Concept for Windows phone application to maintain information flow and connectedness during the first 24-48 hours of a disaster. This was in response to the ask: “Design a system to facilitate effective communication during National Emergencies, focusing on providing the necessary information and tools to stay safe, alive and connected for the first 24-48 hours following the disaster."
This project was done in collaboration with Microsoft, and was given honorable mention among 13 projects submitted.
My teammates for this project was Wenyang Dong. This is one of the projects for Marty Siegel's Rapid Design for Slow Change course at Indiana University Bloomington.
Chain-Aid: Domus Master in Interaction Design Final ProjectJulie Blitzer
This presentation was the product of my Final Project (thesis) for the Domus Academy Master in Interaction Design. For more information, see http://uxblitz.com/tagged/final-project
Chain-Aid is a low-cost energy efficient wearable device that can be distributed to victims immediately following a disaster. This device will help victims to evacuate, communicate with recovery teams in the absence of cellular service and power outages.
Report on Chain-Aid: Domus Master in Interaction Design Final ProjectJulie Blitzer
The document presents a final project report for a wearable wristband called "Chain-Aid" designed to help victims communicate and evacuate in disaster situations when cellular networks are down. The wristband uses electronic paper, geolocation, peer-to-peer networking, and color-coded messages to guide users to shelters. It provides alerts, evacuation directions, SOS calls, and updates. The design was informed by research on existing disaster communication projects and new technologies like electronic paper and portable peer-to-peer networks.
Senior research specilist Aaron Smith's GovDelivery talk about the latest Pew Internet research about public attitudes toward engaging with the government online.
Jacque lewis - Senior Project -w/o scriptJacque Lewis
This 12-minute mini-documentary explores whether social networks should enforce stricter regulations regarding social media harassment. The documentary features interviews with four professionals who discuss cyberbullying: Deborah Gonzalez, Jennifer Perry, Dr. Valerie Mason-John, and Shelia Mae. Through these interviews, the documentary seeks to answer its research question of whether social networks are responsible for enforcing their own rules against harassment and if those rules need to be stricter. Statistics about cyberbullying are also included throughout the documentary to provide context to the discussion. The documentary was created using Adobe Premiere to edit interview clips together with supplemental b-roll footage and was published on YouTube.
Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie was honored to give the Joe Pagano Memorial Web Analytics Lecture for the federal government’s Webmanager University. He discussed the latest Pew Internet data about the triple revolution in technology – in broadband, in mobile, and in social networking – and how these changes affect e-government and e-health activities by citizens. He also explored how these changes impact the broader environment of civic life and some of the changes that are likely on the horizon.
This document discusses the complexity of influence and challenges the idea that influence can be easily quantified. It argues that influence is the result of many complex factors interacting over time, not single discrete actions, and changes in opinions and behaviors cannot be reliably attributed to any one cause. The document also advocates defining influence as the output (a change in thoughts or actions) rather than an ability possessed, and emphasizes the importance of reciprocity and understanding how to be influenced as well as influence others.
This document is a literature review on how net-mediated technology affects family interaction. It discusses how smartphones have become integral to communication but may be decreasing face-to-face time. The review examines how technology impacts behaviors like social norms and driving, as well as inhibiting real-world interactions through "technoference" as people become distracted by notifications. The literature suggests that while technology connects families, it may also be hindering family bonding through reduced personal engagement.
The Open Group San Diego Panel Explores Global Cybersecurity Issues for Impro...Dana Gardner
The panel discussion focused on improving global cybersecurity and mitigating risks for enterprises. Key points discussed included:
- Continuous monitoring of user behavior and access controls is essential to detect attackers who have been on networks for months undetected. Rigorous detection, containment, and response processes are needed.
- Executive support and cross-departmental incident response processes are required to quickly address security issues.
- The growth of IoT devices introduces new risks if basic security practices from IT are not applied. A new architectural approach is needed for IoT security.
- Increased public-private collaboration and information sharing is important but will not be solved by government alone. Industry can lead through sector-specific partnerships and alliances
Chain-Aid: Domus Master in Interaction Design Final ProjectJulie Blitzer
This presentation was the product of my Final Project (thesis) for the Domus Academy Master in Interaction Design. For more information, see http://uxblitz.com/tagged/final-project
Chain-Aid is a low-cost energy efficient wearable device that can be distributed to victims immediately following a disaster. This device will help victims to evacuate, communicate with recovery teams in the absence of cellular service and power outages.
Report on Chain-Aid: Domus Master in Interaction Design Final ProjectJulie Blitzer
The document presents a final project report for a wearable wristband called "Chain-Aid" designed to help victims communicate and evacuate in disaster situations when cellular networks are down. The wristband uses electronic paper, geolocation, peer-to-peer networking, and color-coded messages to guide users to shelters. It provides alerts, evacuation directions, SOS calls, and updates. The design was informed by research on existing disaster communication projects and new technologies like electronic paper and portable peer-to-peer networks.
