Building Cranky’s Game: A Family-Friendly Online Game Built With Parents in the Loop
A family-friendly online game in active development, built around parent involvement, private player identities, and family-connected friendships.
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Emergency Management A.I. is coming
A 2023 perspective on crisis management software and AI, exploring possible uses in data analysis, coordination, decision support, and emergency response.
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So much this…
A lighthearted comic about Texas and Arizona summer heat, with two states taking very different views of what counts as a hot day.
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Has it been this long?
A 2019 emergency management technology update on TDEM’s transition, evacuation systems, preparedness, response, and plans for future blog posts.
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Hurricane Harvey and Emergency Technology Ops in 2017
Lessons from Hurricane Harvey in 2017: Texas emergency technology, assistance requests, evacuation tracking, GIS, and information sharing during response.
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Finally Have My Site Back Up
A December 2016 note about rebuilding Jeff’s Place after database problems, restoring the blog, and testing automatic sharing to social feeds.
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and now back to the regularly scheduled blog …
A 2016 blog restart at Jeff’s Place after a database migration went wrong, with a fresh archive and plans to fill it with new writing.
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Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays from Jeff’s Place! A short December 2016 greeting and test post while setting up the site and deciding how the blog should look.
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