessed by that group was created by that group, i.e. it didn't exist 50 years ago. Unless you can prove they stole that wealth, or you can prove that government policies had nothing to do with our current economic condition, helping this "movement" is a complete waste of time.
Malaria and hunger kill millions annually. Education in the U.S. continues to decline. Cancer, obesity, drugs, crime, etc. Why don't you take a stab at those problems first? Or get rich people to be more like Bill Gates rather than have a statist thug force them to fork over more of their legally and peacefully obtained property?
Re: How can programmers help the Occupy movement?
#10I write code on Wall St. I don't make millions. Am I part of the greedy 1%? The world is not as black and white as you think.