While searching for mumabi blast updates on twitter I came across this tweet "Help directory #mumbaiblast http://bit.ly/orndiB" the URL given is a google doc, where people who are willing to help the blast victims could provide their details [Name, location, contact number and what help are they willing to offer]. It was amazing to see that with in minutes there were 100+ entries in the document from various parts of Mumbai offering accomodation, transportation etc . Also there were 50+ people reading the document online. Whoever created the doc has done an excellent job and I am sure it might have helped many. Hats off to this wonderful human being for the idea of keeping a public help directory in google docs and then publishing it in twitter. It reached pople in seconds and its just amazing..... Thanks to Twitter and google for poviding such powerful tools for free...
URL of the document: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmlFN3_L6ZeZdEUtb2twd3dZZ1FhdmlhNW9wZ1pTRUE&hl=en_US#gid=32
NB: I accept the fact that in India many people dont have a highend phone to access twitter or google docs. but still this was a great idea implemented in no time.
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