Senior research specilist Aaron Smith's GovDelivery talk about the latest Pew Internet research about public attitudes toward engaging with the government online.
Jacque lewis - Senior Project -w/o scriptJacque Lewis
This 12-minute mini-documentary explores whether social networks should enforce stricter regulations regarding social media harassment. The documentary features interviews with four professionals who discuss cyberbullying: Deborah Gonzalez, Jennifer Perry, Dr. Valerie Mason-John, and Shelia Mae. Through these interviews, the documentary seeks to answer its research question of whether social networks are responsible for enforcing their own rules against harassment and if those rules need to be stricter. Statistics about cyberbullying are also included throughout the documentary to provide context to the discussion. The documentary was created using Adobe Premiere to edit interview clips together with supplemental b-roll footage and was published on YouTube.
Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie was honored to give the Joe Pagano Memorial Web Analytics Lecture for the federal government’s Webmanager University. He discussed the latest Pew Internet data about the triple revolution in technology – in broadband, in mobile, and in social networking – and how these changes affect e-government and e-health activities by citizens. He also explored how these changes impact the broader environment of civic life and some of the changes that are likely on the horizon.
This document discusses the complexity of influence and challenges the idea that influence can be easily quantified. It argues that influence is the result of many complex factors interacting over time, not single discrete actions, and changes in opinions and behaviors cannot be reliably attributed to any one cause. The document also advocates defining influence as the output (a change in thoughts or actions) rather than an ability possessed, and emphasizes the importance of reciprocity and understanding how to be influenced as well as influence others.
This document is a literature review on how net-mediated technology affects family interaction. It discusses how smartphones have become integral to communication but may be decreasing face-to-face time. The review examines how technology impacts behaviors like social norms and driving, as well as inhibiting real-world interactions through "technoference" as people become distracted by notifications. The literature suggests that while technology connects families, it may also be hindering family bonding through reduced personal engagement.
The Open Group San Diego Panel Explores Global Cybersecurity Issues for Impro...Dana Gardner
The panel discussion focused on improving global cybersecurity and mitigating risks for enterprises. Key points discussed included:
- Continuous monitoring of user behavior and access controls is essential to detect attackers who have been on networks for months undetected. Rigorous detection, containment, and response processes are needed.
- Executive support and cross-departmental incident response processes are required to quickly address security issues.
- The growth of IoT devices introduces new risks if basic security practices from IT are not applied. A new architectural approach is needed for IoT security.
- Increased public-private collaboration and information sharing is important but will not be solved by government alone. Industry can lead through sector-specific partnerships and alliances
Bijoy Jain is an contemporary Indian architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor of architecture at Yale University. He received his M. Arch from Washington University in St Louis, USA in 1990.
Born 1965
Mumbai
Nationality Indian
Awards Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
Practice Studio Mumbai
architectural plans of some houses in indiaNeha Rampuria
This document contains floor plans for several beautiful houses designed by different architects and design studios. The plans show the layouts of the ground, first, and basement floors and include houses in India designed by Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbai, RMA Architects as well as international houses from South Africa and elsewhere.
Buckminster Fuller: A Tremendous Bundle of Experience Exhibit CatalogueAngelica Rosenzweig
Concept for an on-site interactive catalogue experience that invites visitor’s participation in a museum exhibit. This was in response to the ask: "Your challenge is create a design solution that encourages and persuades encourage and persuade people to adopt more energy-saving behavior instead of just informing."
This project was done in collaboration with students from the School of Fine Arts and Human Computer Interaction Design programs at Indiana University Bloomington.
My teammates for this project were Sasha Chaplin, William Duxbury, Yizhou Pan, and Mary Prusha. This is one of the projects for Marty Siegel's Rapid Design for Slow Change course at Indiana University Bloomington.
R. Buckminster Fuller dedicated his life to solving global problems through comprehensive design. He is known for developing the geodesic dome, a strong spherical structure made of triangles that uses minimal materials. Fuller worked across many fields and influenced generations with his principle of "doing more with less." He designed dome structures, houses like the Dymaxion house and Wichita house, that were efficient, low-cost and focused on sustainability.
The document discusses the benefits of building geodesic dome structures compared to traditional "A" frame homes. It states that domes are more sustainable, energy efficient, eco-friendly, and cost effective due to their strong structure which uses less material. Domes also have benefits such as being weather resistant, aesthetically pleasing, acoustic, and having high insulation values.
R. Buckminster Fuller was an American architect and engineer known for developing the geodesic dome. He was also a philosopher who had unconventional ideas. He attended Harvard but was expelled twice. For decades, Fuller developed many designs focused on efficiency and lower costs, documenting his work daily. His most famous structure is the geodesic dome, a spherical structure based on triangles that distributes stress evenly. Fuller designed dome-shaped structures like the Biosphere museum in Montreal and Dymaxion houses, which sought to use minimal materials efficiently. However, none of his house designs were widely produced. Fuller received patents for his dome design and popularized its use in buildings.
