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The big lesson the tsunami can teach us about VoIP

The big lesson the tsunami can teach us about VoIPPhuket - TsunamiI was there in Phuket on the day of the tsunami, VOIP did help me when the traditional telephony network aswell as the cellphone network became congested and failed during the first couple of days right after the tsunami.Here...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cellular phones, tsunami, Phuket, VoIP

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Locating an earthquake in 5 minutes

When a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia's West Java on August 8, 2007, it took exactly 4 minutes and 38 seconds to be detected, located and sized by the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System GITEWS currently under construction in Indonesia. Even more remarkable, the location of the earthquake was found after...

Tags: Tsunami, Sensor, Indonesia, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-15

Tsunami separates Overstock.com, Red Cross

Tsunami separates Overstock.com, Red CrossSo is it really for charity or for profits?I'm torn between deciding. Many companies have formed donation sponsorships for charities; However, are they truly for helping victims or just for raising sales? (I'm still deciding).Not to mention the Red Cross. I...

Tags: Red Cross, quick publicity, tsunami, cheap quick publicity, evacuation effort, tsunami victim, Overstock.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-01-07

Tsunami 1.0 (Mac)

Track the Progress of the Asia Tsunami relief program and the death toll.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Tsunami, RyanAndFriends Software, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-01-05

The big lesson the tsunami can teach us about VoIP

At the time this post was last updated,the estimated death toll from the South Asian tsunami exceeded 120,000. First things, first. If you want to give money for food, medical care and other basic necessities, here's some info on how to do so. And if you want to donate wireless...

Tags: tsunami, SEASIDE

Blog posts 2004-12-28

USGS: Warnings could have saved thousands

USGS: Warnings could have saved thousandsStop chatting, give exact events and timesThis article gives too much chatting and too less information: it doesn't even give the exact times when earthquake broke (according to http://www.iris.edu/cgi-bin/wilberII_EnO_page4.pl?evname=20041226_005850.7.spyder it was Sun 26 Dec 00:58:50.7 UT), or when tsunami hit beaches: 1h (sorry, I didn't...

Tags: tsunami

Discussion threads 2004-12-27

Additional Resources

Twitter and web forgery

Last evening as I was winding down after a long journey imagine my surprise when I started to receive a tsunami of @ replies on my Twitter account. Apparently I was direct messaging a stack of people I don't know with a link to something that...

Tags: Web, Password, Twitter Inc., Robert Scoble, Security, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

40 years ago the Internet was born - now it devalues everything it touches

you are devaluing your proffesionshame on you.internet is one of the greatest invention in human history.Establishing walled islands on the InternetThe Internet is like a huge river, or better yet, sea, that allows users to move from small island to small island web application, to find the things they care...

Tags: Web site development, e-reader software, e-reader, Internet, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Calling all global cooling, how about a little help here?

Don't shoot the messenger, you might not like it that the earth is getting hotter and that we need to do something about it, but, don't get mad at those reporting it.You probably don't like all of the photos of open water over the arctic either. Nor would you want...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, climate change

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Google Wave: The Microsoft Bob of the New Millennium

Google Wave uber-whelms meHi Jason,I agree that the beauty (one, at any rate) of gmail is its simplicity, but that aside, I think you're giving Wave short shrift. It's not so much an application as a platform for other apps and ultimately a way to drown Microsoft Bob, as well...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., e-mail, convo, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Images: How NOAA's tsunami warnings work

NOAA's Pacific Ocean tsunami warning system, expanded greatly in recent years, allowed for real-time forecasting of events and advanced warning for distant at-risk communities after the recent American Samoa earthquake. by CNET News.com

Tags: NOAA, Sales Force Management, Sales, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-01

Maldives taking their final dive?

Will the island nation of Maldives disappear? Even Rupert Murdoch's Sky TV has reported on the uncertain future of the low-lying islands. And now the Maldives' president is asking the world to take action to save his tiny nation. Of course, Maldivians see their homeland threatened not...

Tags: Sea Level, Global Warming, Maldives, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

After years of military threats a nuclear power has decided to unleash its naval forces and pursue complete annihilation of your land and its citizens. The fierce and merciless armada is now dangerously close to your coastal line, this is a day of reckoning. Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense for iPhone...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Satellite, Laser, ICS Mobile, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-23

Oxford Dictionary of World History 1.0 (Mobile)

Oxford Dictionary of World History has been fully revised and updated in order to bring it into the 21st century. It contains over 4,000 clear and concise entries on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day. Biographies of key figures in world history range from...

Tags: Mobile, Entry, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

Software downloads 2009-09-23

Is your supply chain gonna kill you?

A General Management Issue?To me, the biggest roadblock to change is treating this as a supply chain or IT issue and not a general management issue. Most companies today function in a networked world, where they are critically dependent on other companies. The dependence goes way beyond "supply chain." The...

Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Vertical industries, supply chain, warehouse management system

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Enterprise software sales and Social CRM

I had planned to riff on the emerging discussion around Ross Mayfield's Social CRM iceberg and social software post but Paul Greenberg has done a great job of bringing that together. He's the CRM subject matter expert among the Irregulars so it's his play. Even so, the...

Tags: Subject Matter Expert, Customer, Sales, CRM, Public Relations, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-08-12

_Pro Surfer (Mobile)

Pro Surfer v - 2.1 - Get the info before you go. Access to up to the minute information such as Wave data, Weather Forecasts, Marine Advisories, and more, wirelessly from your handheld PDA or cell phone. Includes info such as Significant Wave Height (H0), Swell Height SwH, Swell Period...

Tags: Mobile, Web Browser, Info, PDAs, Web Browsers, Internet, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-07

_Pro Mariner (Mobile)

"Pro Mariner" - Wireless access to "real-time" nautical information from a cell phoneNOTE! - Device browser and internet access requiredMariners can now get access wirelessly to up to the minute information such as, Real time Buoy Information, Severe Weather Warnings, Marina Listings, Weather Forecasts, as well as Marine Services search,...

Tags: Lake, Mobile, Hurricane, Pacific, Web Browsers, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

Software downloads 2009-08-07

Laptop Warranties and Accidental Damage Coverage: What You Need to Know

Laptop Warranties and Accidental Damage Coverage: What You Need to KnowYes it does have thatAs I view a Laptop as a product that is susceptable to outside influences as a vehicle is.It does not matter how careful and protective you are, The unit is out of your control at places...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Laptop Warranty, Accidental Damage Coverage, Apple Inc., Need-to-know, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Laptop Warranties and Accidental Damage Coverage: What You Need to Know

Hewlett-Packard, after being flogged in public, contacted me and replaced my broken laptop that they had earlier claimed was accidentally damaged and not covered by their warranty. I appreciate HP's willingness to rectify the issue, but there clearly needs to be some improvement on their part...

Tags: Warranty, Hewlett-Packard Co., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-04