The Occupy movement found new life and direction in Occupy Sandy, gaining the approval of a lot of people who were formerly wary of the movement's radicalism. While the Red Cross struggled to respond quickly, volunteers from Occupy Sandy immediately got into the trenches and raised $1.5 million in relief efforts. But Occupy Sandy—which worked with corporations like Home Depot and applied for government grants—has also caused an ideological rift in the movement.

Quinn Norton was Wired's correspondent for the Occupy Movement, and today, she has a 7,500 piece up on the site looking back on what she experienced, and what worked and what failed.