Identifying and Characterizing User Communities on Twitter during Crisis EventsIIIT Hyderabad
Twitter is a prominent online social media which is used to share information and opinions. Previous research has shown that current real world news topics and events dominate the discussions on Twitter. In this paper, we present a preliminary study to identify and characterize communities from a set of users who post messages on Twitter during crisis events. We present our work in progress by analyzing three major crisis events of 2011 as case studies (Hurricane Irene, Riots in England, and Earthquake in Virginia). Hurricane Irene alone, caused a damage of about 7-10 billion USD and claimed 56 lives. The aim of this paper is to identify the different user communities, and characterize them by the top central users. First, we defined a similarity metric between users based on their links, content posted and meta-data. Second, we applied spectral clustering to obtain communities of users formed during three different cri- sis events. Third, we evaluated the mechanism to identify top central users using degree centrality; we showed that the top users represent the topics and opinions of all the users in the community with 81% accuracy on an average. The top central people identified represent what the entire community shares. Therefore to understand a community, we need to monitor and analyze only these top users rather than all the users in a community.
The document discusses how social media is changing the role of emergency management and public information officers (PIOs) by allowing everyone to be a potential "first informer". It provides examples from incidents like the Virginia Tech shooting and California wildfires where social media allowed faster and more accurate information sharing than traditional media. The document advocates for governments and PIOs to actively engage on social media platforms and integrate social media information into emergency response plans to stay relevant in an age where everyone can potentially be a first informer.
Great read: Coordination, Communication, Unity of Effort - “You emergency managers are from Mars but your logisticians are from Venus" "Hear this, oh emergency manager: the cavalry isn’t coming! FEMA will always be too little and too late. You must plan to be on your own because that is where you will always find yourself."
How Social Media is Shaping Disaster ResponseDell Services
Social media is shaping disaster response in the following ways:
- During disasters, organizations like FEMA, Red Cross, and local governments use social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to provide real-time updates on preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters.
- The American Red Cross worked with Dell to establish a social media command center to more effectively monitor over 500,000 social media conversations during Hurricane Sandy to improve response.
- Key considerations for organizations in using social media during disasters include having policies, governance, trained staff, and clear escalation procedures to effectively engage audiences and act on social media conversations.
Speaker: Annie Searle, Principal, Annie Searle & Associates LLC (ASA)
This session examines the uses of social media, trends, and risks. It includes the benefits of new
media for crisis management as well as the challenges, such as cybersecurity threats and
reputational risks. Included is a presentation on the work of Crisis Commons who uses these
tools as part of their business.
Disaster Strikes. Social Media Responds.Arielle Slam
Ppt slides for September 2011 version of the Disaster Strikes. Social Media Responds. workshop. Images that were stacked or animated may be distorted or hidden in these slides.
While staying at home to prevent the Coronavirus, I came up with a design challenge to design an app that allows users to track the diagnosed cases and location, and to know if they are at risk.
Importance Of Computer Education Essay.pdfKeri Goodman
Based on the information provided:
Dow Chemical uses first-in, first-out (FIFO) and average cost methods to value its inventories. This is stated in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements under the heading "Inventories".
2. What was Dow Chemical's net income for 2012?
Web 2.0 Technology Building Situational Awareness: Free and Open Source Too...Connie White
covers ways to use web apps, smart phones and free disaster management software like Sahana Eden, which offer agencies free and open source tools to customize and build situational awareness for their own agency or organizational needs.
The document discusses new technologies that enable youth participation, including social networks, smart mobs, mobile internet, and Web 2.0. It describes how these technologies empower youth to connect, share content, and organize in new ways. Additionally, it addresses how digital technologies can help reduce inequality by overcoming issues like illiteracy and connecting more of the developing world. However, it also notes some technologies may threaten existing power structures or be misused for negative ends like coordinating terrorist attacks.
This document discusses a proposed cemetery mapping and information system mobile application. The application would provide cemetery location data and link burial records, photos, and other information to maps. This would make it easier for people to locate gravesites of loved ones. The application aims to help solve problems of overcrowding and disorganization in cemeteries by providing a convenient digital alternative to physical maps. It could inform users about interment capacity and whether graves have been removed.
Gunalan Ranganahan is presenting a final year project on the negative impacts of social networking. The project will use projection mapping to demonstrate how social networking can negatively impact individuals and society through teasing. Research found that while users are aware of potential downsides, many underestimate the risks or become addicted. The presentation will last 2-5 minutes and use text, images, video, animation and sound effects to metaphorically portray social networking's downsides like privacy issues, stress on families, and addiction. The goal is to educate viewers on social media's realities beyond communication.
