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Derek Law<p>KBC Advisors Keeps <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MissionCritical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MissionCritical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> Running with <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArcGISMonitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcGISMonitor</span></a> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/275rmy3z" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/275rmy3z</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> via NV5Geospatial<br> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArcGISEnterprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcGISEnterprise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArcGISAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcGISAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/observability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>observability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bestpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bestpractices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/esri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>esri</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/arcgis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arcgis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NV5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NV5</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GISchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GISchat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geospatial</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>esri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/arcgisxprise" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arcgisxprise</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esritraining" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>esritraining</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esrifederalgovt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>esrifederalgovt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esrislgov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>esrislgov</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/urisa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>urisa</span></a></span></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Poynter: Spotting the harmful needles in the haystack: How fact-checkers select what to check. “Most fact-checking organizations follow a broadly similar process: using a blend of digital search and human insight to sift myriad claims and focus on those they find matter most. To do this, we have developed a rigorous harms-based model for selecting important claims to check. In a trial we […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/07/spotting-the-harmful-needles-in-the-haystack-how-fact-checkers-select-what-to-check-poynter/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/07/spotting-the-harmful-needles-in-the-haystack-how-fact-checkers-select-what-to-check-poynter/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Register: Three US agencies get failing grades for not following IT best practices . “The GAO flagged failures at the General Services Administration (GSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the three reports, with each guilty of not implementing more recommendations than the last. The DHS’ CIO, in particular, has 43 unresolved […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/07/the-register-three-us-agencies-get-failing-grades-for-not-following-it-best-practices/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/07/the-register-three-us-agencies-get-failing-grades-for-not-following-it-best-practices/</a></p>
Frontend Dogma<p>From Data to Decisions: UX Best Practices for Real-Time Performance Dashboard Design, by @uxmatters.bsky.social:</p><p><a href="https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2025/08/from-data-to-decisions-ux-best-practices-for-real-time-performance-dashboard-design.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2025</span><span class="invisible">/08/from-data-to-decisions-ux-best-practices-for-real-time-performance-dashboard-design.php</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bestpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bestpractices</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/informationdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informationdesign</span></a></p>
Derek Law<p>UPDATED: <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArcGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcGIS</span></a> Field <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mobile</span></a> Device Management (<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MDM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MDM</span></a>) Support, an <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Esri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Esri</span></a> technical paper. <a href="https://shorturl.at/T12bJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shorturl.at/T12bJ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bestpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bestpractices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GISchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GISchat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geospatial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArcGISApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcGISApps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mapstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>esri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esrifederalgovt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>esrifederalgovt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esrislgov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>esrislgov</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/arcgisapps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arcgisapps</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/arcgisxprise" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arcgisxprise</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/esritraining" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>esritraining</span></a></span></p>
Adrian Segar<p>When we restrict ourselves to best practices, at best we maintain the status quo. Instead, focus on next practices.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2011/03/next-practices-not-best-practices" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/soapbox/2011/03/next-practices-not-best-practices</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FacilitatingChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FacilitatingChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improvement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BestPractices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NextPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NextPractices</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>UC Berkeley: Berkeley computer science researchers propose evidence-based AI policy recommendations. “Last month, the working group submitted its final report – ‘The California Report on Frontier AI Policy’ – at the request of Governor Gavin Newsom. In examining the best available evidence on AI, the working group report proposed key policy principles to help inform the use, assessment and […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/uc-berkeley-berkeley-computer-science-researchers-propose-evidence-based-ai-policy-recommendations/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/uc-berkeley-berkeley-computer-science-researchers-propose-evidence-based-ai-policy-recommendations/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Associated Press: Can you tell if that song AI-generated? Here are some things to check. “While some people do not care whether they’re listening to AI-generated music, others might be curious to know. If you encounter a new song that leaves you wondering whether it’s 100% made with AI, there are some methods that could reveal how it was created.