kasshout.blogspot.com
Biosurveillance 2.0: Life expectancy in USA and the 1918 Pandemic Influenza
http://kasshout.blogspot.com/2008/12/life-expectancy-in-usa-and-1918.html
By Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS. Sunday, December 21, 2008. Life expectancy in USA and the 1918 Pandemic Influenza. The 1918 dip was caused by 1918 Influenza Pandemic. I created a Google Doc here. Data source is from the National Vital Statistics, Vol 50, No. 6. December 22, 2008 at 12:17 AM. December 22, 2008 at 11:35 AM. A very interesting visual. A quick question, why is there so much variation in the data pre-1944? Was there a methodology change in the data collection? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
valibuk.net
valibuk.net » Access Flickr with Ruby and Flickraw
http://www.valibuk.net/2010/03/access-flickr-with-ruby-and-flickraw
A place for opinions and notes of a valibuk. Access Flickr with Ruby and Flickraw. 8212; ondrej at 11:51 pm on Monday, March 29, 2010. Is a well known site for sharing photos and it is one of the most popular sites that published their services. And allow to use them freely. There are several libraries for Ruby, one of the most up-to-date is Flickraw. Unfortunately it is not mentioned on the official Flickr services page. Although it works smoothly, has a good documentation. Sudo gem install flickraw.
phlabs.net
Ph Labs
http://www.phlabs.net/phlabsprojects.php
Here are some recent projects by Ph Labs. New: International Council for Archaeozoology. A site redesign for the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) is scheduled for next year in preparation for the organization's upcoming conference in September 2014. Another early iteration included collaborating on user research with DIPIR. To supply a style guide for the Open Context website, as well as feedback on the technical and conceptual implementation of the homepage map and timeline. Future de...
ceo.instedd.org
InSTEDD CEO: June 2009
http://ceo.instedd.org/2009_06_01_archive.html
Blogs by InSTEDD CEO Dennis Israelski (and before that, Eric Rasmussen). Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Fuse, and Chris Blow. Once again the Technology Quarterly. Section of the Economist. The article (which you can find here. Quotes several informed and articulate sources, including staff at MIT and Path Intelligence, regarding the usefulness of mobile devices in general and our approach to data collection in particular. From my reading it's a fairly nice validation of our design and methods. The Fuse synchroni...
blog.makerlab.com
MakerLab Blog » A turnkey deployment of Ushahidi Swift
http://blog.makerlab.com/2009/10/a-turnkey-deployment-of-ushahidi-swift
A turnkey deployment of Ushahidi Swift. Deploying Swift quickly and easily however is a hassle. Chris Blow decided that we should build an EC2 instance that anybody could clone. The hope is that this will help speed crisis intervention and help provide better information to first responders in the field more quickly. Here’s the incantation if you want to do this from scratch:. Spawn an EC2 Instance. Created the instances based on the jaunty jackalpe AMI by Eric Hammond. Sudo kill -HUP 1080. Apt-get insta...
humanitariantech.wordpress.com
Talking Papers: a world without data entry? | humanitarian | tech
https://humanitariantech.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/talking-papers-a-world-without-data-entry
Observations at the edge of the network: what works, what doesn't, and why. Talking Papers: a world without data entry? Humanitarian Data Collection 2.0. Last week at Camp Roberts. Was kind enough to take me on a tour of Walking Papers. A remarkable service that allows users to print out paper maps, annotate them manually, upload them into OpenStreetMap. Paper, Paper Everywhere. However, particularly in crises where time is of the essence, paper is inefficient and ineffective. Walking Papers, however, su...
homelessconnectcamp.wordpress.com
Why HomelessConnectCamp? |
https://homelessconnectcamp.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/why-homelessconnectcamp
Save the Date: HomelessConnectCamp at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on February 11th. Project Homeless Connect: Hope. Dignity. Empowerment. →. January 25, 2009 · 1:59 am. In the nation. Given today’s down economy, and a record high state unemployment rate. The number of people homeless in San Francisco is increasing. What can I do? What can you do? What can *we* do? What’s the picture of homelessness in San Francisco today? 35,000 people are homeless in the Bay Area. As many as one in eve...
phlabs.net
Ph Labs
http://www.phlabs.net/phlabscommunity.php
The Ph Labs Community. Here are the people and organizations who support and inspire the work at Ph Labs. Exobi Interactive provides technical support for the projects at Ph Labs. In particular, Jessica Yazbek assists in WordPress and PHP development. Her commitment to helping non-profits, digital artists, and video arts create professional online spaces has resulted in numerous examples of successful development strategies. Rewriting the code for deappropriationproject.org. Regularly provides insight in...
ceo.instedd.org
InSTEDD CEO: The Economist (again!), Fuse, and Chris Blow
http://ceo.instedd.org/2009/06/economist-again-fuse-and-chris-blow.html
Blogs by InSTEDD CEO Dennis Israelski (and before that, Eric Rasmussen). Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Fuse, and Chris Blow. Once again the Technology Quarterly. Section of the Economist. The article (which you can find here. Quotes several informed and articulate sources, including staff at MIT and Path Intelligence, regarding the usefulness of mobile devices in general and our approach to data collection in particular. From my reading it's a fairly nice validation of our design and methods. The Fuse synchroni...
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