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17 Jun 2013This year has been filled with fascinating articles in the news that bring attention to photo manipulation. A rather benign example occurred during the reporting of the Oscars. Take a close look at the photos below. Do you remember which dress the FLOTUS actually wore? Photocredit: Getty Images, Oscars 2013 Cover-up: Iran Photoshops Michelle Obama Into A Demure Dress Of course, the First Lady wore the dress on the left, but a news agency in Iran "Photoshopped" the image because her...
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6 Jun 2013Social media has become an important tool in helping to plan for, assess, and recover from disasters. Whether used by citizens, aid organizations or world governments social media is enabling those providing assistance to organize and mobilize more quickly than ever before. Here are some examples of how social media has improved disaster relief. Social Media for Disaster Assessment To effectively determine the scale of a major disaster requires people on the ground (often in dispersed locations...
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3 Jun 2013Last week, 17 Forum One developers and strategists joined 3,300 other Drupalers in Portland, Oregon, for the biggest DrupalCon conference ever. We had a “Nodetorious-ly” good time, convening with the Drupal community, learning about the future of Drupal, and exploring Portland. Many of the session videos are available online. But to save you time, we’ve compiled our top 10 key takeaways from the DrupalCon 2013 conference: 1. Drupal 8! Drupal 8! Drupal 8! It was...
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3 Jun 2013At a recent Technology Salon Event in Washington D.C. about 30 people from across the development community focused on strategies for using social media for international development. The wide-ranging conversation included many great ideas. We thought we'd take a few minutes to document some of the many ways in which social media can help with international development and promotion of civil society: Social Media as an Equalizer Social media helps bring access to information to anyone who...
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21 May 2013We have great news! Forum One just made a bunch of updates to our responsive prototyping tool, Proty, to make it even easier for you to explore solutions to your digital communication challenges. The new version of the Proty HTML prototyping Firefox extension has been released. This version features several improvements including: Once they are on a page, components can be rearranged and moved from one region to another via drag & drop During page creation, you can now choose a...
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14 May 2013Like the ’90s, Drupal really is alive in Portland, the city made popular again from the much-watched TV show, Portlandia. Portland is the homebase for the Drupal Association and host for this year’s DrupalCon, Drupal’s largest North American conference. This will be Forum One’s biggest presence at DrupalCon since we went to our first conference in Washington, DC, in 2009. We’ll have 17 web developers, project managers, and strategists attending the event...
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10 May 2013I’m excited to announce that Riccardo de Marchi Trevisan has joined Forum One as a Project Director. In his new role, Riccardo will help us expand Forum One’s work in delivering digital solutions to support organizations focused on international development. Prior to joining Forum One, Riccardo spent the last seven years as a product manager and partnership manager for Development Gateway, an international nonprofit that “delivers information solutions to the people on the...
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25 Apr 2013Health Datapalooza is fast approaching! The event, June 3-4 in Washington DC, is the largest and most consequential national conference focusing on health data. With everything from a coding sprint to a health data apps expo, everyone has his or her own reasons for attending. My top five reasons for going include: Big Data is changing everything. Health is a three trillion dollar economy. The Affordable Care Act has opened the doors for massive reform. Wow. Talk about a...
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24 Apr 2013Black Duck Software recently released the results of its 7th annual “Future of Open Source” survey, and one data point in particular caught my eye. When you think of the world’s largest and most recognized open source communities, they tend to focus on projects that are either lower on the computing stack and organized to address infrastructure needs (think Apache’s & Redhat’s projects), or consumer-focused (like Mozilla’s projects), or issue-focused (...
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22 Apr 2013Recently, Forum One and our client, Center for Global Development (CGD), re-launched their website, CGDev.org, as a more intuitive and interactive experience on the content management system Drupal. CGD is an organization that works to reduce and reverse inequality and poverty trends internationally through a combination of research development and influence in the policy community. They have amassed a team of respected and invested resident experts. These experts provide compelling and...
