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A Modest Proposal For Disaster Response

tornado catA 10-step proposal for responding to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and wild fires.

Note: This idea was triggered watching a news report which noted there were no storm shelters in any of the schools or public buildings in Moore, Oklahoma to protect children and others from a devastating F5 tornado.

Dashboard connection to Postgres SQL, Pervasive, DB2 and more

In the new release of InfoCaptor Enterprise, we added some very useful features.

1. Ability to connect to Postgres SQL

2. Ability to connect to Pervasive database

3. Test Database connections before adding them to the system.

Infocaptor works will all types of JDBC and ODBC connections. So if you need to connect to DB2 or say Firebird database, then download the jdbc drivers from the vendors website and place them in the tomcat/lib directory and then use the "Other JDBC" (in figure below)

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IE10, Metro, and Media Queries


IE10 in desktop view.
IE10 in Metro view.
The image on the left is IE10 in desktop view, on the right is IE10 in Metro view, both on the same device and at the same dimensions and screen resolution.

I worked pretty hard on our corporate site to test on as many devices and browsers as possible, trying to ensure that m

Uplifting Facebook Group Looks to Help, One Picture at a Time

In the aftermath of a natural disaster, social media can prove to be not only useful, but heartwarming.  

At the time of this writing, over  11,500 people on Facebook  joined a new group, “May 19 2013 OK TORNADO DOC & PICTURE RECOVERY,” . Due to an overwhelming response, the group created a more organized page (with the same name and content) dedicated to posting images of people’s  priceless pictures and smaller items that were scattered throughout Oklahoma by the devastating tornado that hit Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. People are also using the page to post donation, missing persons and family resources links, as well as loving words of encouragement.  In times like this, helping people regain any semblance of their lives before the storm can make all the difference.

Pet Translation

I just realized that telling my dogs and cats, “I’m going out; be good” is translated in their minds as, “I’ll be gone long enough for you to hide the evidence of whatever you’re planning on destroying.”

Why Flickr Lost Me as a Pro

I recently uploaded this photo to Flickr.

I was a dedicated Flickr Pro. I paid annual dues since 2007, most recently at $24.95 a year, for the privilege of uploading an unlimited quantity of photos and viewing zero ads on the Yahoo-owned photo sharing site. I uploaded 2,030 photos.

The bulk of my photos are from the first year under an older account. My newer uploads — over the past 12 months, anyway — are predominantly copies of photos that began on Foursquare or Instagram.

Fake Friends and the Zombie Facebook Apocalypse

I manage Social Media Club Nashville's Facebook Group page and have noticed more and more requests to join the group from fake Facebook profiles. It has gotten to the point that I have to look at each one to see if it is someone in the Middle East that just opened a Facebook page within the last week and has no friends or photos aside from their smiling profile pic.

Here are the common things I've noticed from the fakers AKA Facebook Zombies:

Fake Friends and the Zombie Facebook Apocalypse

I manage Social Media Club Nashville's Facebook Group page and have noticed more and more requests to join the group from fake Facebook profiles. It has gotten to the point that I have to look at each one to see if it is someone in the Middle East that just opened a Facebook page within the last week and has no friends or photos aside from their smiling profile pic.

Here are the common things I've noticed from the fakers AKA Facebook Zombies:

Case Study: How to Engage Students

Universities need to keep their students engaged. Duh, right? It may seem obvious, but it’s easier said than done. So, how do universities effectively keep students connected and interested? These three universities seem to have it figured out:

Susquehanna University in central Pennsylvania is obviously aware that students appreciate free…well, anything. They host a “Spring Weekend” at the end of each year to help students celebrate the completion of exams. Ranging from raves to laser tag to carnivals, Spring Weekend at Susquehanna has it all. The rave provides free alcohol, free glow sticks, free admission, a free DJ…I mean, what else could students possibly need to celebrate?

When Corporate “Policies” Get In The Way of Passionate Customers

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