This is what internet communications mean to meglobalnetwork
This document summarizes a student project about internet communication during crises. It discusses how internet tools like email, websites, YouTube videos, blogs, and online communities were used to communicate information and provide support following the Virginia Tech shooting crisis in 2007. It emphasizes the importance of organizations having crisis communication plans that utilize internet resources to quickly alert affected groups. The project evaluates Virginia Tech's response and lessons learned about using communication technologies during emergencies.
The group studied the digital divide in Tempe and Phoenix through interviews and surveys. They found that most people, especially younger people, have access to the internet and technology. While cost was a barrier for some, they determined the area was not severely affected by the digital divide due to proximity to a college and large cities. The study concluded the divide has lessened over time but differences remain between older and younger generations in comfort with technology.
The future: social media and online tech and what it means for emergency plan...Ben Proctor
The document discusses how digital technologies like social media, mobile phones, and open data platforms will continue to shape emergency response efforts in the future. It notes that most UK adults now have broadband access and mobile phones. It also explores how emergency responders could make use of crowd-sourced maps, open data platforms, and social media to better coordinate response efforts and keep the public informed during crises. The document concludes that digital technologies are fundamentally changing how emergencies are managed by allowing for more open exchange of information and enabling communities to self-organize.
Bijoy Jain is an contemporary Indian architect and Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor of architecture at Yale University. He received his M. Arch from Washington University in St Louis, USA in 1990.
Born 1965
Mumbai
Nationality Indian
Awards Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
Practice Studio Mumbai
architectural plans of some houses in indiaNeha Rampuria
This document contains floor plans for several beautiful houses designed by different architects and design studios. The plans show the layouts of the ground, first, and basement floors and include houses in India designed by Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbai, RMA Architects as well as international houses from South Africa and elsewhere.
Buckminster Fuller: A Tremendous Bundle of Experience Exhibit CatalogueAngelica Rosenzweig
Concept for an on-site interactive catalogue experience that invites visitor’s participation in a museum exhibit. This was in response to the ask: "Your challenge is create a design solution that encourages and persuades encourage and persuade people to adopt more energy-saving behavior instead of just informing."
This project was done in collaboration with students from the School of Fine Arts and Human Computer Interaction Design programs at Indiana University Bloomington.
My teammates for this project were Sasha Chaplin, William Duxbury, Yizhou Pan, and Mary Prusha. This is one of the projects for Marty Siegel's Rapid Design for Slow Change course at Indiana University Bloomington.
R. Buckminster Fuller dedicated his life to solving global problems through comprehensive design. He is known for developing the geodesic dome, a strong spherical structure made of triangles that uses minimal materials. Fuller worked across many fields and influenced generations with his principle of "doing more with less." He designed dome structures, houses like the Dymaxion house and Wichita house, that were efficient, low-cost and focused on sustainability.
The document discusses the benefits of building geodesic dome structures compared to traditional "A" frame homes. It states that domes are more sustainable, energy efficient, eco-friendly, and cost effective due to their strong structure which uses less material. Domes also have benefits such as being weather resistant, aesthetically pleasing, acoustic, and having high insulation values.
R. Buckminster Fuller was an American architect and engineer known for developing the geodesic dome. He was also a philosopher who had unconventional ideas. He attended Harvard but was expelled twice. For decades, Fuller developed many designs focused on efficiency and lower costs, documenting his work daily. His most famous structure is the geodesic dome, a spherical structure based on triangles that distributes stress evenly. Fuller designed dome-shaped structures like the Biosphere museum in Montreal and Dymaxion houses, which sought to use minimal materials efficiently. However, none of his house designs were widely produced. Fuller received patents for his dome design and popularized its use in buildings.
Identifying and Characterizing User Communities on Twitter during Crisis EventsIIIT Hyderabad
Twitter is a prominent online social media which is used to share information and opinions. Previous research has shown that current real world news topics and events dominate the discussions on Twitter. In this paper, we present a preliminary study to identify and characterize communities from a set of users who post messages on Twitter during crisis events. We present our work in progress by analyzing three major crisis events of 2011 as case studies (Hurricane Irene, Riots in England, and Earthquake in Virginia). Hurricane Irene alone, caused a damage of about 7-10 billion USD and claimed 56 lives. The aim of this paper is to identify the different user communities, and characterize them by the top central users. First, we defined a similarity metric between users based on their links, content posted and meta-data. Second, we applied spectral clustering to obtain communities of users formed during three different cri- sis events. Third, we evaluated the mechanism to identify top central users using degree centrality; we showed that the top users represent the topics and opinions of all the users in the community with 81% accuracy on an average. The top central people identified represent what the entire community shares. Therefore to understand a community, we need to monitor and analyze only these top users rather than all the users in a community.
