The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Keynote: Next Generation Humanitarian Technology I’m excited to be giving the Keynote address at the Social Media and Response Management Interface Event (SMARMIE 2013) in New York this morning. A big thank you to the principal driver behind this important event, Chuck Frank, for kindly inviting me to speak. This is my first major keynote since …
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MatchApp: Next Generation Disaster Response App? Disaster response apps have multiplied in recent years. I’ve been reviewing the most promising ones and have found that many cater to professional responders and organizations. While empowering paid professionals is a must, there has been little focus on empowering the real first responders, i.e., the disaster-affected communities themselves. To …
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Haiti: Lies, Damned Lies and Crisis Mapping You’d think there was some kind of misinformation campaign going on about the Ushahidi-Haiti Crisis Map given the number of new lies that are still being manu-factured even thought it has been over three years since the earthquake. Please, if you really want a professional, independent and rigorous account of the project, …
Carbon Trust launches scheme to tackle water waste By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News An international standard on water reduction has been launched in an effort to order to encourage businesses to use water more sustainably. The UK’s Carbon Trust, which developed the scheme, said many business leaders did not see the issue as …
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Verily: Crowdsourcing Evidence During Disasters Social media is increasingly used for communicating during crises. This rise in Big (Crisis) Data means that finding the proverbial needle in the growing haystack of information is becoming a major challenge. Social media use during Hurricane Sandy produced a “haystack” of half-a-million Instagram photos and 20 million tweets. But which …
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Video: When Crisis Mapping Meets Minority Report Posted on February 16, 2013 | Leave a comment This short video was inspired by the pioneering work of the Standby Volunteer Task Force (SBTF). A global network of 1,000+ digital humanitarians in 80+ countries, the SBTF is responsible for some of the most important live crisis mapping operations that …
