Author: timbatchelder

  • RelayRides: why renting will soon be easier than owning

    Why Renting Cars Could Soon Be Easier Than Hailing a Taxi Marcus Wohlsen, wired.com San Francisco-based RelayRides just announced a deal that puts new corporate and technological weight behind its vision of ubiquitous mobility. Why Renting Cars Could Soon Be Easier Than Hailing a Taxi http://flip.it/N6Z4N http://flip.it/nT1vk Related articles Why Renting Cars Could Soon Be…

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  • Big consulting firms are acquiring design firms for creative inspiration

    Big Corporations Are Buying Design Firms in Droves Nathan Hurst, wired.com Accenture announced yesterday it will acquire design firm Fjord, making the consulting firm one of a growing list of multi-faceted companies that are integrating design into their product by buying whole studios. Big Corporations Are Buying Design Firms in Droves http://flip.it/a6kUX http://flip.it/mzOoo Related articles…

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  • Super language theory: one ancient ancestor of all language

    Researchers Trace Languages Of Billions Back To One Ancient Ancestor By Colin Lecher, popsci.com At the end of the last ice age, a single language fractured, until it became the languages we speak across Asia and Europe. At least 15,000 years ago, a sin­gle lan­guage start­ed to break up. It broke into about seven dif­fer­ent…

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  • SylvanSport Go Camper review

    (via SylvanSport Go Camper Review) Related articles Five people RESCUED from Hudson River after helicopter makes emergency … – New York Daily News (nydailynews.com)

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  • Dan Pink on human behavior and marketing

    (via Dan Pink’s Idea Economy | WGBH News) Related articles More Genius from Dan Pink: Rhyming Matters (bobsleanlearning.wordpress.com) Why Selling Yourself is the Most Essential Skill for Your Career with Dan Pink (livingformonday.com) Dan Pink: The Importance of Purpose (tscedutech2013.wordpress.com) Motivation by Dan Pink (laurentchatel.wordpress.com) Dan Pink on the New ABCs of Selling (inc.com) Drive:…

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  • Many use Netflix without paying

    10 Million People Watch Netflix Without Paying Rebecca Greenfield, theatlanticwire.com All that anec­do­tal pass­word shar­ing we’ve been hear­ing about is more than just a few media savvy friends pass­ing around their logins: One ana­lyst esti­mates that some­thing like 10 mil­lion peo­ple watch Net­flix Instant, gratis,… 10 Million People Watch Netflix Without Paying http://flip.it/WGPOG http://flip.it/yLNqF Related…

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  • 27 inch AOC LED monitor for $199

    Get a 27-inch AOC LED monitor for $199.99 by Rick Broida, cnet.com With its HDMI input and built-in speakers, this monitor works just as well with game consoles and media players as it does with PCs. Noth­ing beats a big mon­i­tor. Got spread­sheets? Gotta go big. Going tomb raid­ing (see bonus deal)? Gotta go… Get…

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  • Airbnb starts verifying users

    Airbnb starts verifying user profiles by Donna Tam, cnet.com The company that matches property owners to travelers looking for a place to stay now tags vetted users with verified ID badges. Airbnb, which helps peo­ple find vaca­tion rentals all around the world, today will start ver­i­fy­ing the iden­ti­t… Airbnb starts verifying user profiles http://flip.it/apNTw http://flip.it/o4knQ…

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  • Want to be a growth hacker? Then get out of the building!

    Want to be a world-class growth hacker? Then get out of the building! Gagan Biyani, venturebeat.com I’ve spent the last two years learning everything I can about “growth hacking.” I co-run the Growth Hackers Conference with Erin Turner, led efforts to build Udemy’s user base, and consulted/advised companies like Lyft, Wedding Party, TenderTree a… Want…

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  • Lean startups and 4 hour bodies: telling stories on the web

    Lean startups and 4-hour bodies: How Eric Reis and Tim Ferriss tell stories on the web John Koetsier, venturebeat.com If you want to highlight a product, build a landing page. If you’re an internet marketing guru, make a squeeze page. But if you want to start on online movement — and maybe sell a few…

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  • Everything Wrong with Digital Copyright (And How to Fix It)

    gizmodo.com Dig­i­tal copy­right is bro­ken. We know this inher­ent­ly, and wheeze exas­per­a­tion when­ev­er the lat­est non­sen­si­cal DRM news crops up. But fix­ing it’s not as sim­ple as toss­ing the whole sys­tem out the win­dow. So here’s a break­down o… Everything Wrong with Digital Copyright (And How to Fix It) http://flip.it/PP8S5 http://flip.it/5WNKP Everything Wrong with Digital…

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  • Tech that helped find Boston marathon bombers

    The Tech That Helped Take Down Marathon Bombing Suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev Casey Chan and Brian Barrett, gizmodo.com The second suspect in the brutal Boston Marathon bombings has been apprehended, after five days of uncertainty and fear. And while all credit for Dzhokar Tsarnaev’s capture goes to the men and women of the many, many agencies…

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  • Incredible Thermal Imaging Video of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Hiding

    Brian Barrett, gizmodo.com While we had previously seen the stunning thermal images that helped police confirm that Boston Marathon bombing suspect was indeed hiding in a boat, under a tarp, now the raw video of the camera in action has been released. Incredible Thermal Imaging Video of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Hiding http://flip.it/A320R http://flip.it/Z51Zq Incredible Thermal…

