 |
16-07-2011, 04:41 PM
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
Stuck in Time...
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Land of Logic
Posts: 2,278
|
How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts
Quote:
Hundreds of people used a shared spreadsheet on Google's system to post helpful numbers and information following the blasts in Mumbai.
The spreadsheet soon filled up with details offering blood transfusions, numbers for police stations, offers of accommodation and general offers of help.
Set up by Nitin Sagar, based in New Delhi, at 3.35pm BST, the document soon had scores of people adding offers of help. The number of people viewing the document quickly passed a thousand, forcing Google to limit the detail provided to keep it online.
People were asked to give their area, offer of help, contact number(s) and username.
On Twitter a hashtag – #heretohelp quickly developed too, with people also offering places to stay with contact details.
|
Spreadsheet Link
__________________
Marty: Hey, Doc, we better back up. We don't have enough road to get up to 88.
Doc Brown: Roads? Where we're going, we don't need, "roads!" :)
──── On the Internet you can be Anything you want. It's Strange that, so many people choose to be Stupid! ────
|
|
|
|
Advertisements. Register and be a member of the community to get rid of them.
|
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
17-07-2011, 02:21 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
|
|
Genius in making mistakes
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Mumbai
Posts: 521
|
Re: How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
it is no longer available..anyways..tht's gr8 work from ppl..
__________________
Facebook Google+
Intel Core i5 2400 | Asus P8H61-M Plus 2 | Corsair 4GB XMS3 1600 (2X2GB kit) | FSP Saga II 500w | NZXT Gamma | Seagate 500 GB Sata | Asus 24x DVD RW Sata
|
|
|
|
17-07-2011, 02:39 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
|
|
<Sparkling Pwnies>
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 958
|
Re: How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
yeah good collaboration, was following the developments on twitter, but very little of the offers for help were actually taken up, mostly people just called each other up and re-assured them, the blood banks didnt actually need any blood, but a handful of people got a lift
there were a lot more people willing to help than the amount of help necessary, this was really good
__________________
IDDQD IDKFA
|
|
|
|
|
17-07-2011, 02:59 PM
|
#4 (permalink)
|
|
FUBAR.
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Indore
Posts: 727
|
Re: How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
I really appreciate this initiative! Nice share!
__________________
Inactive. For a year.
Twitter
|
|
|
|
|
17-07-2011, 05:37 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
|
|
Stuck in Time...
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Land of Logic
Posts: 2,278
|
Re: How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
Quote:
Originally Posted by bhushan05d251
it is no longer available..anyways..tht's gr8 work from ppl..
|
Actually, on the top, there are still different tabs of the spreadsheet namely, Blood Group, Need help, Missing people, as well as list of injured people in the blast.
The collaboration which a shared Google doc provides, can be used in many such instances. This being the prime example.
__________________
Marty: Hey, Doc, we better back up. We don't have enough road to get up to 88.
Doc Brown: Roads? Where we're going, we don't need, "roads!" :)
──── On the Internet you can be Anything you want. It's Strange that, so many people choose to be Stupid! ────
|
|
|
|
|
18-07-2011, 11:50 AM
|
#6 (permalink)
|
|
Human Spambot
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Guwahati
Posts: 5,796
|
Re: How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
This is good 
Atleast somehow tech is helping.
THe doc isnt available anymore though 
|
|
|
|
|
18-07-2011, 08:15 PM
|
#7 (permalink)
|
|
Rising Sun!
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Bengalooor
Posts: 234
|
Re: How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
Yeah! nice one
__________________
An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. William Castle
|
|
|
|
|
19-07-2011, 12:24 AM
|
#8 (permalink)
|
|
Right Off the Assembly Line
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Mumbai
Posts: 8
|
Re: How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
yes, it has helped so many ppl and once again helped the needy during the time of crisis...
|
|
|
|
|
19-07-2011, 02:11 AM
|
#9 (permalink)
|
|
Mozilla Rep
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Lucknow
Posts: 1,471
|
Re: How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
I'm surprised, when did this happen. Anyway, nice initiative.
|
|
|
|
|
28-07-2011, 08:23 AM
|
#10 (permalink)
|
|
Living to Play
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Posts: 5,085
|
Re: How a Google doc joined the battle to save lives during the Mumbai blasts!
This shows that there is still a lot of humanity left in our people except those ******* Netas.
Nice initiative. 
__________________
In war, Victory. In peace, Vigilance. In death, Sacrifice.
Lost my Mobile. Will be offline for quite some time. :(
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
