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richheap Now I've asked the question, I realise what a difficult one it is to answer. London has seen a series of new office skyscrapers - Shard, Walkie Talkie, Gherkin etc. - but none of those has yet creeped...
FeepingCreatures Casual Friday for the corporate lawyer: perhaps the blue blazer was a little too daring?
Nicole Ferraro Great topic, Rich. When it comes to adding to our skylines, it's hard for cities and architects to put aside their egos. From where I sit in New York, I have a direct view of the new World Trade...
Venks we must remember that crowdsourced evidence, is only part of the process that solves a crime. Yeah, you are probably right, thinbluedba. This is only a part of the solution. But, I was trying...
thinbluedba That's an very interesting scenario! To counter that tactic, we can use generally agreed upon markers for that specific scene, probably video and images gathered from reliable sources, and compare...
thinbluedba The mob mentality and vigilantes definitely occurred with the Vancouver riots as well. Two studies were conducted that actually concluded that sort of behaviour actually is a detriment to investigations....
Nicole Ferraro Re: "I'm not sure if even having a system for the public will help, as we are naturally social animals are like to share and talk and the anonymity of the internet results in a lack of accountability...
richheap Thanks Susan. I knew this had happened in the Boston bombing, but didn't know that other part of the story. I don't want to speculate whether the accusations had an impact but it does show that we...
Susan Leach "My worry is that when the info also spreads quickly around the internet, it brings out every bedroom super-sleuth wannabe who start using 'evidence' to make false accusations against innocent people." This...
Venks @ Anum: Women are genetically born like that. There have been many papers, blogs, articles, debates over such a well discussed topic. Womens brain can process data that is fed into her system much...
richheap I'm sceptical about crowdsourced evidence. I don't mind if relevant photos or videos go to the police, even though it's an awful lot of information for them to trawl through. But it is a problem...
Venks Thanks for the blog, Jason. Its a real eye-opener seeking help fromthe general public incase of mishaps. Its heartening to see that the public is over helpful to the law enforcement authorities in...
Mary Jander Indeed, it seemed to me from close scrutiny of the results that IT pros were interested in green datacenters, but had their hands tied about just how to proceed. As a result, many don't have plans....
thinbluedba Hi Nicole, You definitely raise an important point. Even just by looking at traditional journalism with TV news, there have been cases where the criminals are watching the news as the event...
Nicole Ferraro Yes! I believe that's exactly what happened after the Vancouver riots, actually, if I'm remembering correctly. Facebook pages and sites were launched where people could upload photos of the individuals...
Mujuku You make a very good point, Nicole. Another aspect of this is the way this evidence made public can fuel a media frenzy and witch hunts. We don't want vigilantes - the kind of system Jason suggests...
Mujuku The analogy with business transaction data is a helpful one, Jason. We're clearly at an early stage with all sorts of possibilities for technologies as well as procedures and regulations. The...
thinbluedba Hi Mujuku, I think the strain that we are experiencing is the growing pains of the exponential growth of the technology that captures high quality media. It wasn't too long ago when we weren't...
thinbluedba Hi Mujuku, I think the strain that we are experiencing is the growing pains of the exponential growth of the technology that captures high quality media. It wasn't too long ago when we weren't...
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Jason Cheung, Database Architect, Vancouver, BC, Police
5/16/2013
The Boston Marathon bombings and request by officials for digital evidence from the public reminded me of a problem with law enforcement's ability to handle such requests.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
5/16/2013
Everyone's talking "green" these days -- but when it comes to datacenters, talk is often where it stops.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
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Cory Booker of Newark, NJ, is the poster child for mayors who use Twitter. Though Booker generally knows what he's doing, politicians must be careful about using this medium.
Jason Cheung, Database Architect, Vancouver, BC, Police
5/16/2013
The Boston Marathon bombings and request by officials for digital evidence from the public reminded me of a problem with law enforcement's ability to handle such requests.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
5/15/2013
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Thanks to rising insurance costs, new US regulation, and challenging technology requirements, private medical practices and rural hospitals are becoming extinct. Cities must ...
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richheap Now I've asked the question, I realise what a difficult one it is to answer. London has seen a series of new office skyscrapers - Shard, Walkie Talkie, Gherkin etc. - but none of those has yet creeped...
FeepingCreatures Casual Friday for the corporate lawyer: perhaps the blue blazer was a little too daring?
Nicole Ferraro Great topic, Rich. When it comes to adding to our skylines, it's hard for cities and architects to put aside their egos. From where I sit in New York, I have a direct view of the new World Trade...
Venks we must remember that crowdsourced evidence, is only part of the process that solves a crime. Yeah, you are probably right, thinbluedba. This is only a part of the solution. But, I was trying...
thinbluedba That's an very interesting scenario! To counter that tactic, we can use generally agreed upon markers for that specific scene, probably video and images gathered from reliable sources, and compare...
thinbluedba The mob mentality and vigilantes definitely occurred with the Vancouver riots as well. Two studies were conducted that actually concluded that sort of behaviour actually is a detriment to investigations....
Nicole Ferraro Re: "I'm not sure if even having a system for the public will help, as we are naturally social animals are like to share and talk and the anonymity of the internet results in a lack of accountability...
richheap Thanks Susan. I knew this had happened in the Boston bombing, but didn't know that other part of the story. I don't want to speculate whether the accusations had an impact but it does show that we...
Susan Leach "My worry is that when the info also spreads quickly around the internet, it brings out every bedroom super-sleuth wannabe who start using 'evidence' to make false accusations against innocent people." This...
Venks @ Anum: Women are genetically born like that. There have been many papers, blogs, articles, debates over such a well discussed topic. Womens brain can process data that is fed into her system much...
richheap I'm sceptical about crowdsourced evidence. I don't mind if relevant photos or videos go to the police, even though it's an awful lot of information for them to trawl through. But it is a problem...
Venks Thanks for the blog, Jason. Its a real eye-opener seeking help fromthe general public incase of mishaps. Its heartening to see that the public is over helpful to the law enforcement authorities in...
Mary Jander Indeed, it seemed to me from close scrutiny of the results that IT pros were interested in green datacenters, but had their hands tied about just how to proceed. As a result, many don't have plans....
thinbluedba Hi Nicole, You definitely raise an important point. Even just by looking at traditional journalism with TV news, there have been cases where the criminals are watching the news as the event...
Nicole Ferraro Yes! I believe that's exactly what happened after the Vancouver riots, actually, if I'm remembering correctly. Facebook pages and sites were launched where people could upload photos of the individuals...
Mujuku You make a very good point, Nicole. Another aspect of this is the way this evidence made public can fuel a media frenzy and witch hunts. We don't want vigilantes - the kind of system Jason suggests...
Mujuku The analogy with business transaction data is a helpful one, Jason. We're clearly at an early stage with all sorts of possibilities for technologies as well as procedures and regulations. The...
thinbluedba Hi Mujuku, I think the strain that we are experiencing is the growing pains of the exponential growth of the technology that captures high quality media. It wasn't too long ago when we weren't...
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