Good quote
Going to be thinking about this one going into the new year. There is no such thing as information overload, there’s only filter failure. - Clay Shirkey A little out of context, but still appropriate for 2009.
Feds consider searches of terrorism blogs
The Homeland Security Department may soon start scouring the Internet to find blogs and message boards that terrorists use to plan attacks in the USA. The effort comes as researchers are seeing terrorists increasingly use the Internet to plan…
2009 - The year of living cyberdangerously
The reliance on computers to operate key infrastructures has created a tunnel of vulnerability 
previously…
What's cooking?
One of my favorite recipes. I'm sick of searching for it, so I'm blogging it in hopes that others can enjoy. The Wegmans branded products can easily be replaced with more generic items. Enjoy! Steamed Meatballs with Asian Green Beans Serves: 4 1…
Back to the basement
Yesterday was my last day of employment at the Terrorism Research Center/TIS. As an original co-founder of TRC in 1996 and it's only active President and CEO, I was able to grow the company beyond any of the expectations we originally had. It has…
Social media intel sources
I've got a blog post up on GroupIntel that discusses some of the sources that I was impressed with during the Mumbai attacks. Check it our here -> Social Media Intel Links
Definitely felt like a swing day
with regards to the significance of social media and web 2.0 for tracking a real-world crisis. As Mike Arrington correctly points out the most up-to-date and accurate information about today's terror attacks in India came from Twitter, Flickr, and…
Classic quote
“I always say that in investing you want to buy stock in a company that has a business that’s so good that an idiot can run it, because sooner or later one will. We have a country like that.” - Warren Buffet