On 6 December 2010 18:18, Claire Njoki <clairenjoki@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh...

I guess the credit should go to Ory...:-)

You go girl:-)

Claire.

On 12/6/10, Watson Kambo <wkwats@gmail.com> wrote:
> But it does not mean he is being recognized coz of Ushahidi ... maybe its
> something else ... ;-)
>
>
>
> On 6 December 2010 17:14, Erick NNN <erickarn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I stand to be corrected, but the original challenge (idea?) was from Ory's
>> blog back in 2008;
>> http://www.kenyanpundit.com/2008/01/03/update-jan-3-445-1100-pm/
>>
>> **Quote*********
>>
>> - Google Earth supposedly shows in great detail where the damage is being
>> done [post-election violence] on the ground. It occurs to me that it will
>> be
>> useful to keep a record of this, if one is thinking long-term. For the
>> reconciliation process to occur at the local level the truth of what
>> happened will first have to come out. Guys looking to do something – any
>> techies out there willing to do a mashup of where the violence and
>> destruction is occurring using Google Maps?
>>
>> **End quote ***
>>
>> Then David got to work on the actual mashup, which evolved into Ushahidi,
>> using Open Source code. I would guess that he was the "original
>> programmer", if there's such a thing. Whiteafrican (Erik Hersman ) also
>> credits Ory here;
>>
>> http://whiteafrican.com/2008/01/07/using-technology-to-chronicle-incidents-of-violence/
>>
>> **Quote*********
>>
>> Sometimes there’s nothing more that you can do at the time than report
>> what
>> you see. That’s the idea behind the project that

>> Ory<http://www.kenyanpundit.com/>

>> thought up while reporting on the Kenyan elections. Basically, let’s
>> create a

>> mashup<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29>

>> that people can report into on incidences of violence that they see.
>>
>> Basically, you have an incident – that hopefully someone gets a picture or
>> video of. A report on what happened and who was involved, and a location.
>> That information is submitted and then populated into a map-based view
>> that
>> is easy to search by location and/or category.
>> **End quote ***
>>
>> Whiteafrican also worked on the project in the early stages, then others
>> developed on David's code. I stand to be corrected.
>>
>> Erick
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Claire Njoki <clairenjoki@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations David,
>>>
>>> However, I have always wondered, who exactly is the main creator or
>>> Ushahidi. Every time I see Ushahidi being mentioned I see different
>>> people saying that they created it. There is a lady from Harvard,
>>> another jungu guy, and another lady...and now David Kiania is
>>> indicated as "part of ushahidi.com"...
>>>
>>> ...therefore to put this matter to rest, can someone please tell me
>>> who really is the person who conceptualized the main idea that
>>> germinated into ushahidi...
>>>
>>> I know some of you will say, well, it is open source and so there are
>>> many people involved, but, we all know for example when we think of
>>> linux OS, the history books will indicate it all started with Linus
>>> Torvalds...
>>>
>>> Therefore I beg you to tell me...who initiated Ushahidi...since that
>>> is the person who I believe should be written in the history books.
>>>
>>> Claire.
>>>
>>> On 12/4/10, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Technology review has recognized David Kobia 32, who's part of
>>> > Ushahidi.com as one of the top inventors under 35.
>>> >
>>> > http://www.technologyreview.com/TR35/Profile.aspx?TRID=947
>>> >
>>> > Well done yet again, Ushahidi seems to be the gift that keeps on
>>> > giving.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 3 Cheers
>>> >
>>> > Kiania D.
>>> >
>>> >
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