Author: timbatchelder
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The Future Of Coworking
The Future Of Coworking And Why It Will Give Your Business A Huge Edge By Lydia Dishman, fastcompany.com Here are the numbers that support the case for coworking—and why it’s not just for startups or freelancers anymore. Fun. Friendly. Inspiring. Collaborative. Productive. If you wouldn’t define your workplace with any or all of those ter……
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3 Strategies For Managing Public Speaking
3 Strategies For Managing Public Speaking Anxiety By Deborah Grayson Riegel, fastcompany.com Mark Twain once said, “There are two kinds of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars.” In other words, no matter how seasoned or “under-seasoned” you are when it comes to making presentations, there is going to be some… RT…
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Open-sourced, big data knowhow meets auto racing
Open-sourced, big data knowhow meets auto racing Jonathan M. Gitlin, arstechnica.com A few months ago, Ars took a look at how cars are getting smarter, mainly in the aid of fuel efficiency and safety. All that technology stuffed under the hood creates data, and where there’s data, there are nerds eager to analyze it.It used…
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Satellite Internet: 15Mbps, no matter where you live
Satellite Internet: 15Mbps, no matter where you live in the US Jon Brodkin, arstechnica.com billrdioAmerica is a land of haves and have-nots when it comes to broadband Internet. While many of us enjoy downloads speeds of 50 or even 100 Mbps, 119 million Americans lack broadband access (defined as 4Mbps down and 1Mbps up). Out of…
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Shakespeare and Wordsworth boost the brain
Shakespeare and Wordsworth boost the brain, new research reveals By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent, telegraph.co.uk The works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth are “rocket-boosters” to the brain and better therapy than self-help books, researchers will say this week. RT @TelegraphSci: Shakespeare and Wordsworth boost the brain, new research reveals http://flip.it/o4phh http://flip.it/iIR1N Related articles Difficult Texts Boost…
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Decades of temperature change where you live mapped
Simon Rogers, guardian.co.uk How have temperatures changed where you live? Simon Rogers RT @guardianscience: Decades of temperature change where you live mapped http://flip.it/MPZ3f http://flip.it/PZL17 Decades of temperature change where you live mapped Related articles Earth’s Core is Much Hotter Than Scientists Thought (blogs.discovermagazine.com) Visualization of the Week: Every recorded U.S terror attack 1970-2011 (strata.oreilly.com)…
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The secret of life won’t be cooked up in a chemistry lab
The secret of life won’t be cooked up in a chemistry lab Paul Davies, guardian.co.uk Life’s origins may only be explained through a study of its unique management of information The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science. How did a non-living mixture of molecules transform themselves into a living……
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A Cheeky Guide To Eating Like A Caveman
A Cheeky Guide To Eating Like A Caveman By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com Corn is a grain, knucklehead. Keeping up with the eating habits of our cave-dwelling ancestors can be tough. Luckily someone has slapped together a handy flowchart for you to reference if you’ve hopped on the latest diet-craze… http://flip.it/TxJpy Related articles Eating Like A…
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Kumbh Mela festival is proof that crowds can be good for you
Kumbh Mela festival is proof that crowds can be good for you Posted by Stephen Reicher, guardian.co.uk It’s overcrowded, noisy and insanitary, but a study suggests the Kumbh Mela improves devotees’ mental and physical wellbeing Once a year, at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in northern India, something truly remarkable happens.… RT…
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We forget a face, but not a Facebook post
We forget a face, but not a Facebook post Anna Blackaby-Warwick, futurity.org U. WARWICK (UK) — Chatty updates on Facebook are much easier to remember than faces or carefully worded sentences.A new study sheds light on how our memories favor natural, spontaneous writing over polished, edited content—and could have wi… http://flip.it/VztTr Related articles Online fraudsters…
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Body language reveals how we really feel
Body language reveals how we really feel Morgan Kelly-Princeton, futurity.org PRINCETON (US) — To figure out how someone is really feeling, don’t just read their lips, watch their body language.In a recent study, researchers asked participants to determine from photographs if people were experiencing feelings such as… Body language reveals how we really feel http://flip.it/bcv0f…
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New big data firm to pioneer topological data
New big data firm to pioneer topological data analysis Posted by John Burn-Murdoch, guardian.co.uk Stanford University project goes commercial following groundbreaking research into cancer therapy and counter-terrorism strategy • More from the Guardian on big data • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian A US big data… RT @guardianscience: New big data…
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Enormous Online Library Catalogues 150,000 Animal Sounds
