Archive for December, 2007
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007Sadly, boys and girls, it appears Santa won’t be making his normal rounds this year: he’s in the D.C. lockup because of his role in the Executive Office Building fire yesterday.
Hard to believe, but true.
It appears the kindly gent was so intent on making sure that Dick Cheney would have multiple lumps of coal in […]
I’m for DHS’ visual analysis program, IF…
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007GCN reports DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate is continuing to use visual analytics, which has been criticized for its past application to real data, as an analytical tool dealing only with “synthetic data.”
I’ve been a persistent critic of DHS’ other data mining programs because of a litany of abuses of privacy rights and constant errors […]
I’m for DHS’ visual analytics program, IF…
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007GCN reports DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate is continuing to use visual analytics, which has been criticized for its past application to real data, as an analytical tool dealing only with “synthetic data.”
I’ve been a persistent critic of DHS’ other data mining programs because of a litany of abuses of privacy rights and constant errors […]
Ustream follow-up: it has proved its worth in disasters
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Last week I speculated that Ustream.TV, which allows real-time streaming of videos, could be invaluable for providing situational awareness in disasters. Yesterday I got an e-mail from Brad Hunstable, the firm’s founder, confirming that they’re already on the case: “Believe it or not, it has been used in many ways from the Virginia Tech […]
Please help me spread word on emergency communication in storms
Monday, December 17th, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQjwocaxqvw&feature=related[/youtube]
(Boys and girls, don’t be afraid of the scary man with the pained expression and big mouth. He comes in peace, and is only trying to help you).
Hello from the freezing Hub of the Universe. Looking at the weather map, I assume you’re likely to find yourself in the same large and frigid boat.
I’ve […]
et al.: Mighty Casey has struck out
Thursday, December 13th, 2007As you are no doubt aware, John Cheever had it right: “baseball is the thinking man’s [and, if it’s in Boston, at least, where Sox Mania is egalitarian, woman’s as well] sport.”
Having established that fact, it’s a sad day for those of us who love The National Pastime that so many supposedly top players have […]
Free airport WiFi could be important in emergencies
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007I got into the wireless strategy field when doing a strategy plan for a late, un-lamented Internet strategy company in 2000. Trying to figure out what locale in the US even came close to the creative use of wireless devices common in Europe and Asia, it occurred to me that t airports, given business travelers’ […]
et al.: More details on the Iraq blanket program
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Here are some more details on the charitable program to provide new blankets to poor Iraqis that one of my son’s team members created and that my son took over when the guy was rotated back to the states. Regardless of what we may think about the war, this is a cheap, efficient way […]
Been thinkin’: data visualizations as Enterprise 2.0 tool?
Monday, December 10th, 2007When I was researching my âtransparent governmentâ speech for the New, New Internet conference last month, I found that the D.C. government had found one of the unexpected benefits of its Citywide Data Warehouse was that it not only encouraged mashups by citizens, but also improved operations behind the municipal firewall.
Among the internal benefits, Google […]
Been thinkin’: data visualizations as Enterprise 2.0 tools?
Monday, December 10th, 2007When I was researching my “transparent government” speech for the New, New Internet conference last month, I found that the D.C. government had found one of the unexpected benefits of its Citywide Data Warehouse was that it not only encouraged mashups by citizens, but also improved operations behind the municipal firewall.
Among the internal benefits, Google […]
