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"In 2011, Tim Pool didn't hear about the Occupy Wall Street movement from the news \u2014 he discovered it through social networks like YouTube and Facebook. He ended up seeing a video of a police officer dragging a protester by his leg, and Pool noticed that the protester's hands were bleeding.\nIt was at that moment that Pool decided to see what was going on for himself.\nHe hopped on a bus from Chicago to New York City, and soon he was in the thick of things. Pool started filming and documenting the protests, armed with only his smartphone. Before long, he became one of the foremost independent journalists broadcasting Occupy Wall Street and the events that followed online.\n\"My stance has always sort of been to learn and experience to try and better understand,\" he told Mashable's Zoe Fox at the 2012 Social Good Summit on Sunday. \"I like to get all the facts before I make a decision about what the answer's going to be.\" Because he gathered so much information, he realized that it was safer and more efficient to broadcast everything live with the UStream mobile app. On Nov. 17, 2011, a notable day of protests, he reached an impressive 750,000 viewers.\nPool explained that as the protests continued, he often had to get creative with his use of tech as he filmed for long periods of time \u2014 sometimes up to 21 hours straight. In addition to his smartphone, he had an external battery that could power a phone for approximately 15 hours.\n\"With just a smartphone, you can send tweets, you can send messages [and] photos, and do a broadcast for a very long amount of time. However, that's not to say that there aren't pitfalls. They overheat, they shut down,\" he said.\nPool and his friend put together a makeshift cooling system using a computer fan plugged into an external battery. They have also used \"drones\" \u2014 remote-controlled quadrocopters \u2014 to film events from the air. However, due to the ban on the commercial use of drones, Pool says they are reluctant to use them.\n\"There [are a] million things that need to be built that [are] going to change and further decentralize the ability to share information,\" he said. \"As time goes on, we're going to see more and more people with the ability to share information with each other. Bringing more people into the conversation is really what is going to create what I consider social good.\"\nWhat's next? Pool says he would like to work on a documentary about Occupy Wall Street, but, surprisingly, he can't find anyone who wants to go through \"terabytes and terabytes\" of footage.\nRead more of Mashable's coverage of the 2012 Social Good Summit:\n\nDay One:\n\nHillary Clinton Opens the Social Good Summit [VIDEO]\nHow the U.S. Chief Technology Officer Is Making Data Awesome\nCan Mobile Phones Help Fight Pediatric AIDS?\nHow Is Social Media Changing Diplomacy?\nPeter Gabriel Makes Case For Internet Freedom\nITU Secretary-General: OK to Make Profit When Helping Developing Nations\n8-Year-Old YouTube Sensation Performs at Social Good Summit\nSocial Good Summit Day 1: Highlights and Pics\n\nDay Two:\n\nShoutAbout Aims to Inspire Social Action Based on News Stories\nTim Pool, Guerrilla Journalist of the Digital Age [VIDEO]\nU.S. Ambassador Susan Rice: Twitter Crucial to Her Mission\nHow Social Media Is Empowering Women in Haiti\nHow to Use Mobile Devices to Solve Global Problems\nHow Forest Whitaker Is Using Technology to Spread Peace\nSocial Good Summit Day 2: Highlights and Pics\n\nDay Three:\n\nNapolitano: Congress \u2018Got Stuck\u2019 on Cybersecurity\nU.N. Foundation Challenges the World to Take Action\nNick Kristof Takes Social Good Gaming to the Next Level\nWhy Tech and New Media Can Help End Modern Slavery\nUNICEF Launches Online Campaign to Reduce Child Mortality Rates\nWhat It Means to Be an Advocate in the Digital Age\nWhat Non-Profits Can Learn From Cat Videos\nWikipedia Founder: Online Connections Foster Real Change\nDeepak Chopra: Social Media is the Next Phase of Humanity [VIDEO]\nHow Social Good Summit Sparked the Largest Conversation on Earth\nSocial Good Summit Day 3: Highlights and Pics\n10 Inspiring Quotes From Mashable\u2019s Social Good Summit\n\n\nAbout Ericsson\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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