The document discusses how social media is changing the role of emergency management and public information officers (PIOs) by allowing everyone to be a potential "first informer". It provides examples from incidents like the Virginia Tech shooting and California wildfires where social media allowed faster and more accurate information sharing than traditional media. The document advocates for governments and PIOs to actively engage on social media platforms and integrate social media information into emergency response plans to stay relevant in an age where everyone can potentially be a first informer.
Great read: Coordination, Communication, Unity of Effort - “You emergency managers are from Mars but your logisticians are from Venus" "Hear this, oh emergency manager: the cavalry isn’t coming! FEMA will always be too little and too late. You must plan to be on your own because that is where you will always find yourself."
How Social Media is Shaping Disaster ResponseDell Services
Social media is shaping disaster response in the following ways:
- During disasters, organizations like FEMA, Red Cross, and local governments use social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to provide real-time updates on preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters.
- The American Red Cross worked with Dell to establish a social media command center to more effectively monitor over 500,000 social media conversations during Hurricane Sandy to improve response.
- Key considerations for organizations in using social media during disasters include having policies, governance, trained staff, and clear escalation procedures to effectively engage audiences and act on social media conversations.
Speaker: Annie Searle, Principal, Annie Searle & Associates LLC (ASA)
This session examines the uses of social media, trends, and risks. It includes the benefits of new
media for crisis management as well as the challenges, such as cybersecurity threats and
reputational risks. Included is a presentation on the work of Crisis Commons who uses these
tools as part of their business.
Disaster Strikes. Social Media Responds.Arielle Slam
Ppt slides for September 2011 version of the Disaster Strikes. Social Media Responds. workshop. Images that were stacked or animated may be distorted or hidden in these slides.
While staying at home to prevent the Coronavirus, I came up with a design challenge to design an app that allows users to track the diagnosed cases and location, and to know if they are at risk.
Importance Of Computer Education Essay.pdfKeri Goodman
Based on the information provided:
Dow Chemical uses first-in, first-out (FIFO) and average cost methods to value its inventories. This is stated in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements under the heading "Inventories".
2. What was Dow Chemical's net income for 2012?
Web 2.0 Technology Building Situational Awareness: Free and Open Source Too...Connie White
covers ways to use web apps, smart phones and free disaster management software like Sahana Eden, which offer agencies free and open source tools to customize and build situational awareness for their own agency or organizational needs.
The document discusses new technologies that enable youth participation, including social networks, smart mobs, mobile internet, and Web 2.0. It describes how these technologies empower youth to connect, share content, and organize in new ways. Additionally, it addresses how digital technologies can help reduce inequality by overcoming issues like illiteracy and connecting more of the developing world. However, it also notes some technologies may threaten existing power structures or be misused for negative ends like coordinating terrorist attacks.
This document discusses a proposed cemetery mapping and information system mobile application. The application would provide cemetery location data and link burial records, photos, and other information to maps. This would make it easier for people to locate gravesites of loved ones. The application aims to help solve problems of overcrowding and disorganization in cemeteries by providing a convenient digital alternative to physical maps. It could inform users about interment capacity and whether graves have been removed.
Gunalan Ranganahan is presenting a final year project on the negative impacts of social networking. The project will use projection mapping to demonstrate how social networking can negatively impact individuals and society through teasing. Research found that while users are aware of potential downsides, many underestimate the risks or become addicted. The presentation will last 2-5 minutes and use text, images, video, animation and sound effects to metaphorically portray social networking's downsides like privacy issues, stress on families, and addiction. The goal is to educate viewers on social media's realities beyond communication.
This is what internet communications mean to meglobalnetwork
This document summarizes a student project about internet communication during crises. It discusses how internet tools like email, websites, YouTube videos, blogs, and online communities were used to communicate information and provide support following the Virginia Tech shooting crisis in 2007. It emphasizes the importance of organizations having crisis communication plans that utilize internet resources to quickly alert affected groups. The project evaluates Virginia Tech's response and lessons learned about using communication technologies during emergencies.
The group studied the digital divide in Tempe and Phoenix through interviews and surveys. They found that most people, especially younger people, have access to the internet and technology. While cost was a barrier for some, they determined the area was not severely affected by the digital divide due to proximity to a college and large cities. The study concluded the divide has lessened over time but differences remain between older and younger generations in comfort with technology.
The future: social media and online tech and what it means for emergency plan...Ben Proctor
The document discusses how digital technologies like social media, mobile phones, and open data platforms will continue to shape emergency response efforts in the future. It notes that most UK adults now have broadband access and mobile phones. It also explores how emergency responders could make use of crowd-sourced maps, open data platforms, and social media to better coordinate response efforts and keep the public informed during crises. The document concludes that digital technologies are fundamentally changing how emergencies are managed by allowing for more open exchange of information and enabling communities to self-organize.
This document proposes and describes a women's safety mobile application. It uses GPS to track the location of a woman in distress and send her coordinates via SMS to registered emergency contacts. The application allows the user to enter contact details which will receive alerts. If the user presses the emergency button, their current location is sent via SMS to contacts. Additionally, the location is sent every 5 minutes to continuously update contacts on the user's whereabouts, in case they are moved. The goal is to allow quick rescue by sharing live location updates with trusted individuals.
