‘Immapancy’ defined and the true size of our understanding of Africa
November 12, 2011, by happykatie in Current Affairs, Non Profit, Smart, VisualizationI love this phrase ‘immapancy’ (insufficient geographic knowledge). Well, I don’t love it – I just like having the pseudo-word as it describes our collective geographic skills to a ‘T’. And sounds less scary than ‘geographic illiterate’. (click the image to see full size) Americans are particularly bad on this front; myself included, depending [...]
Continue reading →Visualization of Red Cross efforts in Haiti
February 15, 2010, by happykatie in Current Affairs, News, Non Profit, VisualizationView Red Cross Haiti Relief Efforts in a larger map Here is an interesting visualization of the Red Cross' relief efforts in Haiti – in and around Port au Prince, courtesy of the American Red Cross blog: There is an incredible resiliency in the Haitian people. Since everyone has been affected by the earthquake, this [...]
Continue reading →Build Clean, build healthy, build green — awesome Houston Net2 this month!
October 13, 2008, by happykatie in Non ProfitCan’t wait for our Houston NetSquared meetup this month as we meet a very cool group called Build Clean to chat on the world we live in and the materials we should (and should not) be surrounding ourselves with. The skinny: Think that ‘being Green’ is everything? Think again. It may not mean all that [...]
Continue reading →SxSWi 2008 was awesome (aka: pimping)
March 12, 2008, by happykatie in NetSquared, Non Profit, SXSW, Web/Tech, WeblogsSXSW Interactive Festival 2008 was super, as always. While the quality of panel content wasn’t as consistent as I would’ve hoped, the people, events and general camaraderie were outstanding. As were the beer, wine, Nuclear Tacos and the 400 times we ate at Iron Cactus. Also as were (if that even makes sense), the awesome [...]
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