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2011/06/082011/06/08

Digital Activism, Epidemiology, Faster IS Different

Digital Activism, Epidemiology and Old Spice: Why Faster is Indeed Different The following thoughts were inspired by one of Zeynep Tufekci’s recent posts entitled “Faster is Different” on her Technosociology blog. Zeynep argues “against the misconception that acceleration in the information cycle means would simply mean same things will happen as would have before, but merely …

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2011/06/06

GIS and Civil Resistance Route Planning

Identifying Strategic Protest Routes for Civil Resistance: An Analysis of Optimal Approaches to Tahrir Square Posted on June 6, 2011 by Patrick Meier| Leave a comment My colleague Jessica recently won the Tufts GIS Poster Expo with her excellent poster on civil resistance. She used GIS data to analyze optimal approaches to Tahrir Square in Cairo. …

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2011/06/01

Analyzing the Libya Crisis Map Data in 3D (Video)

Analyzing the Libya Crisis Map Data in 3D (Video) Posted on June 1, 2011 by Patrick Meier| I first blogged about GeoTime exactly two years ago in a blog post entitled “GeoTime: Crisis Mapping in 3D.” The rationale for visualizing geospatial data in 3D very much resonates with me and in my opinion becomes particularly compelling …

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2011/05/262011/05/26

The Smart-Talk Trap in the Era of Social Media

The Smart-Talk Trap in the Era of Social Media (and What to Do About It) 26 May 2011 I just came across an excellent piece in the Harvard Business Review thanks to my colleague Larry Pixa. Published in 1999 by Stanford professors Pfeffer and Sutton, “The Smart-Talk Trap” (PDF) is even more pertinent in today’s new …

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2011/05/252011/05/26

How Egyptian Activists Kept Ushahidi Alive

How Egyptian Activists Kept Their Ushahidi Project Alive Under Mubarak Patrick Meier | May 25, 2011 This is my second blog post on the U-Shahid project in Egypt. The first one analyzed 2,000+ reports mapped on the Ushahidi platform during the country’s recent Parliamentary Elections. Egypt is one of my dissertation case studies and in …

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2011/05/222011/05/22

The Role of Facebook in Disaster Response

The Role of Facebook in Disaster Response Posted on May 22, 2011 by Patrick Meier| I recently met up with Facebook colleagues Simon Axten and Matt Perault to discuss the role that they and their platform might play in disaster response. So I thought I’d share some thoughts that come up during the conversation seeing as …

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2011/05/17

Harnessing Social Media Tools to Fight Corruption

Harnessing Social Media Tools to Fight Corruption Posted on May 17, 2011 by Patrick Meier I had the distinct pleasure of being interviewed for this report on Harnessing Social Media Tools to Fight Corruption (PDF). The study was prepared by Dana Bekri, Brynne Dunn, Isik Oguzertem, Yan Su and Shivani Upreti as part of a final project …

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