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Monday, September 1st, 2008There’s a great new Twitter feed today, Gustavfeed, done by social media strategist Joe Solomon,
It is sampling Twitter-related posts from sites including:
Utterz
Twitter
blip.tv
YouTube
Technorati
Vimeo
Hmm. Don’t see anything from Qik — are you monitoring them, Joe?
IMHO, if you are a first responder or if you’re directly affected and you need to get first-hand situational awareness, you […]
Another “21st-century disaster tip”: using Qik in an emergency
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008As 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, 2008Just 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, 2008Here’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, 2008Hi!
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, 2008The 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, 2008The 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, 2008Hi, 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 […]
You will never hear me under-estimating Bush on national security
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008With yet another report saying that global warming is a severe national security threat, you will NEVER hear me underestimating George W. Bush’s ability in the national security field.
Who else could:
lie us into a war against a fabricated national security threat
actively deny a real, documented on (i.e., global warming)
bankrupt us through 1 so that we […]
Charlie Black: wagging the terrorism dog
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Charlie Black is one of those GOP operatives who has been in the background for years, manipulating government for his clients’ benefit, and whose very presence in the campaign belies McCain’s commitment to root out the influence of lobbyists.
Now that he’s hyping terror attacks as a swell way to elect McCain, it’s clear that the […]