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  • Overland nomad water storage

    Links We Love: Overland Nomads – Vehicle Water Storage Matthew Scott, expeditionportal.com What do you get when you com­bine two fan­tas­tic peo­ple (Antho­ny and Astrid) along with an 80 Series Toy­ota Land Cruis­er affec­tion­ate­ly named Hank the Tank? You get The Over­land Nomads, who de … http://flip.it/OdJB5 Related articles Chicest Nomad: Steven Moore, Man of…

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  • Five Reasons Why There’s Never Been a Better Time Than Now to Travel the World. Matthew Scott, expeditionportal.com If read­ing about the glo­ri­ous expe­di­tions of yes­ter­year such as the famous Oxford and Cam­bridge Far East­ern Expe­di­tion has you yearn­ing for a seri­ous over­land trip, don’t worry, it’s act … http://flip.it/Fe3NA

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  • Why now is the best time to travel the world

    Five Reasons Why There’s Never Been a Better Time Than Now to Travel the World. Matthew Scott, expeditionportal.com If read­ing about the glo­ri­ous expe­di­tions of yes­ter­year such as the famous Oxford and Cam­bridge Far East­ern Expe­di­tion has you yearn­ing for a seri­ous over­land trip, don’t worry, it’s act … Related articles Can mental training in…

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  • Doctors rebel against rip off drug prices

    Doctors rebel against rip-off drug costs gingerskinner, consumerreports.org If you’ve ever had trouble affording your medications, and wanted to call your doctor on it, here’s some encouraging news: doctors aren’t pleased about the prices either. Denouncing “profiteering” by pharmaceutical companies, more than 100 cancer… http://flip.it/j3mst

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  • DIY copper and concrete lamp

    How To: Make a Concrete and Copper Bedside Lamp curbly.com I’ve been on a bit of a lighting kick lately and I think I might just have to try this bedside lamp project. Especially since it involves two of my favorite materials: concrete and… Continue reading on Curbly.com How To: Make a Concrete and Copper…

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  • Nitrous oxide infusers for instant nutraceutical extractions

    The Chemistry of Nitrous-Powered, Pot-Infused Liquor By Paul Adams, popsci.com How one New York bartender fused alcohol and marijuana forever Behind the bars of some of the nation’s finest cock­tail joints, there are secrets: secret recipes, secret bot­tles for friends only. One of these is the Green Drag­on, a liquor… The Chemistry of Nitrous-Powered, Pot-Infused…

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  • FabLab Manchester

    Visiting Fab Lab Manchester Andrew Sleigh, makezine.com On a recent visit to Man­ches­ter to attend the Future Every­thing sum­mit, I couldn’t pass up the chance to visit the UK’s first fab lab, housed in a strik­ing, slab-like build­ing in the water­side dis­trict of one of Britain’s great indus­tri­a… Visiting Fab Lab Manchester http://flip.it/PMTUA http://flip.it/g3xd0

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  • Get a free Carfax before buying that used car

    How to Get a Carfax for Free wikihow.com Carfax is an organization that tracks the history of every vehicle based on its Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), the information of which can be helpful when you buy a used car. If you have the VIN of a particular vehicle manufactured as early… How to Get a…

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  • Silicon Valley Goes Hollywood: Top Coders Can Now Get Agents

      Ashlee Vance, businessweek.com (An ear­li­er ver­sion of this story ran online.) Max Nanis’s web­site promi­nent­ly fea­tures about two dozen head shots of the skin­ny, scruffy 22-year-old South­ern Cal­i­forn­ian with his shirt off … RT @Techmeme: Silicon Valley Goes Hollywood: Top Coders Can Now Get Agents (@valleyhack / Businessweek) http://flip.it/8vMDb http://flip.it/mGvsQ http://flip.it/Xvjbf Silicon Valley Goes…

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  • SV Angel says health informatics is a mega trend

    SV Angel Says Health Informatics Is One Of Its New “Megatrends” Kim-Mai Cutler, techcrunch.com SV Angel, one of the Val­ley’s best-known early-stage firms, says it’s start­ing to look heav­i­ly at health star­tups that take a “software-first approach” towards human biol­o­gy, med­ical research and patient care. The firm has always had a l… RT @Techmeme: SV…

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  • How you get hacked at Starbucks

    How You Get Hacked at Starbucks Samantha Murphy, mashable.com For those who frequently use the free public Wi-Fi in coffee shops such as Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts, you’re likely already aware of how easy it is for hackers to steal your personal and financial information over the shared networkBut what you… http://flip.it/d1AjC Related articles Dunkin’…

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  • Game of Thrones based on climate change

    Is a ‘Game of Thrones’ winter coming? Chris Mooney, grist.org hbo.comGeorge R.R. Martin’s wildly popular Game of Thrones saga — whose third season just launched on HBO — is, on the broadest level, a story driven by climatic change. “Winter is coming,” warn the ill-fated Starks, a family of northern… Is a ‘Game of Thrones’…

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  • Smart money is on renewable energy

    The smart money is on renewable energy Tim McDonnell, grist.org Fossil fuel cheerleaders take note: Renewable energy ain’t going nowhere — and it may prove to be the better bet in the long run.By 2030, renewables will account for 70 percent of new power supply worldwide, according to projections released Monda… The smart money is…

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