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Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax Machines Richard MacManus, readwriteweb.com Today at the DC to VC: Health IT Startup Showcase, a collaboration between Morgenthaler Ventures and the Health 2.0 Conference, I saw firsthand how health IT startups are tackling big, real-world problems. Coming from a world where… http://flpbd.it/hw3nH Related articles Video: My interview…
Fund “Dirty White Gold,” a Film That Exposes Cotton Farming’s Dark Side ecouterre.com Photo by Shutterstock Journalist Leah Borromeo’s documentary-in-the-making, “The Cotton Film: Dirty White Gold,” follows the life of cotton from seed to store, tracing who it touches and how their live are effected. The incredible… http://flpbd.it/5ti7j
Birds with cameras take flight in ‘Winged Planet,’ tonight on the Discovery Channel By Justin Rubio, theverge.com The latest entry in the critically-acclaimed Planet series from the Discovery Channel and the BBC airs tonight at 8:00PM ET. “Winged Planet” — like “Blue Planet” and “Planet Earth” before it — is a nature documentary that utilizes……
Measuring debate performance on Twitter – POLITICO.com Related articles Things Get Rough on Twitter Over Gun Debate (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) Social Media Strategy for Small Business 2013: A Totally Honest Look at Social Networks (amsterdamprinting.com) Shocking NASCAR Crash Video Raises A Serious Debate (businessinsider.com) Infographic: 2012 Service Desk Industry Round-Up (sunrisesoftware.co.uk) oLyfe Reveals Social Media Sentiment around…
Survey Says GOP Women Are Prettier – The Daily Beast Related articles House GOP Strips LGBT, Native American Provisions In VAWA (addictinginfo.org) You: As House GOP leaves women unprotected from violence, citizens fight back (allvoices.com) The GOP’s sequester messaging muddle (politico.com) Americans aren’t buying what GOP is selling (maddowblog.msnbc.com) Poll: Obama approval hits 3-year high,…
Fast Exercises To Find Your Purpose And Passion For Work | Fast Company Related articles 5 Easy Steps To Make Your Job Descriptions Go Viral (mashable.com) Job Hunting? (RED) and 180+ Others Are Hiring (mashable.com) Why Most Employees Wish They Had A Different Job (forbes.com)
Blacksocks, App For Sorting Socks, Is In Fact A Real Thing Reuters, huffingtonpost.com By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) – If matching socks is a daily problem a new app that sorts them into pairs and even lets users know when it is time to buy a new pair may help. The free iPhone app called…
Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate by Lloyd Grove, thedailybeast.com The pundits may be calling Denver a slam-dunk for Romney, but David B. Givens, who analyzed the candidates’ mannerisms, disagrees: the governor looked ‘aggressive and manic, simultaneously,’ while Obama was ‘cool.’ The governor was manic and t… http://flpbd.it/uwyKR Related articles Jimmy Carter:…
Bird brains? Crows remember your face Scott K. Johnson, arstechnica.com One of the most enjoyable facets of studying other species is discovering the amazing things they’re capable of. As humans, the things we tend to find most amazing are the abilities that remind us the most of, well,… http://flpbd.it/YObK6 Related articles The social brain hypothesis…
Is a résumé relevant in the age of online courses and open source projects? Stack Exchange, arstechnica.com This Q&A is part of a biweekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 80+ Q&A sites. davidk01 asks: My resume is no… http://flpbd.it/XbZep…
Bills, bills, bills: manage your accounts like a real pro Megan Geuss, arstechnica.com No matter your day job, we all have a second gig that saps a couple of hours from our lives every month: operating the administrative branch of your life (or your household). Personal bureaucracy is a sad fact of life, but there…
Never forget a face? Take the test Gerry Everding-WUSTL, futurity.org WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — A new online experiment tests your ability to remember names and faces, and compares your score with others’. The test, which can be taken from a computer, smartphone, iPad, and other mobile… http://flpbd.it/dn2t5 Related articles Review: Logitech’s Ultrathin…
Could ePatient Networks Become the Superdoctors of the Future? BY ANITA HAMILTON, fastcoexist.com As technology allows patients to pool their knowledge, can the collective experience of the sick create better care? There’s something seriously wrong with a health care system that makes patients wait a month or more just to get a doctor’s… http://flpbd.it/5v6PX Related…
Measuring An Employee’s Worth? Consider Influence By E.B. Boyd, fastcompany.com The performance review of the future will include services like Salesforce.com’s Chatter and its Influencers feature, which measures how much weight you carry among your peers. Today, your performance review is based on things like sales numb… http://flpbd.it/xZePm Related articles Salesforce.com Announces Timing of its…
Boosted Board electric longboard is lightweight enough to carry, powerful enough to haul riders uphill Michael Gorman, engadget.com Boosted Board isn’t the first powered skateboard to grace these pages, but it is the lightest. In its current prototype form, it weighs just 12 pounds, thanks to a high-end Loaded Vanguard longboard, 2,000W brushless electric motor,…
I’m Caterina Fake, and This Is How I Work Tessa Miller, lifehacker.com The internet wouldn’t be the same without Caterina Fake. In 2004, she launched Flickr, one of the largest photo hosting and sharing sites. Later, she co-founded Hunch, which aims to personalize the web through recommendations and a… http://flpbd.it/Ixrmx Related articles The meaning of…
The Sensing Planet: Why The Internet Of Things Is The Biggest Next Big Thing fastcocreate.com Rob van Kranenburg outlines a brief history of the next big thing—the internet of things—and argues that U.S. industry and government should be taking a more active role in its evolution. About a decade ago, I would stand…
How Obama Stole Romney’s RNC Thunder With Clever Social Media Gregory Ferenstein, techcrunch.com President Barack Obama managed to steal an impressive amount of Gov. Mitt Romney’s press coverage with a few, cheap social media tricks, including the most retweeted post of the convention. In comparison to the Republican National… http://flpbd.it/x1nqQ…
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