Enormous Online Library Catalogues 150,000 Animal Sounds By Colin Lecher, popsci.com And here’s a few fun ones in advance. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology just released an online archive filled with thousands of animal noises. The archive doesn’t have everything—it mostly focuses on birds—but you could still was… http://flip.it/5juay Related articles National Library of Wales:…
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The Haunting Math Of America’s War On Drugs
The Haunting Math Of America’s War On Drugs [Infographic] By Colin Lecher, popsci.com Keeping people locked up ain’t cheap. In 2010, the U.S. spent a whopping $500 per second fighting the War on Drugs, and most people sent to prison for drug-related offenses are there for possession, not selling. The upshot? More than hal… http://flip.it/mkx9y…
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Venom: The Bite That Heals
Venom: The Bite That Heals By Jennifer S. Holland, nationalgeographic.com The Bite That Heals Scientists are unlocking the medical potential of venom. Michael decided to go for a swim. He was on vacation with his family in Guerrero, Mexico, and it was hotter than blazes. He grabbed his swimming trunks from… RT @NatGeoScience: The Bite…
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Death and Dying, the Animal Way
Death and Dying, the Animal Way – NYTimes.com http://flip.it/p64yX http://flip.it/X0pJs Related articles Death, Dying, & Buddhism – Pinterest (avantika1967.wordpress.com) On Death and Dying Differently (judemarian.wordpress.com)
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All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook
Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com No more caring about minutes. Free phone calls over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G! Facebook just let loose with a new update to the Messenger app for iPhone, which until now was restricted to text messaging, sort of like…
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Anti-Surveillance Hoodie And Scarf Prevent Drones From Tracking
Anti-Surveillance Hoodie And Scarf Prevent Drones From Tracking You By Clay Dillow, popsci.com Or, how to accessorize in Waziristan. The increasingly vast suite of surveillance tools available to state authorities has certainly given privacy advocates something to bristle at. In an exhibition launching this week, NYC-base… http://flip.it/6pCFQ Related articles The Anti-Drone Hoodie (hoodieblog.com) Stealth Wear:…
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Up to 50 Percent of All Food Produced is Thrown Away
Up to 50 Percent of All Food Produced is Thrown Away Tafline Laylin, inhabitat.com Researchers with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) has released their findings that between 30 to 50 percent of all food produced or up to two billion tons is thrown away each year. The UK-based group claims that over-cautious sell by……
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USDA offers up new seed money for small farmers
USDA offers up new seed money for small farmers gristsusie, grist.org Make your hydroponic backyard organic kale dreams come true, now with help from the federal government. Yesterday the U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized a microloan program to assist veterans, minority growers, and small-time farmers who mig… USDA offers up new seed money for small…
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Site launches to help hunt Amazon’s free ebooks
Site launches to help hunt Amazon’s free ebooks By David Cornish, wired.co.uk Business There’s a ubiquitous smugness that appears to accompany the purchase of an ereader. It’s not in the box, nor is it downloaded as an optional extra — but a quick glance at the expression of an ereading commuter beside their… RT @WiredUK:…
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US cities employ precog algorithm to predict murder
US cities employ precog algorithm to predict murder By Kim Zetter, wired.co.uk Politics Who needs the freaky precogs of Minority Report to predict if someone’s likely to commit murder when you have an algorithm that can do it for you? New crime-prediction software used in Maryland and Pennsylvania, U… http://flip.it/4MS8c Related articles Movie Review :…
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MIT illustrates how the world uses its mobile phones
Infographic: MIT illustrates how the world uses its mobile phones By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk Magazine This article was taken from the January 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing… http://flip.it/kl0pp Related articles The…
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Japan’s quiet, clean demolition technique generates clean energy
Japan’s quiet, clean demolition technique generates clean energy By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Technology A Japanese construction company is using giant jacks and electricity-generating cranes to dismantle a high-rise tower in Tokyo, floor by floor. Taisei Corporation is using its Ecological Reproduction System (Tecorep… RT @WiredUK: Japan’s quiet, clean demolition technique generates clean energy http://flip.it/Q7td8 by…
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US diplomats believe Syria dropped hallucinogenic weapon on rebels
US diplomats believe Syria dropped hallucinogenic weapon on rebels By Noah Shachtman, wired.co.uk Politics The Syrian military used an exotic chemical weapon on rebels during an attack in the city of Homs, some US diplomats now believe. That conclusion — first reported by Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin and laid out in a… RT @WiredUK: US…
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