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/associated-press-can-you-tell-if-that-song-ai-generated-here-are-some-things-to-check/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/associated-press-can-you-tell-if-that-song-ai-generated-here-are-some-things-to-check/</a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>Live with the knowledge that "best", while well worth pursuing, is a moving fluid target. Remember, there will always be a next best thing.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2016/07/the-next-best-thing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/soapbox/2016/07/the-next-best-thing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BestPractices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NextPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NextPractices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeingTheBest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeingTheBest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/status" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>status</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Smashing Magazine: Designing Better UX For Left-Handed People. “Today, roughly 10% of people are left-handed. Yet most products — digital and physical — aren’t designed with it in mind. Let’s change that. More design patterns in Smart Interface Design Patterns, a friendly video course on UX and design patterns by Vitaly.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/01/smashing-magazine-designing-better-ux-for-left-handed-people/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/01/smashing-magazine-designing-better-ux-for-left-handed-people/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Molly White: Curate your own newspaper with RSS. “Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read.” Really happy to see a giant article about RSS out there.</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/01/molly-white-curate-your-own-newspaper-with-rss/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/01/molly-white-curate-your-own-newspaper-with-rss/</a></p>
Frontend Dogma<p>Hardening Node.js Apps in Production: 8 Layers of Practical Security, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):</p><p><a href="https://www.sitepoint.com/hardening-node-js-apps-in-production/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sitepoint.com/hardening-node-j</span><span class="invisible">s-apps-in-production/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/nodejs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nodejs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bestpractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bestpractices</span></a></p>
The Agender Kiwi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thomholwerda</span></a></span> Not to mention, if you're storing that kind of information perpetually rather than ephemerally, you need to secure it properly.</p><p>Now consider the fact that most groups who advocate for it also want to trash encryption or otherwise plug it with holes (i.e. backdoors) and the answer quickly becomes a resounding "no".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BestPractices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineVerification</span></a></p>
The Agender Kiwi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rysiek</span></a></span> there is absolutely zero reason to store insecure, unencrypted, information in a bucket, s3 or otherwise.</p><p>Corporations/Institutions need to start being held accountable when PII is leaked due to shoddy and insufficient security practices are being implemented</p><p>If they can't secure their data infrastructure, then they shouldn't be asking for such sensitive information.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EncryptEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EncryptEverything</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BestPractices</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Georgia Recorder: Panel floats limits for artificial intelligence in Georgia courtrooms as odd cases pop up elsewhere. “In an attempt to ensure Georgia courts can transition into the age of AI as smoothly as possible, a special committee established in August by now-retired Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs dug into the issue. That panel issued a report this month reviewing the use of AI in […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/25/georgia-recorder-panel-floats-limits-for-artificial-intelligence-in-georgia-courtrooms-as-odd-cases-pop-up-elsewhere/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/25/georgia-recorder-panel-floats-limits-for-artificial-intelligence-in-georgia-courtrooms-as-odd-cases-pop-up-elsewhere/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>MakeUseOf: 6 Smartphone Settings That Instantly Upgrade Group Photos. “Group photos are chaotic enough without your phone sabotaging the moment. Turns out, my phone had the right tools all along. I just didn’t know where to look.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/makeuseof-6-smartphone-settings-that-instantly-upgrade-group-photos/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/makeuseof-6-smartphone-settings-that-instantly-upgrade-group-photos/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>RRECQ: A digital collection of circular economy resources. “The project updated the circular economy collection of PortailCoop, the world’s largest digital library on cooperatives. As part of the project, tools and research on the circular economy at the crossroads of cooperatives and SMEs were identified, resulting in a collection of over 450 items.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/rrecq-a-digital-collection-of-circular-economy-resources/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/rrecq-a-digital-collection-of-circular-economy-resources/</a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/CircularEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CircularEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/coops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coops</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BestPractices</span></a> </p><p>'As part of the project, tools and research on the circular economy at the crossroads of cooperatives and SMEs were identified, resulting in a collection of over 450 items. '</p><p><a href="https://rrecq.ca/en/news/a-digital-collection-of-circular-economy-resources/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rrecq.ca/en/news/a-digital-col</span><span class="invisible">lection-of-circular-economy-resources/</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>McGill University: Simple texting platform helps farmers adopt greener methods, McGill-led study finds. “Farmers who exchanged text messages with peers were significantly more likely to adopt sustainable agricultural practices, highlighting the power of peer learning in digital formats, a new study co-authored by McGill University Professor Aurélie Harou found.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/mcgill-university-simple-texting-platform-helps-farmers-adopt-greener-methods-mcgill-led-study-finds/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/mcgill-university-simple-texting-platform-helps-farmers-adopt-greener-methods-mcgill-led-study-finds/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Marshall Project: Journalists: How to Get Records the Criminal Justice System Doesn’t Want You to Have. “This toolkit will walk you through essential research methods used by Marshall Project Staff Writer Alysia Santo that will help make your requests as strategic and detailed as possible. And if you’re working on a records-heavy criminal justice story, you can request a consultation […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/journalists-how-to-get-records-the-criminal-justice-system-doesnt-want-you-to-have-the-marshall-project/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/journalists-how-to-get-records-the-criminal-justice-system-doesnt-want-you-to-have-the-marshall-project/</a></p>