Category: Digital Health

  • The end of the ridiculous war on drugs

    As US states legalise marijuana, is this the end of the drugs war? Eugene Jarecki, guardian.co.uk The director of a landmark documentary which chronicles how the current penal approach has resulted in social disaster says the greatest legacy of the US elections may be shifting attitudes towards illegal narcotics Last week was a momentous wee……

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  • Are you ready to downsize to a tiny house?

    Seven Questions To Ask Before Buying A Tiny House Steven Harrell, businessinsider.com Finance 1.) Do you plan to move any­time in the near future? Or does a trav­el­ing lifestyle fit best with your vision of a tiny house lifestyle? If so, you might con­sid­er pur­chas­ing a tiny house that sits on a trail­er. Some… http://flpbd.it/smHcK…

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  • iPhone as a photographic memory

    Turn Your Smartphone Camera into a Pocketable Photographic Memory Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com Sev­er­al apps exist to help you remem­ber the many things you’d oth­er­wise for­get, but per­haps none are quite as use­ful and effi­cient as your cam­era. Typ­ing takes time. Snap­ping a photo only takes a moment, and there are so many ways you ……

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  • Data about God and belief

    This Week in God Steve Benen, msnbc.com First up from the God Machine this week is a look at the 2012 pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, and the dif­fer­ences along reli­gious lines. The Pew Forum on Reli­gion & Pub­lic Life pub­lished a report this week based on exit polling data, and I put… http://flpbd.it/uLnnb

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  • The new green barons

    The New Pot Barons: Businessmen Bank on Marijuana By Tony Dokoupil, thedailybeast.com Pot use in the United States is rising sharply, and voters may make it fully legal in two states this fall. Smart businessmen are banking on that happening. Full dark in down­town Den­ver, and inside one of the twin­kling high-rises that make th……

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  • Avoiding mega hospital charges with retail clinics

    For Simple Care, Retail Clinics Are A Popular Choice Scott Hensley, npr.org If you’ve got the snif­fles or need a shot, do you go to the doc­tor or stop in at a clin­ic in a near­by drug­store? Lots of peo­ple are opt­ing for the clin­ics, which are spring­ing up inside gro­cery stores, big-box retail­ers and…

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  • How to wrangle control over your contacts

    Tech Trends: Tools for Managing Contacts John Brandon, inc.com TECH REPORT We tried out two basic CRM tools that help organize contacts—and stay in touch with them. I always thought cus­tomer rela­tion­ship man­age­ment soft­ware was strict­ly for sales­peo­ple. Recent­ly, I’ve been read­ing a lot abou… http://flpbd.it/fzw6u Related articles CRMs that have launched or been updated…

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  • Digital agencies learn to design culture

    How Agencies Can Hack Culture for Brand Insights Rae Ann Fera, fastcocreate.com Pic­ture this: you’re in a meet­ing in which your team is chal­lenged to come up with ideas that tap into trends and pop cul­ture. Every­one at the table nods in agree­ment. Cul­ture! Yes. Impor­tant. Check. Two weeks later, only vague (if any)… http://flpbd.it/TWevT…

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  • Engineering language is the key to branding across culture

    Need Branding That Transcends Cultures? Invent Your Own Language By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A thoughtful identity gives a multinational disease research network a new way to communicate. Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty’s Clin­i­cal Research Unit is an 11-year-old net­work of groups that coop­er­ate to track and pre­vent infec­tious dis­eases, fro… http://flpbd.it/XD4bv Related articles geordie shore cast are surprise…

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  • Ubi monitors home and chores

    A Computer You Can Talk To Monitors Your Home And Helps With Chores BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com The Ubi, a ubiquitous computer you plug into a socket, can do things like read you your email or tell you the temperature in the room. All you have to do is ask. You prob­a­bly have at least…

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  • Why pirates make the best change agents according to Steve Jobs

    An HR Lesson From Steve Jobs: If You Want Change Agents, Hire Pirates By Peter Sander, fastcodesign.com Why? Because pirates can operate when rules and safety nets break down. [The fol­low­ing is an excerpt from What Would Steve Jobs Do?: How the Steve Jobs Way Can Inspire Any­one to Think Dif­fer­ent­ly and Win by Peter…

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  • Klout and other ways to measure your influence

    Beyond Klout: Better Ways To Measure Social Media Influence Adam Popescu, readwrite.com Mea­sur­ing social influ­ence online is becom­ing a more sophis­ti­cat­ed, refined and gran­u­lar process. While the much-maligned early leader in the mar­ket, Klout, has scooped up a lot of head­lines over the past few years, there’s a bet­ter… http://flpbd.it/7Qp5t Related articles Is Klout Gaining…

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  • David Byrne: ethnomusicologist and data pioneer

    David Byrne By Tom Cheshire, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Octo­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… http://flpbd.it/X9j9P Related articles This David Byrne Interview With Himself Is The Weirdest…

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  • Linguistic analysis decodes true messages of Obama and Romney

    Gesture analysis reveals what Obama and Romney care about By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Science An analy­sis of the body ges­tures of Barack Obama and Mitt Rom­ney dur­ing the pres­i­den­tial debates sug­gests that how can­di­dates speak could reveal what they real­ly care about and affect whether or not vot­ers believe what they… http://flpbd.it/HeO5x Related articles Mitt…

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  • iPod Touch makes point and shoot camera pointless

    The New iPod Touch Will Further Obliterate The Point-And-Shoot Market Mg Siegler, techcrunch.com It’s easy to for­get that the iPod touch didn’t even include a cam­era until 2010. While such a key fea­ture has been stan­dard on the iPhone since its ini­tial unveil­ing in 2007, Apple appar­ent­ly didn’t think it was one of the must-have…

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  • Inforgr.am makes everyone a graphic designer

    Infogr.am Launches To Kill The Careers Of Struggling Infographic Designers Mike Butcher, techcrunch.com Infogr.am wants to cre­ate a sort of Adobe Illus­tra­tor in the Cloud, allow­ing any­one to cre­ate cool info-graphics on the fly. Back in Feb­ru­ary Euro­pean accel­er­a­tor Hack­Fwd invest­ed in the start­up from Riga, Latvia, and now it’s fully… http://flpbd.it/t9zRD Related articles Latvia…

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  • Shareist helps you manage your content

    Shareist Is A Content Management System For Your Content Management System (That’s A Good Thing) John Biggs, techcrunch.com As a major media fig­ure on the Inter­net, I often find it dif­fi­cult to man­age all of my con­tent out­lets. I have a Twit­ter feed con­nect­ed to my Face­book con­nect­ed to my Tum­blr. I also have a…

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  • Climate scientists face death threats

    The Battle Over Climate Science By Tom Clynes, popsci.com Climate scientists routinely face death threats, hate mail, nuisance lawsuits and political attacks. How much worse can it get? There’s no police tape across Michael Mann’s office door­way this morn­ing. “Always a good start,” he says, jug­gling… http://flpbd.it/ibrtZ Related articles Climate Scientist Describes Death Threats And…

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  • Panasonic Lx 7 updates a classic low light compact

    (via Panasonic LX7 review | Compact cameras Reviews | TechRadar) Related articles Best compact camera for less than $450 (thewirecutter.com) The Best Compact Camera for Less Than $450 (tested.com) Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 Review (digital-photography-school.com) Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 (pcmag.com) Camera sensor size: Why does it matter and exactly how big are they? (gizmag.com) Morning with the…

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