Crowdsourcing Crisis Information

When I stumble on a really innovative technology application for the social good, it seems that web designers are in the thick of things (IDEO comes prominently to mind). Today I'm looking at ushahidi.com, an open source platform for crowdsourcing information on a crisis/disaster relief efforts and displaying it visually on a map or timeline. The link comes compliments of the IXDA discussion forum, a professional network for interaction design professionals. For people interested in efforts to help Haiti, or developers or designers looking to contribute their skills to a good cause, this site is definitely worth a look.