As Ike bears down on the Texas coast, might I point you to a new post I have up on Worldchanging on tools and techniques for tracking displaced persons that might perhaps be more appropriate than the 311 phone-based system that broke during Gustav?
I should probably mention that as of today I've taken over writing and editing the Daily Digest from TechPresident, a site that covers how technology is shaping politics and vice versa where I've long been a contributing editor. With the TP associate editor and my good friend Josh Levy heading over to become the managing editor at Change.org, I'll be doing the digest for a couple/few months as the Personal Democracy Forum team focuses on preparing for the upcoming PdF '08 conference and figures out how to live with Josh.
It's going to be fun. My inaugural digest is up now, and you can always sign up to get it sent right to your inbox.
