I made some research about mobile apps for social activism, and found some good sites about apps and social activism using mobile. Here they are
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/good-call-mobile-phone.html
This one give some statistic and describes some of the apps. I think this is one of the useful ones.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/5-green-android-apps.php
Describes 5 ecology friendly apps for android phones
http://www.socialbrite.org/2009/06/02/guide-to-mobile-activism/
a user’s guide to social activism. I don’t know how right they are but good to read.
http://mobileactive.org/directory
“The mDirectory is the most comprehesive database of information on mobile tech for social change on the Web.” Description seems clear enough but, website seems a bit complicated.
http://openmobilecamp.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecal
Open Mobile Camp: Open Source Mobile Tools And Code for Social Change. I already saw Nathan’s name (Nathan Freitas, instructor of our course) on their list, but I am not sure if we can join just for listening. If you hear anything about it let me know.
Great finds and links. I’ll definitely try to get all of you into the Open Mobile Camp event.