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Net2 Think Tank: Apps for Good
Innovation in the world of mobile applications has been moving at lightning speed and based on the popularity of the iPhone and Android, and increasingly the iPad, it seems that applications are the way forward on mobile computing. In the early days of mobile applications, much of the appeal was in mobile gaming and social media, but as the market becomes increasingly crowded, the Apps become increasingly sophisticated. Today, there are many applications that are working solely to help promote social good or to help vulnerable people in some way. This month's Net2 Think Tank asks: which mobile applications most successfully use technology for social good?
This month's Net2ThinkTank was inspired by Rachel Weidinger's SXSW chat on Handheld Awesome Detectors. Thanks Rachel!
Topic:
Which mobile applications most successfully use technology for social good? What are the Apps that have either helped you to do good, or have the potential to help others do good? Have you created an amazing application that will help others in some way? What are the characteristics that make a good "good" app? Feel free to share a long list, or choose one application to focus on... and feel free to pitch your own work!
Deadline: Saturday, April 24th
How to contribute:
- Post your response on your own blog or website, or use the NetSquared Community Blog (for more information about how to post on the NetSquared site, visit the About Blog page.)
- Tag your blog with net2thinktank
- Email Claire Sale the link to your post!
- Have you blogged about this topic in the past? Great! Simply add the net2thinktank tag to your post and email us the link.
Be sure to get your submission in by emailing Claire the link to your post by Saturday, April 24th.
The roundup of contributions will be posted on the NetSquared blog on Monday, April 26th.
About Net2 Think Tank:
Net2 Think Tank is a monthly blogging event open to anyone and is a great way to participate in an exchange of ideas. We post a question or topic to the NetSquared community and participants submit responses either on their own blogs or on the NetSquared Community Blog. Tag your post with "net2thinktank" and email a link to us to be included. At the end of the month, the entries get pulled together in the Net2 Think Tank Round-Up.
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Apps for Good
Claire- Apps for Good looks like an exemplary app innovation initiative. ApplicationsforChange.org is creating and promoting public purpose applications for low income and new internet users- any advice you would have would be greatly appretiated!! http://bit.ly/9VBjTB
thanks!
apps4change
Apps for Good
This looks like a great innovation initiative Claire! ApplicationsforChange.org is working to create and promote public purpose applications and we would love to hear any feedback or advice you could offer us on our new initiative...http://bit.ly/9VBjTB
Thanks!!
Add it to the round-up!
Looks like a great concept and you're working hard to execute it well!
I'd love if you'd add a short description and link to the Apps for Good Round-up so we can have a lost of all of the great applications and resources for applications like yours all listed in the same place. Feel free to request feedback and ideas from the community as well.
April Round-up
You can read the round-up of community responses to this think tank here: http://netsquared.org/blog/clairesale/net2-think-tank-round-apps-good