Thought provoking lightbulb, people! "Twitter Helps Find Missing Family Member After Chile Earthquake"
via mashable.com
I can't think of a better example of a technology working so quickly, so directly, so without any kind of special prep or FEMA-approved infrastructure, to help individuals connect in the most catastrophic of conditions.
Usually, communications are the first things to implode in times like this!
There are lessons to be learned, here, re: network durability, viral participation, and the primacy of doing what needs to be done.
This story could not have happened without people participating, working hard to help. And it could not have happened without the global software and hardware system collectively known as social networking.
Yes, it really works.
