The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Crowdsourcing the Evaluation of Post-Sandy Building Damage Using Aerial Imagery Posted on November 1, 2012 | 1 Comment My colleague Schuyler Erle from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap just launched a very interesting effort in response to Hurricane Sandy. He shared the info below via CrisisMappers earlier this morning, which I’m turning into this blog post to help him recruit more …
The 3 pieces that are turning WordPress into a platform By Adii Pienaar, WooThemes GigaOm, 23 July 2012 These days, WordPress acts more like a development framework or a PaaS (Platform as a Service), says WooThemes CEO Adii Pienaar. And in the last year, several new services have sprung up to help make WordPress a platform …
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Finally, A Decision-Support Platform for SMS Use in Disaster Response Within weeks of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, I published this blog post entitled “How to Royally Mess Up Disaster Response in Haiti.” A month later, I published another post on “Haiti and the Tyranny of Technology.” I also called for an SMS Code of Conduct as …
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International Conference of Crisis Mappers 11-14 October 2012 Washington, D.C. Learn more. Phi Beta Iota: Free membership with online registration for the group as a whole (separate from conference). We are all “crisis mappers.” Recommended.
Joining the Qatar Foundation to Advance Humanitarian Technology Big news! I’ll be taking a senior level position at the Qatar Foundation to work on the next generation of humanitarian technology solutions. I’ll be based at the Foundation’s Computing Research Institute (QCRI) and be working alongside some truly amazing minds defining the cutting edge of social and …
Does the Humanitarian Industry Have a Future in The Digital Age? I recently had the distinct honor of being on the opening plenary of the 2012 Skoll World Forum in Oxford. The panel, “Innovation in Times of Flux: Opportunities on the Heels of Crisis” was moderated by Judith Rodin, CEO of the Rockefeller Foundation. I’ve spent the …
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Crisis Mapping Climate Change, Conflict and Aid in Africa I recently gave a guest lecture at the University of Texas, Austin, and finally had the opportunity to catch up with my colleague Josh Busby who has been working on a promising crisis mapping project as part of the university’s Climate Change and African Political Stability Program (CCAPS). Josh and …
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