Monthly Archives: October 2014

A different kind of data standard

Posted on October 20, 2014 by David Megginson

HXL is a different, simpler kind of data standard for use during humanitarian crises, using spreadsheets and hashtags. Continue reading →

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Community data, Ebola, and the UN

Posted on October 14, 2014 by David Megginson

The humanitarian community’s response to the Ebola crisis is more transparent than many responses in the past, and that transparency includes data. The core datasets from the UN and humanitarian partners are starting to appear here: https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org/ebola If you do anything potentially helpful with the … Continue reading →

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RCIM — Right-Click-Incognito-Mode

Posted on October 13, 2014 by David Megginson

#RCIM (right-click-incognito-mode) on links is an easy way to bypass the web’s nastiness. Continue reading →

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