Douglas Hannah
@buildit.bsky.social
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Prof @ University of Illinois Gies College of Business. I like making things, and I study how people make things. #entrepreneurship #strategy #ecosystems #cognition
Prof @ University of Illinois Gies College of Business. I like making things, and I study how people make things. #entrepreneurship #strategy #ecosystems #cognition
![A screenshot from Wikipedia of an article about the Katrina PeopleFinder Project. The first paragraph reads,
"The Katrina PeopleFinder Project was set up in early September, 2005 in response to the dozens of groups collecting "lost and safe" lists for people affected by Hurricane Katrina.[1] It provided a virtual messaging center using skype as well as creating "a uniform standard for collecting, compiling, data-entering", and "searching information on people affected by Hurricane Katrina".[2]
The project was conceived on Friday, September 2 with the establishment of the KatrinaHelp Wiki. Volunteers manually entered 15,200 records in less than 24 hours[2] and data entry was stopped with over 90,000 entries (when no new entries were apparent) by Tuesday, September 7. Dozens of technologists and thousands of volunteers had helped make it happen.
The Katrina PeopleFinder Project is an example of a nonprofit technology initiative implemented entirely by volunteers. Over 4000 people donated their time as data entry crew members."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rfuuhd5c25tlhz3sc7g7bcaq/bafkreicyumltojji7aeg3jrpb2g4e6wob6wg52lo2esbg5nna5ngmg75vu)
