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Gustav: my emergency tips can save lives

Friday, August 29th, 2008

BTW: Since today is the 3rd anniversary of Katrina, and the Bush Administration totally dropped the ball not only during Katrina but also afterwards, I hope you’ll follow the Unitarian-Universalist Service Committee’s lead, take the Hurricane Katrina Third Anniversary Quiz to test how much you know about what happened (and hasn’t!) and, Ask your U.S. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I’ve just posted presentation on public data and government transformation

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Hi! getting back into swing of things after finishing my white paper on public data and data visualization for Don Tapscott’s Gov. 2.0 project (sorry, it’s only available to project subscribers) and preparing for my forthcoming speeches on the subject at the Personal Democracy Forum, June 23-4 & Netroots Nation, July 17-20. […]

Great sessions at Government Leadership Summit!

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

I’ll try to summarize stuff after I get back from the Government Leadership Summit. Major emphasis throughout on emergent behavior, “wisdom of crowds.”
Suffice it to say that I think Vivek Kundra, the District of Columbia’s CTO, is a rock star!
Gotta go: my panel, on Intellipedia, is up next!
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yipee! I’m speaking at Personal Democracy Forum 2008!

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I have officially died and gone to heaven!
Just got off the phone with Micah Sifrey, of TechPresident and Personal Democracy Forum fame.
He’s invited me to speak at Personal Democracy Forum 2008 on data visualization as a means to empower the public in government (especially its potential for sousveillance to hold government agencies accountable and […]

Those quakes aren’t just shakin’ earth, but also communications

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Hi. Breaking long radio silence (it’s because I’m working on a longer piece about neat research at U of Colo. by Leysia Palen that substantiates my “networked homeland security” approach, and on a white paper for Don Tapscott’s Gov. 2.0 project on my data visualization obsession..) because two recent earthquakes have driven home how […]

Remote, self-powered sensor networks a win-win solution

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Long-time readers may remember that I spotted the advent of self-powered, stand-alone remote monitoring devices five years ago and thought they could be great both for homeland security (remember that 85% of the nation’s critical infrastructure, especially energy, chemical, and rail facilities, is in private hands) and to help companies enjoy the often-overlooked economic benefits […]

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