Participatory Sensing…or cool things that your phone could do

As our phones get more and more sophisticated, there become more and more possibilities of what they could do.
I came across this video the other day – its a very interesting example of ways to use mobiles and crowd sourcing. Its a little sappy (or maybe just poorly acted) but it is very interesting.
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Are you misrepresented?

I love this video for several reasons-

It highlights the incongruity between media presentation and reality
It gives example of the “power of the masses”
It mentions online volunteering!

All of that, and its well made!
 

Tibet, video and Human Rights

I am a big fan of the organization, Witness, and a recent project of theirs is called the HUB. Its kind of like YouTube for human rights.  It will be interesting to see how the project goes – it has its pros and cons, but here is a good example of its use.
 
Note that the video that [...]

Game Over, Change Begins

Social causes and media have a long history, and nonprofits have become well acquainted with the use of media to further their causes. Beyond typical public relations, nonprofits have increasingly turned to documentaries to help tell their story and get the issues they care about out into the public dialogue.

But at the Making Your Media [...]