Author: DXO
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Hurricane Katrina Open Source Emergency Response Examples
The horrible experience with Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast is rife with lessons in Open Source Emergency Response. Here are some links with notes as to how they apply: In Tale of Two Families, a Chasm Between Haves and Have-NotsIn a story that focuses how two families– one middle-class and the other under the…
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Wide Right Turn & the NSC Driver Saftey Course
So today I had to finish my online Driver Safety Course. I was caught speeding in Niles in early May of this year while rushing to a Kinko’s late-night style before they closed. Finished just in time. I helped make another version of this course for MetLife and the National Safety Council, so I was…
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Why The New York Times is the Best
The New York Times coverage of Hurricane Katrina shows why they are still head & shoulders above everyone else when it comes to the poetry of the everyday news. Here’s just two magic paragraphs of horror description from Robert D. McFadden: Still officials cautioned that New Orleans faced a long, difficult climb out of the…
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Camp Fire
Camp Fire, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Summer closes. The Edgerton fires still warm me. This summer we spent a few days in a cabin in Edgerton, WI. It’s amazing how campfires can make you feel– safe, primal, agressive. I look forward to the apples of Fall, but still tuck the fires of Edgerton in me.
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To Panera Bread, With Love
Most of us vagabond laptop workers are highly aware of the fact that Panera Bread has free wi-fi in every one of their stores. On any given day, I am all over the city & suburbs meeting with clients, picking up my kids, sending documents, etc., and the mental geography of all the spacious, clean,…