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Another “21st-century disaster tip”: using Qik in an emergency

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

As you know by now, I luv Twitter’s ability to share location-based, real-time information in a disaster,

and geo-tagged Flickr photos also provided invaluable situational awareness in the San Diego wildfires last year.However, IMHO, there’s nothing like live, streaming video to provide a wealth of information about fast-changing disasters, so I just did this streaming video […]

Just in time for Fay: Wireless Foundation posts tips for wireless use in disasters

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Just as Fay is reaching the Florida mainland, the Wireless Foundation has posted the series of tips that I created for them on smart use of wireless devices in emergencies!
The introduction to the tips says:
“The Wireless Foundation has compiled useful information to keep wireless customers prepared for emergencies, from an every-day crisis like a flat […]

Just finished the live interview …

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Here’s the transcript of the interview I just completed with Dave Witzel on transparent government and public data. Enjoy!

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Join me for LIVE Interviews Online at 3 EDT!

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Hi!
At 3 EDT today, I’ll be Dave Witzel’s guest on “LIVE Interviews Online,” answering questions from Dave and YOU on how I got involved in the public data and data visualization movement, who’s doing it right, and what the future is (I’ll be easy to spot: I’m wearing the rose-tinted glasses on this issue!).
We already […]

Show Us a Better Way: convinced it’s a turning point in public data

Monday, August 4th, 2008

The old PR guy in me rears it’s ugly head!
Once in a blue moon a promotion comes along that really seizes the public’s attention, and, if there’s some substance, can really change the way we live (no, I’m not talkin’ “Real Coke” here).
I’m convinced that’s the case with the UK’s Show Us a Better Way […]

Twitter again proving its salt in Chino earthquake

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

The mainstream media has just reported a strong earthquake in the Chino Hills area of Cal., and already there are many Twiter “tweets” giving eyewitness reports of what happened. Don’t forget my “21st-century disaster tips you won’t hear from officials,” and BE SAFE!
PS. I haven’t written about it yet, but look for Qik, the […]

Challenging Obama supporters to use data viz to help draft platform

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Hi, ya’ll. I’m sweltering in Austin, attending the Netroots Nation (née Yearly Kos) conference. Pass the ribs, please.
In my speech tomorrow I’m going to throw a little gasoline on the fire by challenging the attendees to get up to speed on data feeds and data visualization quickly, so that they can contribute both data […]

At pdf2008: really interesting visualizations

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Really interesting demo right now of a mapping tool, Linkfluence, that’s being used to map the political blogosphere, and various aspects of this year’s election. Followed by Michael Hurst of Microsoft, who’s also doing some very interesting mapping. Definitely fellow travelers!
Tell a friend:

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My data feed/data visualization white paper published by nGenera!

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I’m a proud papa!
nGenera, Don Tapscott’s firm, today published the “Democratizing Data” paper I co-authored for their Gov. 2.0 program.
It covers the two major aspects of a public data program:

publishing data feeds (particularly on a real-time basis)
then using data visualization tools such as those from Many Eyes or Swivel

to use both within government agencies and […]

With continued midwest disasters, my tips can save lives

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

A reminder, with the latest round of midwest disasters, that my “21st-century disaster tips you won’t hear from officials,” regarding smart use of personal communication devices, especially in conjunction with Web 2.0-based mobile social networked applications such as Twitter and Flickr, can and will save lives and empower the general public to play a substantive […]

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