Category: Cognitive Science UX Research

  • Ditch the pricey telecom Internet with Freedompop

    Still Seeking to Shake Up Mobile Market, FreedomPop Also Looks to Rattle Home Broadband Ina Fried, allthingsd.com Free­dom­Pop, a start-up aim­ing to offer free and low-cost mobile broad­band access, is now tak­ing aim at the home Inter­net mar­ket as well. The com­pa­ny, backed by Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom, plans on Wednes­day to start tak­ing pre­ord……

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  • Why the iPod touch is the perfect VOIP soft phone: Freedompop

    FreedomPop Aims to Turn an iPod Touch Into an iPhone, With a 4G Add-On Ina Fried, allthingsd.com Wire­less start-up Free­dom­Pop is announc­ing plans on Tues­day to start sell­ing an add-on that effec­tive­ly gives an iPod touch many of the capa­bil­i­ties of an iPhone. The $99 add-on brings wire­less data capa­bil­i­ties to a third-generat… http://flip.it/lw7Sl Related…

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  • Language and cognitive systems guru Kurzweil asked to head Google engineering

    Ray Kurzweil becomes a Googler, named Director of Engineering Alexis Santos, engadget.com Come Decem­ber 18th, futur­ist extra­or­di­naire Ray Kurzweil will be join­ing Google’s ranks as Direc­tor of Engi­neer­ing to work on projects that involve machine learn­ing and lan­guage pro­cess­ing. Specifics regard­ing those projects, how­ev­… http://flip.it/K9Okf Related articles Ray Kurzweil’s Goal at Google is to enable…

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  • I’m Tim Ferriss, and This Is How I Work

      lifehacker.com Tessa Miller View Profile • Google Plus • RSS When we kicked off the How I Work series in August, we encour­aged read­ers to tell us whose pro­duc­tiv­i­ty tips and tricks they were dying to know. No one has been more… http://flip.it/zcWep I’m Tim Ferriss, and This Is How I Work Related articles Tim Ferriss…

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  • Google knowledge graph on drugs

    Google: This is your Knowledge Graph on drugs by Casey Newton, cnet.com Google’s evolv­ing data­base of the rela­tion­ships between peo­ple, places and things gets a new dose of med­i­cine. Search­ing for infor­ma­tion about med­i­cine on Google? You’ll soon find drugs inject­ed into your search… http://flip.it/tRy2u Related articles Google Adds Non-Profit Details To Knowledge Graph (searchengineland.com)…

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  • Popcorn: turn video into a computable medium

    Popcorn: Content Creation that Tastes Good iqagency.com A new type of video content creation. This post is about a brand new dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy for video called Pop­corn. It’s one of a num­ber of tech­nol­o­gy led efforts to broad­en what video is capa­ble of, and in a world where soon 90% of da… http://flip.it/EZTdB

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  • Best lenses for your micro four thirds camera

    (via Top 10 Native Lenses for Micro Four Thirds cameras 2012 | OSGFilms) Related articles Panasonic’s Beginner-Friendly Lumix GF6 Brings Wi-Fi to Micro Four Thirds (gizmodo.com) Panasonic 14-140mm f/4.0-5.8 OIS Video Optimized Micro Four Thirds Lens for Panasonic Digital SLR Cameras@’ (hkzwes.wordpress.com) Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera: The 1080HD RAW Pocket Camera (cultofmac.com) Olympus M. Zuiko…

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  • The relationship between coffee shop density and political party

    Coffee shops vs. 2012 election results ilovecoffee.jp Coffee shops vs. 2012 election results – I Love Coffee http://flip.it/UB02D http://flip.it/FQbvX Related articles Death Wish Coffee is World’s Strongest (techeblog.com) Coffee Coffee Coffee (writingformultimedia.com)

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  • Breast cancer exploitation and the pink nausea

    Possibly the worst example of “pink nausea” and breast cancer exploitation ever Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net As I said to can­cer pals on Twit­ter ear­li­er today, if my loved ones arrange a funer­al for me where every­one is dressed like this, I swear unto you that I will come back from the dead and stab every­one…

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  • Google gDrive and Gmail take on Dropbox

    Gmail Facelift: New Features of Gmail Steve Dotto, lifehack.org Google is taking dead aim at Web 2.0 services like Dropbox as they expand the capabilities of Google Drive and integrate it more tightly with their other services like Gmail. There is a new refined Gmail compose screen, which opens the door to… RT @lifehackorg: Gmail…

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  • The reason societies become less productive with industrialization

    Seven Productivity Myths, Debunked by Science (and Common Sense) Alan Henry, lifehacker.com The end goal of “productivity” is to spend less time doing the things you have to do so you have more time for the things you want to do. Of course, if you follow every morsel of productivity advice out there, you probably…

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  • Language generation on the Internet:Reddit is the meme hatchery

    S.A.P. | LOS ANGELES, economist.com The Erkernermerst JOHN­SON reads Red­dit from time to time. Red­dit, as the web’s most promi­nent meme hatch­ery, is an incu­ba­tor of new trends in writ­ten lan­guage. The Inter­net has changed so much of our lives, but few things have changed … RT @TheEconomist: Reddit, as the web’s most prominent meme…

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  • Why I Never Post Job Openings

    Eric V. Holtzclaw, inc.com LEAN FORWARD Instead, I give candidates permission to stalk me. They should find out what I’m up to, track me down, introduce themselves, let me get to know them. It works. Peo­ple often ask me how to get a job at my com­pa­ny, User Insight. T… http://flpbd.it/JhhGm Why I Never Post…

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  • When will someone invent a usable pellet stove?

    (via The Pellet Stove That Actually Looks Like It Was Made in the 21st Century) Related articles >US Stove 69FAK Fresh Air Kit for Corn and Pellet Stoves (usstove69fakpelletstovesmy.wordpress.com) $>Wood Pellet Basket Heater, Alternative Heating Source Using Wood Pellets in Your Wood Stove or Fireplace (woodpelletbasketpelletsstovemy.wordpress.com) !BOSCA BCPS700i Soul 700 Pellet Stove (boscabcps700isoulpelletstovemy.wordpress.com) Quadra-Fire Pellet…

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  • Management consultants must become anthropologists to get real data

    Why Management Consultants Need To Make Apps, Take “Rep Rides,” And Study High-Selling Hair Farmers By David Zax, fastcompany.com To create real value, Bluewolf consultants shadow their clients’ representatives in the field. The results often involve mobile apps streamlining their work. The man­age­ment con­sult­ing indus­try has been much maligned in recent years. The… RT @FastCompany:…

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