Category Archives: technology

Ushahidi Pakistan: Update I

Posted on 01 July 2010 by Daniel

Original Post The Violent Non-State Actors in Pakistan Ushahidi install is being updated regularly.  However, it may not appear that way at first glance.  Due to what appears to be a caching issue related to the map, if you’ve previously … Continue reading →

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Mobile Browsing

Posted on 09 December 2009 by Daniel

Thanks to Crowd Favorite you can now read this blog on your mobile device with a theme designed specifically for that purpose. It provides some slick features for advanced mobile browsers such as the iPhone and Android based browsers, and … Continue reading →

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Highlights

Posted on 13 September 2009 by Daniel

I installed Snow Leopard on this laptop last night. The installation went smoothly, and everything seems a little shinier and faster now. It also freed up about 24 gigs worth of space on this machine. From what I’ve heard, that’s … Continue reading →

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Ushahidi: Free and Open Source Near Real-Time Situation Awareness

Posted on 12 September 2009 by Daniel

I’ve been playing with an interesting web-based application called Ushahidi recently.  Ushahidi is an open-source application designed to crowdsource crisis information.  It was developed in the aftermath of the contested 2008 elections in Kenya to map reports of violence, and … Continue reading →

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Reporting on #Mumbai

Posted on 28 November 2008 by Daniel

Stephen Collins has an excellent post up about the role of social media in reporting the tragic events in Mumbai. The commentary on the thread is also excellent. I think the events in DC last week also illustrate this point, … Continue reading →

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Mukasey Alive; Collapse Tweeted Before EMTs Arrive at Scene

Posted on 20 November 2008 by Daniel

The AP is reporting Mukasey is alive, may have talked to medics, and was taken to George Washington University Hospital. Good. What really interests me is that we, the twittering public, knew what was going on before the medics had … Continue reading →

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Stuck in 1994

Posted on 15 November 2008 by Daniel

In contrast to my previous post, there are some institutions, or at least, elements of institutions stuck firmly in the past. Over the past few months, I’ve been separately working for two people who are part of the University of … Continue reading →

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Multi-Column CSS Help Needed

Posted on 08 October 2008 by Daniel

I may be missing something obvious here, but I need a little CSS help. I have a three column layout for part of the page. Instead of struggling to get them all equal heights (I had a “solution” for that, … Continue reading →

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