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Friday, January 4th, 2008The storm that’s headed inland right now is of biblical proportions: the Weather Channel predicts “potentially historic snowfall, flooding rains, and wind gusts to well over 100 mph are possible.”
Considering the hits places such as Denver have already taken this winter, that’s incredibly scary — and time to remind people about how my “21st-century disaster […]
Beefed up chemical security could be a win-win
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008With 85% of the United States’ critical infrastructure in private hands, public-private collaboration to protect that infrastructure is critical, yet the chemical industry, utilities and others have not been particularly enthused about these new responsibilities.
Now there’s another imposed on them.
This week, chemical companies and chemical users must file their first reports under
Appendix A of the […]
Data visualization of latest bin Laden video: compare and contrast!
Monday, December 31st, 2007I’ve just done a new Many Eyes word cloud visualization of the translation by SITE of bin Laden’s 12/29/07 video.
I invite you to check both this one and the one I did of his September 20th video, “On Jihad,” and to compare and contrast the words that he uses most frequently.
One thing that jumped out […]
Bhutto / Google testimony on data accessibility
Thursday, December 27th, 2007I’m going to hold off on comment about the implications of Bhutto’s assassination for right now, other than to repeat that the Bush Administration has failed to pursue a systems approach to foreign policy.
We’ve got a looong history in this region of steps we’ve taken at one point (i.e. arming the mujahadin in a proxy […]
Homie Awards! 10 homeland security technologies to watch in 2008
Friday, December 21st, 2007The nominations are in; the 3 judges (me, myself, and the chairman: I) have voted; and here they are, the winners of the 2008 Homies for most promising homeland security technologies for the year to come. CONTINUED….
Is DHS’s R & D too focused on short term?
Friday, December 21st, 2007Business Week, as part of a series on Homeland Security, focused on whether DHS’s R & D budget is too focused on short-term threats rather than funding long-term basic research?
I’m not convinced that’s the right question: IMHO, if the Pentagon is now more focused on fighting insurgencies worldwide (which are sorta the terrorists’ lab for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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