http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/psfks-future-of-real-time-report-distributed-at-un-general-assembly-briefing.html Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:20:51 +0000 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for greater use of the latest real-time data tools and new technologies to facilitate agile global development.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/un-time-to-live-with-a-changed-climate.html Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:30:10 +0000 The fastest-ever rise in greenhouse gas emissions is an "inconvenient truth" the world must face, the UN's climate change chief has said. But she added that the data should not lead to fatalism that the problem is impossible to tackle. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/monocolumn-stakes-are-high-in-battle-for-un-presidency.html Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:45:56 +0000 A rare battle for the UN presidency is gaining momentum between two Asian nations whose situations couldn’t be further apart.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/monocolumn-un-women-%e2%80%93-catchy-name-shame-about-the-budget.html Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:39:20 +0000 The UN’s new agency – UN Women – is slowly cranking into gear. But while it has a dynamic leader, a shiny new logo – a pictorial blend of a female gender symbol and the UN’s global map – and a launch party scheduled for later this month, it still lacks proper funding.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/psfk-salon-new-york-future-of-real-time.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:24:12 +0000 At this event, PSFK will invite speakers to discuss the key themes found in the Future Of Real Time report.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/future-of-real-time-data-democracy.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:05:04 +0000 City administrations, institutions, and companies are publicly sharing data generated within their systems to add new levels of transparency and accountability.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/future-of-real-time-networking-nature.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:58:42 +0000 By connecting the natural world to the internet, communities and organizations are better able to monitor and respond to nature’s ebb and flow in real-time.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/future-of-real-time-instant-mapping.html Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:15:40 +0000 A growing number of open source tools and lo-fi solutions offer local communities the ability to rapidly generate maps and provide real-time instructions for navigating uncharted or changing landscapes. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/future-of-real-time-mobile-communities.html Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:05:29 +0000 Building and maintaining virtual communities with simple technology.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/future-of-real-time-see-something-text-something.html Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:00:31 +0000 Systems that track change can leverage power of people. Crowd-sourced services that allow people to report on the situation around them are ensuring communities’ collective well-being by rapidly documenting potentially harmful incidents.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/future-of-real-time-personal-census.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:36:27 +0000 Growing access to mobile technology around the world now enables an unprecedented monitoring of an individual’s current state of being.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/future-of-real-time-social-sentiment.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:21:30 +0000 Analyzed in bulk, it is possible to calculate the current status of entire communities through web-based queries. This data can also be used to predict what lies ahead.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/future-of-real-time-human-sensor-networks.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:10:26 +0000 Passive feedback systems require minimal infrastructure and transforms people into sensory nodes with little effort on their part.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/future-of-real-time-key-implications.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:53:05 +0000 The importance of real-time according to the United Nations Global Pulse Team.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/psfks-future-of-real-time.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:45:21 +0000 This report, developed for the United Nations’ Global Pulse team, explores the growing world of real-time data monitoring.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/turning-weapons-into-politicized-fashion.html Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:50:11 +0000 Socially-conscious design firm infuses its products with powerful meaning by re-purposing tools of destruction.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/monocolumn-israeli-police-on-a-mission-to-haiti.html Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:18:32 +0000 Israel is entering a new era of UN engagement as 14 Israeli police officers serve in the nation’s first-ever UN peace-keeping mission currently taking place in Haiti.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/un-adopts-wiki-power-to-document-wildlife-conservation.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:13:50 +0000 ProtectedPlanet aims to increase visits to and awareness of protected areas of the planet.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/monocolumn-the-most-secure-job-in-south-africa.html Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:38:17 +0000 South African president Jacob Zuma was reportedly so worried about a rumoured challenge to his leadership that he opted to spend last week with 4,000 party delegates on Durban’s so-called Coast of Dreams rather than attend the UN General Assembly in New York.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/monocolumn-guns-nightclubs-and-a-new-government.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:25:59 +0000 “Who owns the Bacardi Bar in Bishkek?” is not the type of question that generally troubles the sort of UN and World Bank diplomats who gathered in the Kyrgyz Republic’s capital for this week’s donor conference. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/video-slum-tv-media-technology-penetrates-all-levels-of-culture.html Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:36:59 +0000 Slum TV offers a critical take on media technologies and their ability to empower community. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/hopenhagen-gives-hope-to-environmentalists-worldwide.html Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:40:21 +0000 Hopenhagen is a movement that intends to influence UN decision making at the Climate Change Conference that will be held on December 7th in Copenhagen.]]>