Date: Dec 2009 – Current
Client: Ushahidi
Link 1: http://swift.ushahidi.com
Link 2: http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/category/swift-river/
About: User-generated content is becoming an increasingly important source of information during emergency events while traditional media continues to play a pivotal role in documenting events as they unfold. These trends are expected to continue well into the future. The challenge, then, becomes filtering this growing torrent of information. There is an apparent tradeoff between crowdsourcing (opening the floodgates) and validation (the filter). One of the strengths of crowdsourcing is the ability to collect a high volume of information from diverse channels like Twitter, Email, News sites, blogs, and SMS.
SwiftRiver acts as the verifying filter for these different channels and is possible precisely because of the volume of information available from these sources. The more information generated, the more the community interacts with it, and the easier it becomes to identify mutually trusted sources.
Our Role: Appfrica staff members are the core developers responsible for this open source projects continued development and progress. Jon Gosier handles system architecture, roadmap, UX, UI, visualization, and manages the project’s open source community. Matt Griffiths handles Technical Architecture, lead development and scalability. Ivan Kavuma handles additional development on the platform.
Awards: n/a
Managing and Verifying Real-Time Data with SwiftRiver
Date: Dec 2009 – Current
Client: Ushahidi
Link 1: http://swift.ushahidi.com
Link 2: http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/category/swift-river/
About: User-generated content is becoming an increasingly important source of information during emergency events while traditional media continues to play a pivotal role in documenting events as they unfold. These trends are expected to continue well into the future. The challenge, then, becomes filtering this growing torrent of information. There is an apparent tradeoff between crowdsourcing (opening the floodgates) and validation (the filter). One of the strengths of crowdsourcing is the ability to collect a high volume of information from diverse channels like Twitter, Email, News sites, blogs, and SMS.
SwiftRiver acts as the verifying filter for these different channels and is possible precisely because of the volume of information available from these sources. The more information generated, the more the community interacts with it, and the easier it becomes to identify mutually trusted sources.
Our Role: Appfrica staff members are the core developers responsible for this open source projects continued development and progress. Jon Gosier handles system architecture, roadmap, UX, UI, visualization, and manages the project’s open source community. Matt Griffiths handles Technical Architecture, lead development and scalability. Ivan Kavuma handles additional development on the platform.
Awards: n/a