The document summarizes the design process for a mobile app called Planet News. It would aggregate satellite imagery and social media posts to surface news and events from around the world. Prototypes were created and tested with users to refine the concept. The final prototype allows users to browse current events, view satellite images over time, and contribute social media posts and images to events. It also describes how event "pings" would work to notify users about important breaking news. The document outlines next steps like adding more customization and social integration to the app.
Crying Wolf in the Global Village: Managing Disaster Early Warnings in the Ag...Nalaka Gunawardene
The challenge in disaster early warnings is to make the best possible decisions quickly using imperfect information. With lives and livelihoods at stake, there is much pressure to get it right. But one can’t be timely and perfectly accurate at the same time.
We have come a long way since the devastating Boxing Day tsunami of December 2004 caught Indian Ocean countries by surprise. Many of the over 230,000 people killed that day could have been saved by timely coastal evacuations.
The good news is that advances in science and communications technology, greater international cooperation, and revamped national systems have vastly improved tsunami early warnings during the past decade. However, some critical gaps and challenges remain.
The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS) was set up in 2005 under UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. Over USD 400 million has been invested in state of the art equipment for rapid detection and assessment. However, the system’s overall effectiveness is limited by poor local infrastructure and lack of preparedness. Some countries also lack efficient decision-making for issuing national level warnings based on regionally provided rapid assessments.
Warnings must reach communities at risk early enough for action. False warnings can cause major economic losses and reduce compliance with future evacuation orders. Only governments can balance these factors. It is important that there be clearer protocols within governments to consider the best available information and make the necessary decisions quickly.
Now, the proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is making this delicate balance even more difficult. To remain effective in the always-connected and chattering Global Village, disaster managers have to rethink their engagement strategies.
Controlled release of information is no longer an option for governments. In the age of 24/7 news channels and social media, many people will learn of breaking disasters independently of official sources. Some social media users will also express their views instantly – and not always accurately.
How can this multiplicity of information sources and peddlers be harnessed in the best public interest? What are the policy options for governments, and responsibilities for technical experts? How to nurture public trust, the ‘lubricant’ that helps move the wheels of law and order - as well as public safety - in the right direction?
How Not to Get Fired Using Social Media at Work - EEO, Diversity and Social M...GovLoop
Here are 3 recommendations for addressing this scenario from different perspectives:
1. For the supervisor - address the behavior issues, including the Facebook photo, as performance elements in Dan's evaluation. Set a deadline for removing the photo and have a joint meeting with both employees to address the issues.
2. For HR - establish a clear policy for this type of scenario that ties into existing policies on appropriate use of the internet and posting inappropriate images. Work with the supervisor and legal counsel to determine the appropriate course of action.
3. For colleagues - remain neutral, avoid taking sides, and encourage both employees to resolve issues respectfully and professionally according to the organization's policies.
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Concept that unifies user’s task flows with eco-friendly options on washing machine interfaces. This was in response to the ask: “create a design solution that encourages and persuades people to adopt more energy-saving behavior instead of just informing."
This project was done in collaboration with Whirlpool.
My teammates for this project were Dennis Ellis and Vamsi Chaitanya. This is one of the projects for Marty Siegel's Rapid Design for Slow Change course at Indiana University Bloomington.
Concept for an iPad application to help people make informed voting decisions using IBM’s Watson. This was in response to the ask: “create an app or service that leverages Watson’s computing capabilities and services in the cloud."
This project was done in collaboration with IBM Design.
My teammates for this project were Emma Fagergren and Tony Pattin. This is one of the projects for Marty Siegel's Rapid Design for Slow Change course at Indiana University Bloomington.
This document summarizes a project by two students to create an Arduino-powered toy to enhance play for cats. They hacked an existing ball track and stuffed bird toy to add sensors that trigger sounds and movement. Through prototyping and testing with their cats, they created a toy that wags the bird's tail when a ball passes a light sensor and makes chirping sounds when the ball presses a flex sensor. The students learned that rapid prototyping and leveraging existing knowledge were important to the project's success.
Concept for an in-store experience that leverages a person's network for customized shopping suggestions. This was in response to the ask: "Design an ecosystem that better connects a physical, brick and mortar store – Dick’s Sporting Goods – with the larger E-commerce landscape to be implemented within the next year."
This project was done in collaboration with Sapient Nitro, and was chosen as finalist to present to the Sapient Nitro UX team in a video conference.
My teammates for this project were Robyn Evans and Liz Mikolaj. This is one of the projects for Marty Siegel's Rapid Design for Slow Change course at Indiana University Bloomington.
