The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
About Analyst One Analyst One is a site created by and for analysts Our Mission: Serve analysts working hard problems. Our Goal: Provide content designed to help analysts improve their ability to understand. Topics Covered by Analyst One include: Analytics, Use Cases, Tech and Lessons Learned. Topics Covered by Analyst One include: Analytics: the use of …
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An Introduction to Humanitarian UAVs and their Many Uses Satellite images have been used to support humanitarian efforts for decades. Why? A bird’s eye view of a disaster-affected area simply captures far more information than most Earth-based data-collection technologies can. In short, birds have more situational awareness than we do. In contrast to satellites, UAVs offer significantly …
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Forthcoming 14 May 2014. Resilience has become a central concept in government policy understandings over the last decade. In our complex, global and interconnected world, resilience appears to be the policy ‘buzzword’ of choice, alleged to be the solution to a wide and ever-growing range of policy issues. This book analyses the key aspects of …
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Watch for Flying Pigs as Microsoft Embraces Open Source Microsoft is getting its open source on. Ars Technica reports, “Microsoft Open Sources a Big Chunk of .NET.” It seems the tech giant is softening its stance on open source resources; perhaps they now see they have little choice if the company wants to remain relevant. …
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How social media gives new voice to Brazil’s protests Street protests continue to rock Brazil and, frustrated by mainstream media coverage, a new group of citizen journalists is using digital tools to tell a different side of the story EXTRACT But the battles are not just being waged on the street. Angered by what they …
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Watson and Shopping: No Service, Just an Assertion I read “Make IBM’s Watson Your Personal Shopping Assistant.” IBM wants to leapfrog www.pricewatch.com, www.amazon.com, and the aging www.mysimon.com, among other shopping services. Now quite a few people have embraced Amazon’s flawed, yet popular, recommendations service. I am trying to remember when I first noticed this somewhat …
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How to be a citizen journalist with Brown Moses Eliot Higgins, of renowned blog Brown Moses, shows you how to use social media to find major stories from around the world Date: Thursday 24 July 2014 Times: 6.30pm-9.30pm Citizen journalists are outperforming the mainstream media, breaking new ground and untouchable stories in countries such as …
