Author: timbatchelder
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Why You Need to Stop Being So Nice
Jessica Stillman, inc.com START IT UP For some entrepreneurs, prioritizing yourself can be one of the biggest challenges. Here’s how to learn to say no and set boundaries. Helping others, sharing, being kind: These are the sorts of values that have been instilled i… RT @Inc: Why you need to stop being so nice: http://flip.it/K3dL7…
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The most innovative social media companies
The Most Innovative Social Media Companies 2013 By: FAST COMPANY STAFF, fastcompany.com In an increasingly social world, if you’re not evolving, you’re not winning. These companies impress us with their social media savvy. 1_Tencent For building a suite of communications apps that 300 million Chinese are talking through.… RT @30SecMBA: 10 #fcmostinnovative social businesses you…
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Swarm social science eliminates time wasting office meetings
Ditch Time-Wasting Meetings By Turning Your Office Into An Ant Colony BY MICHAEL J. COREN, fastcoexist.com Scientists have started applying lessons from how ants operate to the corporate world. The result: fewer meetings, more time working, and tasks completed much more quickly. Ants may free us from that scourge of modern society: the meeting (an……
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Visualizing the languages of NYC
Infographic: The Languages Of New York, Mapped By Tweets By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com Who speaks which languages in New York? One team looked at 8.5 million tweets to map it out. It looks like every block of NYC has been wrapped in Christmas lights, but in reality, you’re looking at the nine most prominently tweeted……
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America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing
By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A new Pew survey tests our visual recall of current events. Twitter logo? Check. Chinese flag? What’s that, bro?! You’ve probably heard how (depressingly) little Americans tend to know about history. But what about their visual recall … America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing | Co.Design: business + innovation…
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The Secret Sauce Behind Netflix’s Hit, “House Of Cards”: Big Data
By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com By analyzing its subscribers’ preferences, Netflix can be sure its original content will find an audience. But is that a good thing? House of Cards, Netflix’s first foray into original programming, is currently the most-watched sho… The Secret Sauce Behind Netflix’s Hit, “House Of Cards”: Big Data | Co.Design: business +…
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Bridge design residencies
“Bridge” Design Residencies Will Offer Plum Jobs At Path, Pinterest, And Airbnb By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com A new program by the Designer Fund will pair great designers with great startups. It raises the question: Why’s this marriage so hard in the first place? Path, Dropbox, Pinterest, Airbnb. They’re some of the most high-profile startups in…
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Your email address and your brand
What Your Email Says About Your Brand By Jonathan Rick, fastcompany.com Do you cringe when you see a Hotmail address? Laugh at terrible email signatures? It’s time to take a closer look at email as a branding opportunity; here are some of the best and the worst. It’s something you take for granted, something… RT…
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Secret lives of animals captured by motion sensitive digicams
Secret Lives of Wild Animals Captured by 1 Million Camera-Trap Images Brandon Keim, wired.com Thanks to motion-triggered digital camera traps, scientists have a powerful tool for studying reclusive animals in remote, inaccessible areas — and also for generating animated .gifs of gorillas scratching their stomachs. Brandon Keim Secret Lives of Wild Animals Captured by 1…
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Our Dated Immigration Policies Could Torpedo the Tech Economy
Wired Opinion, wired.com Whereas the success of yesterday?s Fortune 500 companies — like U.S. Steel and Amoco — once depended on resources, today?s Fortune 500 companies — like Google and eBay — depend on access to talent. Wired Opinion Our Dated Immigration Policies Could Torpedo the Tech Economy | Wired Opinion | Wired.com http://flip.it/SMrXJ http://flip.it/RGIu7…
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Drift HD ghost action cam
Review: Drift HD Ghost Action Camera Billy Brown, wired.com The other strap-it-on-and-get-rad cameras out there are all pretty sick in their own right. But for ease of use, no POV camera is sicker than Drift Action’s HD Ghost cam. Billy Brown Drift HD Ghost Action Camera http://flip.it/GTJeg http://flip.it/HFlF2 Related articles Drift HD Ghost (layersmagazine.com) Drift…
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Food stealing competitive intelligence of dogs
Your Dog Knows To Steal Food When Nobody’s Watching By Colin Lecher, popsci.com Good news: your dog understands you! Bad news: watch the Kibbles ‘n Bits. You’ve probably always felt like your dog understands you, and it does—well enough to work out the best way to swipe some food from you. Researchers from the… http://flip.it/RXobZ…
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Linguistic data science analysis of state if the union address
The State of The Guardian’s SOTU Infographic Is…Dumber By Emily Elert, popsci.com This chart tells you that “the linguistic standard of the presidential address has declined” over time. The problem is, it’s wrong. Yesterday, as a run-up to Obama’s State of the Union address, The Guardian published an interactive… RT @PopSci: Cool infographic about the…
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iPhone as psycho research lab
Your iPhone Is A Reliable Research Lab By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com A new study says that smartphones are feasible for use in psychological testing. Josef Bless, a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway, was listening to music on his phone when he noticed the similarity… RT @PopSci: Your iPhone could…
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A Glimpse At Raytheon’s Terrifying People-Tracking Software
By Emily Elert, popsci.com Good guys can use social media to find out all about bad guys, and bad guys can use social media to find out all about you. In this screencast obtained by The Guardian, an investigator at the defense company Raytheon takes his viewers on … RT @PopSci: Raytheon’s terrifying people-tracking software…
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Software traces history of linguistics
A Computer Program Uncovers The Evolutionary History Of Words By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com Software performs feats of historical linguistics. Languages are hard; it takes a trained ear to tease out not just the verbiage but the idiomatic expressions, the tone, the regional trends and ever-shifting insults that make a person trul… RT @PopSci: Software that…
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Basis band is the best fitness tracker
Basis Band Review: The Only Fitness Tracker Worth Buying By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com The first fitness tracker that could actually help you get in shape, thanks to a goals system that works with your life and sensors that actually track your fitness. The Basis Band is the best fitness tracker on the market. It’s the…
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Things the Internet does to our love lives
5 Terrible Things The Internet Does To Our Love Lives By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com And why that’s good for science. Happy Valentine’s Day! If you’re the kind of person who’s even vaguely aware of Valentine’s Day, you’re probably either Yelping a good restaurant to take your date to or searching Facebook for another… RT @PopSci:…
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Data science of the porn industry
What The Average American Porn Star Looks Like [Infographic] By Francie Diep, popsci.com One man’s study of 10,000 porn actors reveals their most popular names, roles, hair color and other characteristics. Your average American porn star, it turns out, is likely to be a brown-haired California-born woman named Nikki Lee. That’s … RT @PopSci: Infographic:…
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Crows really hate unfairness
New Study Says Unfairness Really Ruffles Crows’ Feathers By Francie Diep, popsci.com A new experiment found crows and ravens have a sense of fairness, just like people and dogs. People, primates and dogs all react negatively when others get a better reward for doing the same work. Now a small study has found that crows…
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Data science for Oscar win prediction
Who Has The Best Mathematical Models For Predicting The Oscars? By Francie Diep, popsci.com Choose your favorite data-driven model for predicting Oscar wins. Forget what movie you actually liked. And forget the experts. The hot new way to predict winners is by using quantifiable data and rigorous statistical analyses. As … RT @PopSci: Who has…
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