Let’s Chalk is a proposed interactive art installation and mobile app that allows people in different cities to draw on a shared digital sidewalk. The project was inspired by public art installations, collaborative art projects, and seeing people interact across distances. Early tests found that a camera and projector could share drawings, but the surface would need shade and to be painted white. Interviews informed the design details. The mobile app would let users see shared drawings and chat, while the website archives past drawings and promotes future connections between cities. Usability testing improved the app interfaces.
Presentation for Erik Stolterman's Design Theory course. By Angelica Rosenzweig. MS HCI/d. School of Informatics and Computing. Indiana University Bloomington. Fall 2013.
I believe design is emotional, temporal, flexible, indomitable, and it should be experienced. In order to be a good designer, one not only has to be able to execute on a design, but one must be passionate, flexible, a communicator, and reflective.
My design process is not linear, but it happens through and is constrained by time. It begins with intention and desiderata, and through discovery, doing, critique and reflection, a designer iterates on a design that moves towards the desired direction.
Nelson and Stolterman say that “No one begins his or her design career being a designer—emerging as a full-fledged designer at birth... but engage in the processes of becoming [...] a designer”. At this point in my career, I have moved from becoming to being a designer. While I have the basic competence of a designer, I am aware I need to continuously engage in doing, designing, and work to embody the characteristics I mentioned throughout this essay. I am aware I will never stop learning and working to continue being a designer.
Architectural and constructions management experience since 2003 including 18 years located in UAE.
Coordinate and oversee all technical activities relating to architectural and construction projects,
including directing the design team, reviewing drafts and computer models, and approving design
changes.
Organize and typically develop, and review building plans, ensuring that a project meets all safety and
environmental standards.
Prepare feasibility studies, construction contracts, and tender documents with specifications and
tender analyses.
Consulting with clients, work on formulating equipment and labor cost estimates, ensuring a project
meets environmental, safety, structural, zoning, and aesthetic standards.
Monitoring the progress of a project to assess whether or not it is in compliance with building plans
and project deadlines.
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7. She stays in touch with them via
phone, email, skype, and social
networks.
8. “I called my friend immediately when I lost power to see if
he was on the same boat...”
“The first person I contacted was my girlfriend…”
“I called my manager because he’s lived in the city longer
than me, to try to get insights on the situation…”
-Testimonials from interviews Sandy victims
14. Contact with close social group is
often lost during disaster situations
No electricity, internet and phone network cuts ties with this social group during
disasters
16. “I felt unsafe in my apartment because I could not
communicate.”
“My apartment became unlivable. It was not flooded and
there was no immediate threat to my life, but if something
happened to me, no one would know, or I would not be
able to reach help… so I left.”
-Testimonials from interviews Sandy victims
17. Jenny does not know her neighbors or
those who live in the buildings across
the street.
18. Strangers in the vicinity are part of a
person’s network
People are not entirely aware of all the individuals that share the same local context, like
neighbors, store clerks, and people that are not normally approached.
19. “The day after Sandy hit, I went out to a grocery store close to my
apartment...The owner told me power would be out for a couple of
days!”
“I went to NYU in hopes there would be power in that area, but I saw
people were stocking up and leaving with bags. After asking I found
out the school was closing the whole week...”
“We talked to the guy that was standing on the road to find out traffic
conditions…”
-Testimonials from interviews Sandy victims
20. During disasters, local knowledge
provides essential support for people
“When large-scale emergencies happen, there is often no way to survive it in practical terms unless we rely
on each other for help… some areas require local knowledge to convey precise information about what is
happening and what neighbors down the road are doing.” [2]
“Natural disasters create radically different circumstances from neighborhood to neighborhood, not just
region to region.” [1]
“We normally function using prior examples to guide us, but if a situation presents itself for which we have
no prior examples… we look to others to lead us in how to respond.” [4]
21. Jenny and the “strangers” around her
may be experiencing the same
situation.
22. Core
Bring to the foreground the existing network of strangers who share local context to
maintain connectivity and information flow during the first 24-48 hours of a disaster.
Assumption
Shared geographic location provides common ground (context) in disasters
23. Jenny has her phone with her. She is
trying to save battery power. And so
are her neighbors.
25. They can be connected via a localized,
yet decentralized mesh network.
26.
27. The concept
Create ad-hoc information communities during disasters using a mesh network that is
localized
- Targeted to highly populated urban spaces
- Phone app that focuses on connecting people in the vicinity
28. Assumption
Technology needed for mesh network already exists,
and our concept assumes its already embedded in the
device.
http://alongthemalecon.blogspot.com/2013/03/cuba-likely-target-for-mesh-network.html
29.
30. During the first 24 hours of the
hurricane, Jenny stays in her
apartment. Even though she has no
power or internet connectivity since
her life is not at risk.
31. She remembers an app that came preinstalled with her phone: “What’s UP?”
37. Mesh view
Jenny continues exploring the app,
and notices she can view what other
services people near her have and
don’t have.
