Japanese disaster underscores importance of social media and mobile technology
The tragedy hitting Japan is recovering from right now cannot be fathomed in its affect on the Japanese people. It underscores the importance of being prepared for these kind of disasters, and for knowing how to cope in the middle of it. That's why I support emergency preparedness training in local communities and am particularly proud of my own church that is conducting classes this month in how to help people cope with these kind of disasters. In the context of this blog, however, I would like to point out how important social media can be, in conjunction with mobile technology and I bring it up today in the interest of being prepared. In this CNN video I was watching this morning, one of the points brought up was how people should stay off the telephone lines to allow first responders and government workers to deal with the problems. You know this is the right thing to do but when you are in the midst of the crisis it is hard for those affected to res...