Information Seeking Behavior
Global Pulse is looking for signals that could be used as proxy indicators for collective changes in human behaviors in response to the early impacts of crises. In addition to
7 July 2011
Public Health
Below are all our blog posts with the tag "Public Health"
Exploring the Ecosystem for Pulse Lab Kampala
Sitting at the regularly jam-packed Mobile Monday events here in Kampala it’s always astounding to see how vibrant the technology scene is in Uganda. The group that meets almost every
25 May 2011
“Reading List”: Innovation, Intent and Capacity
On a recent subway ride to work, I decided to catch up with some reading on my iPhone (instead of aimlessly fiddling with it), and came across three articles that
5 May 2011
Digital Smoke Signals
Over the years, governments, development organizations and the private sector have invested untold billions in creating mobile phone-powered programs and services with the potential to help people lift themselves out
22 April 2011
Notes from Pulse Camp 1.0: Day One
The first day of Pulse Camp was rainy and dark, but the mix of technology experts, UN agency experts, and academics from around the world showed up with energy, ready
2 December 2010
A possible role for crowdsourcing at the United Nations?
It’s one of the most frequent questions we get here at Global Pulse: “where do you stand with this whole ‘crowdsourcing’ thing?” We have always believed that crowdsourced information could
16 November 2010
