Is technology helping the Haiti relief effort?

This story from NPR was about tweeting, mashups, cell phone texting donations, geeks, and relief efforts in Haiti.









I'm not yet that impressed. It still seems the bottleneck is feet on the ground (see, e.g., this Wall Street Journal article), and the food and water that goes with them.

Figures: http://www.aoddesign.com, and http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/