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Computing is evolving from silicon to biology and now to social sciences. Introducing the human computer – Boston.com. Related articles Imagining Tomorrow’s Computers Today (news.sciencemag.org) Announcement: UC Irvine to lead social computing research center (universityofcalifornia.edu) New Anthropology and Archaeology Resource Network (aaanet.org) Beyond Biosocialities in Medical Anthropology (CFP, Symposium, Amsterdam, 17-19 January 2013) (medicalhumanities.wordpress.com) A…
MOOCs, Large Courses Open to All, Topple Campus Walls – NYTimes.com. New Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs and startup companies such as Udacity and Udemy are turning conventional education on its head. Udacity, a startup which is supported by Charles River Ventures, was created by former professors at Stanford who taught one AI course online…
AN UNTRASHY TRAILER | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building. Future-forward design for the world you inhabit – your daily source for innovations in sustainable architecture and green design for the home. Related articles Parallax Landscape Re-Imagines a Low-Carbon Future for a Coal-Dominated Australian City (inhabitat.com) Inhabitat’s Top 6 Architecture Stories of…
Coursera Plans to Announce University Partners for Online Classes – NYTimes.com. Two more Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller have broken off to create a new online learning startup called Coursera with financial backing from two of Silicon Valley’s premier venture capital firms, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates. The startup will…
Microsoft Research New England head notes that social science will be the next frontier of science and technology. Where creativity meets technology – Boston.com Related articles A New Kind Of Social Science For The 21st Century (lookingbeyondborders.com) What’s Soft about Social Science? (everydaysociologyblog.com) Adventures in Ideas: Which Social Science Should Die? (freakonomics.com) Social Science…
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In contrast to traditional survey based means of measuring job growth which can be quite inaccurate Jobs for the Future’s (JFF) John Dorrer uses ethnographic/online methods to analyze job postings (mining nearly 100,000 unique online postings for the three months ending February 14) in real time to extract the skills employers are asking for right now, then works…
Brian David Johnson: Intel’s Guide to the Future – Forbes. Related articles Biology vs. The Machine – Part 3: Conversations about Synthetic Biology (uk.tomorrow-projects.com) Maker Faire New York: Brian David Johnson/Vintage Tomorrows (makezine.com) Breaking Down Barriers – Part 1: Conversation with Ariel Waldman & Brian David Johnson (uk.tomorrow-projects.com) Intel’s Futurist Brian David Johnson: Don’t Let…
The 10 best American colleges for writers | USA TODAY College. Wow. My college made #2 in best colleges for writing! Related articles What’s Better Than College Art History 101? A Campus Museum (forbes.com) Undergrads Do Archaeology, Civic Engagement and Digital Humanities (rebeccafrostdavis.wordpress.com) Why Listening is Hard and How to Think Critically (conversationagent.com) Ezra Pound…
BzzAgent is the leading word-of-mouth marketing (WOM) company. Another cool Web 2.0 application that allows you to create word of mouth communities and viral networks for your product. Related articles BzzAgent’s Dave Balter Offers Word-of-Mouth Advice Rockin Week with BzzAgent Spread the Word! The Secrets of Word of Mouth Marketing Bzz or bust? Put your…
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Recently I’ve become aware of more and more concern about the electromagnetic soup we are embedded in from all of our various gadgets. While Europe has taken a much more cautious approach on this, the USA as always, has let free enterprise rule. Here is a fairly balanced Wiki article on this topic. Needless to…
Inspired by Khan Academy a new Stanford e-learning course on AI has triggered a huge volume of interest (4 times the size of the entire student body!) Stanford Artificial Intelligence course draws avalanche of sign-ups. Related articles Artificial Intelligence (unrealengine.com) Using Artificial Intelligence (And A Little Scolding) To Reduce Energy Use (fastcoexist.com) Artificial intelligence (cyberleague.wordpress.com)…
David Allen, Getting Things Done® and GTD®. this approach to time management focuses on organizing things by the context in which you do them, like you have done with the house: kitchen, office, recreation etc. Related articles GTD Times: Ten Ways To Get More Done At Work (gtdtimes.com) Test Your…
43 Folders | Time, Attention, and Creative Work. best project and time management approach Related articles Great Email Time Management Tips Part 1 (brucemayhew.wordpress.com) The Paradox Of Time- What I Have Learn’t So Far (auniqueworld.wordpress.com) Find Time to be Savvy-5 Favorite Sites for Tech, Time and Productivity (solo-e.com) Management Tip ~ Stop Wasting Your Boss’s…
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