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Thursday, December 6th, 2007Along the lines of my recent post about the cheap communication device DARPA is developing for grunts in the field, it also appears the Army is leading the way on collaborative approaches to IT, as this GCN article points out. That’s critical because of the Pentagon’s disproportionate share of the government R & D budget […]
Heard of any innovative communications during floods?
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Since I always like to mention lessons learned from natural disasters, let me know
if you’ve heard about wikis, ad hoc networks, etc. used to for emergency communications during the current flooding in the Northwest!
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Follow-up on fixed-mobile convergence
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Network World piece on what’s taking so long to implement fixed-mobile convergence. Let’s get with it!
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DARPA gets my point about commercial tech/ad hoc nets!
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Hot dog! It’s always great to see when an establishment agency gets my message about the need for using commercially-available technology to allow for creation of flexible, ad hoc networks when the gold-plated stuff fails.
In this case, as Network World reports, DARPA has launched Project Wireless Adaptive Network Development (couldn’t find anything about it […]
FMC: another emergency communications tool on horizon
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) is yet another commercial technology advance on the horizon that can double as a critical tool for emergency communications.
As the name implies, FMC describesunified fixed and mobile communications. Information Week reports the technology has a lot of promise — especially the potential to be able to reach employees and others through a […]
Gates needs to expand scope of call for civilian role in fighting terror
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Secretary Gates got part of the message right yesterday in calling for civilian role in fighting terror and “soft power” approaches, but he referred only to other government employees, such as foreign service officers — not you and me.
“‘We must focus our energies beyond the guns and steel of the military, beyond just our brave […]
New disaster tip you WON’T hear from officials: walkie-talkie net
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007My newest, and in many ways, favorite “disaster tip you WON’T hear from officials” is now up on YouTube.While other tips have dealt with cool new technologies such as wikis and mesh networks, this one’s the ultimate low-tech fallback for when all the cool stuff fails. It’s an ad hoc community network that […]
For less-stressful Thanksgiving travel, follow the rules and repeat after me…
Monday, November 19th, 2007… “Goose fraba, goose fraba, goose fraba.”
In case you aren’t a patient of the eminent Dr. Buddy Rydell, that’s the mantra that the doc told patient Dave Buznick to repeat in stressful situations to avoid anger. We’d probably all be better off if airports included it subliminally in the unctious holiday music that’s likely to […]
Google Android: upping cells’ value in emergencies
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007I’m a big fan of open source in general, especially as it applies to emergencies — we can’t afford to have incompatibility restricting communication of critical information.
That’s why I’m excited by Google’s Android platform for cellphones, and the 34-company Open Handset Alliance.
In particular, given my emphasis on cellphones (and especially cameraphones) as the way to […]
That’s cool: free PB wikis for wildfire victims
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007I love PBwiki: at last count I think I’d created more than a dozen of them, for everything from family health challenges to Web 2.0 strategies, and I think wikis are absolutely critical in crises because they allow anyone who has some bit of relevant information (and, in an unprecedented disaster, that could mean absolutely […]
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