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More on Using Crowdsourced Data to Find Big Picture Patterns (Take 3)

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They are especially in need of big picture information that will help guide their response to do the most good with the resources employed. Captain Lopez helps her team assess the quality, quantity and usefulness of these different streams, each of which plays a part of the picture of the situation.

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Fake Facebook Friends and the CIA

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Someone had borrowed her picture and name and was starting to ply the scam trade. Until it quickly became a classic advance fee scam conversation (originally made famous by folks in Nigeria with faxes). I quickly checked, and found that (of course) I already was Facebook friends with my old friend.

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Austrian Mountain Top

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I love my digital camera and taking lots of pictures. However, most times that means I'm not in the picture. Neil Soiffer of Design Sciences took this nice picture of me on the top of the mountain for the ICCHP conference's Mountain Attack on July 12th, 2008.

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Heading out on the road

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As I headed out the door, I ran into Scott Rains and we had a picture taken of Scott in his Brazil jersey (after the U.S., I'm now on the road for more than 5 weeks on combo business trips and family vacation. DC this week and Geneva next week (international copyright). I'm a big Brazil fan too).

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The Last Walk

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I thought I''d share a picture of Calypso in her prime, as we''ll remember her. My family is still walking around out of balance, always expecting to see our dog, starting to go to feed her or let her out. There''s a dog-sized hole in our lives, and it is a much bigger hole than I ever expected. We do miss you.

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Yes, I wear a suit sometimes

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I keynoted the Illinois Computing Educators - ICE conference recently, and someone posted a picture on Flickr. It's fun to go out and tell stories to hundreds of people. Mainly, I talk about where Benetech comes from.

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A Human Rights Breakthrough in Guatemala | Smithsonian Magazine

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And don’t forget to look at the photo gallery, which features some great pictures taken by Benetech’s Communications Director Ann Harrison. Check out the whole story here. One photo features Patrick Ball, director of Benetech’s human rights program examining documents from the archive.

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