38. Status check feature
During Sandy, a spreadsheet was created by neighbors in the Financial District [3]
This served as inspiration for the feature in the What’s Up app.
39.
40. It’s been 48 hours, and Jenny is
concerned she has not reached out to
her family. They must be worried
about her. So she opens “What’s UP”
to see who has phone service.
41. Contact others
Jenny continues exploring the app,
and notices she can view what other
services people near her have and
don’t have.
44. Anonymous
communication
The app does not disclose location
or identity of the people contacted
for safety reasons.
Sharing location is a voluntary
action.
45. Anonymous
communication
After she sends her message, she
notices the message icon next to
the person she contacted. This is to
mark those she has talked to
before.
46. Thanks to the friendly neighbor, Jenny
heads out of her apartment to the area
where she now knows cell reception is
active.
50. “What’s Up?“ APP
- Creates a local mesh for people to connect with others around them
- Allows self-report
- Encourages reaching out to strangers during disaster
51. Evaluation
Positive feedback:
People understand the purpose of the app and can successfully report their status;
Icons were simple to understand in the status report section ( power, water, internet and
cell reception).
Conducted usability test with 2 participants
52. Evaluation
Future improvements:
Participants were not sure if the mesh overview depicted directionality. The design was intentionally created to be
different than a navigation map. We wanted to focus on the number of people around them and relative distance
from them, without exposing the actual location of individuals. This indicates that further iteration is required to refine
the mesh overview.
Limitations
We acknowledge that the test was not in-situ, and the participants were not in a situation where they required to
contact strangers to gain access to electricity, water, internet or cell reception. As such, it is difficult to measure how
successful this application would be during a disaster.
It is possible that people may not remember that the application is installed in their devices and not use it at all during
a disaster situation.
54. Thank you
Special thanks
William Yang
Vasudha Chandrasekaran
Sam Gazitt
Marty Siegel
Chung-Ching Huang
HCID 2014 cohort
Interactive Prototype:
https://projects.invisionapp.com/share/G8JQORQD#/screens
55. Research appendix
Phone Interviews (3 people)
Questions:
Where were you when the hurricane hit?
Who were you with? Were you by yourself?
Who did you contact first?
Did you have access to water, food and other essentials?
What was the role of communication during that time?
Link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1biKxBvHfYaM0IvIrO93qeGNwNu9eASMv8zCVHDsVsWQ/viewform
56. Research appendix
Survey (8 respondents)
Question:
Where were you when the hurricane hit?
Which of the following housing decisions did you make before and after the hurricane hit?
Which of the following WAS essentials during the 24-48 hours after the hurricane hit?
Which of the following did you MISS the most during the 24-48 hours after the hurricane hit?
Please provide an example of a big decision that you made during this time.
Which of the following factors contributed to your decisions during and after the hurricane?
Link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1biKxBvHfYaM0IvIrO93qeGNwNu9eASMv8zCVHDsVsWQ/viewform
58. Literature review / Tech
Using this kind of service how large an area can be covered?
This type of service can scale quite well, and Commotion is
designed to operate effectively with minimal setup or technical
knowledge required. In most modern urban areas, a significant
portion of the population is likely to own a mobile phone or WiFi device capable of extending the network. However, sufficiently
large networks do require care and planning for smooth
operation. A mesh network’s scalability varies greatly depending
on the hardware used, the design of the network, and the
network’s physical environment. Though they do not use
Commotion software, two examples of large scale mesh
networks are the Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network
(AWMN) with over 1100 backbone nodes and over 2400 client
computers and Spain’s Guifi.net, which has over 19,000 nodes.
https://commotionwireless.net/download
59. Literature review / Tech
Limitations of mesh networks
How many users can use a single node?
This will depend on the capacity of each different
device, both in terms of simultaneous wireless
connections and total bandwidth consumed by each
user
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3020680/how-to-build-alow-cost-wifi-mesh-network-for-emergencycommunication
60. Literature review / Hurricanes
1. What Sandy Has Taught Us About Technology, Relief and Resilience
http://www.forbes.com/sites/deannazandt/2012/11/10/what-sandy-has-taught-us-abouttechnology-relief-and-resilience/
2. A Vision for Technology-Mediated Support for Public Participation & Assistance in Mass
Emergencies & Disasters. Palen et al
61. Literature review / Hurricanes
3. South Fidi & Battery Park Building Status
https://docs.google.com/a/umail.iu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?
key=0AhcQj4VbdBzOdGFMZzdLUlVDQklsNTFETWE0UHp4WFE#gid=0
“Hyperlocal took on a new meaning in the Financial District, too–when the power grid came back
online, only about 1 in 10 buildings actually had power. Shaila Ittycheria, a resident in the area,
offered to start checking on residents, and a mini-movement via a simple Google Doc was born.”
62. Literature review / Hurricanes
4. Surviving disaster in a global technology age-Dr. David Wild