Blog - Ryan Davison

Expansion of U.S. domestic surveillance threatens civil liberties and freedom

by Ryan DavisonComPosts May 3, 2022May 3, 2022Comments are Disabled

A bill in Congress would create new domestic terrorism units within the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and FBI tasked with spying on Americans considered terrorist threats, then investigating and prosecuting them. H.R. 350, also known as the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act (DTPA) of 2022, is making its way through the House Judiciary Committee. It …

How to Prepare for a Cyber-Attack

by Ryan DavisonTechnology March 21, 2022March 21, 2022Comments are Disabled

There’s a lot of talk about cyber-warfare right now. With Russia invading Ukraine and President Biden threatening to launch an offensive cyber-attack as a consequence, the chances of many American citizens being affected by an attack is high. The United States is already the target of many cyber-attack events and their frequency has been growing …

Gutterfound

by Ryan DavisonPhotography April 30, 2020January 25, 2021Comments are Disabled

Last year I was looking for new subjects to photograph when I stumbled upon an idea to take pictures of things I could find in the street gutter. I took these photos for several months before finally putting them up on Instagram for others to see. You can also like my Gutterfound page on Facebook …

Where to Find the desktop.msi File for Performing a Silent Install of ArcGIS for Windows

by Ryan DavisonGIS March 5, 2020June 18, 2020Comments are Disabled

If you want to perform a silent install of ArcGIS desktop for Windows using the Microsoft Installer (.msi) file, you need the actual .msi file. But finding the .msi file can seem difficult. It’s nowhere to be found on the ESRI download site (that I could find). It turns out to be quite easy to …

All The Leaves Are Brown

by Ryan DavisonPhotography November 8, 2019November 8, 2019No Comments

Fall is one of my favorite seasons of the year. The heat of Summer dissipates, we start thinking of upcoming holidays, and we are treated to beautiful colors from the trees and other plant life as they prepare to tuck themselves away for the nearing Winter. Unfortunately, that color doesn’t hang on for long. I …

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Remote Session

by Ryan DavisonPoetry July 23, 2019May 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

I sat there
phone to my ear
watching someone elses screen –
Software Loading.
Nobody spoke
We waited in awkward silence
not knowing if the other
was busy doing something else
or about to speak.
We stared at the screen,
The green bar slowly edging
closer to 100 percent.

Which ESRI Javascript API Version to Use – 3.x vs 4.x

by Ryan DavisonGIS July 2, 2019July 2, 2019No Comments

Which ESRI Javascript API version should you use for your next mapping app? I wish it were as simple as just using the most up to date version. And maybe it will be for your situation. But there are a few considerations to address before pushing ahead. Start With Your Goal Always start with your …

Try Digging a Little Deeper

by Ryan DavisonComPosts May 2, 2019May 2, 2019No Comments

The next time you’re looking for a photo, a video, or someone’s opinion online, try going to page 8 of the results. We miss so much good information because we think Google gets the first page right all the time. Try digging a little deeper and you might be surprised what you come up with.

In Between Worlds

by Ryan DavisonPhotography April 26, 2019June 6, 2019No Comments

“In Between Worlds” is a camera movement and multiple exposure photograph that I made from several pictures of decorative grasses in my front yard on a bit of a stormy afternoon. I combined the lightest parts of the images (the golden grasses) so they would be intertwined and give depth to the final picture. The …