Category: Ethnographic Methods

This is what London’s night sky would look like if all the lights went out – ScienceAlert

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Ethnographic Methods, Sustainable Design

WATCH: This is what London’s night sky would look like if all the lights went out - ScienceAlert.

Data Designers turn Files into Knowledge

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization

The Next Era of Designers Will Use Data as Their Medium | WIRED.

The Semantics Of Color, Visualized

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Linguistic Search

The Semantics Of Color, Visualized | Co.Design | business + design.

Data Standards And Technology Empower Life Sciences Companies – Forbes

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Linguistic Search

MedidataVoice: Data Standards And Technology Empower Life Sciences Companies - Forbes.

Social Science Based Premise Thinks Pictures of Onions Can Reveal Changes in the Economy

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Linguistic Search

Premise Thinks Pictures of Onions Can Reveal Changes in the Economy.

4 Ways Using Big Data to Hire People Could Backfire

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Data Governance, Digital Health, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization

4 Ways Using Big Data to Hire People Could Totally Backfire | Co.Exist | ideas + impact.

Where Will Healthcares Data Scientists Find The Rich Phenotypic Data They Need?

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Ethnographic Methods

Where Will Healthcares Data Scientists Find The Rich Phenotypic Data They Need?.

Americas 10 Best Cities for Commuting on Public Transit | WIRED

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Systems Science

Americas 10 Best Cities for Commuting on Public Transit | WIRED.

Is Anyone Really HIPAA Compliant In Healthcare? – Forbes

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Network Science

Is Anyone Really HIPAA Compliant In Healthcare? - Forbes.

Forget GMOs. The Future of Food Is Data—Mountains of It | WIRED

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods, Linguistic Search

Forget GMOs. The Future of Food Is Data—Mountains of It | WIRED.

Playing Nostradamus: big data and the humanities

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods, Linguistic Search

Playing Nostradamus.

Jawbone opens a window to our humanity-tracking future | Ars Technica

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, Ethnographic Methods

Jawbone opens a window to our humanity-tracking future | Ars Technica.

This Smart Sleep Tracker Tells You Why Youre Not Getting Enough Sleep | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Science UX Research, Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods

  This Smart Sleep Tracker Tells You Why Youre Not Getting Enough Sleep | Co.Exist | ideas + impact.

EXL Pharma Life Science Knowledge Management Summit: the network is the knowledge

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Health, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

 The Life Science Knowledge Management Summit.

Replace resumes with social data based hiring says Harvard Business Review

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization

  Resumes Are Messing Up Hiring - Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, and Olaf Groth - Harvard Business Review.

Data journalism could use a jolt of data science, too — Tech News and Analysis

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science UX Research, Cognitive Systems AI, Design UX, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization

  Data journalism could use a jolt of data science, too — Tech News and Analysis.

Elysium’s Director Thinks His Hellish Paradise Is Our Future. Let’s Hope He’s Wrong

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Design UX, Ethnographic Methods

Elysium's Director Thinks His Hellish Paradise Is Our Future. Let's Hope He's Wrong | Underwire | Wired.com. Related articles Elysium Review (confessingcinephile.wordpress.com)

Don’t Come to the Office

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization

Eric V. Holtzclaw, inc.com LEAN FORWARD If your employees don’t work from home, you’re missing out on tons of benefits. Guidelines to make a work-from-home program work. I recent­ly had a con­ver­sa­tion with some fel­low small busi­ness own­ers and was sur­prised to le… http://flip.it/GJCAR Don't Come to the Office Related articles Working from Home Effectively … Continue reading Don’t Come to the Office

Working in America

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Data Governance, Digital Health, Ethnographic Methods

Working in America geblogs.com Jobs are def­i­nite­ly a top of mind sub­ject. Did you know that man­u­fac­tur­ing jobs were the largest sec­tor of employ­ment in 1960, yet today the cat­e­go­ry has fall­en to 6th place? In this inter­ac­tive visu­al­iza­tion, browse who has bee… RT @Periscopic: Very excited to announce the launch of our latest data … Continue reading Working in America

Are trendy homesteaders clueless about class differences?

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, Ethnographic Methods, Metadata Masterdata, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

By Susie Cagle, grist.org Organ­ic gar­dens! Can­ning! Sewing clothes! All the chick­ens! The mod­ern rise of home­steading (of the hip­ster vari­ety) has gripped the nation’s urban cen­ters. It’s been kind of like this: Self-sufficiency can’t be bad, though, righ… RT @grist: Gardening and sewing clothes aren’t just activities for hipsters http://flip.it/JnK5y http://flip.it/9OQAU Are trendy homesteaders … Continue reading Are trendy homesteaders clueless about class differences?

Only vegetarians will be allowed to go to Mars

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods, Systems Science

Only vegetarians will be allowed to go to Mars By Jess Zimmerman, grist.org If you want to be in the first wave of Mars colonists, your best bet is to buddy up to Elon Musk — cofounder of Pay­Pal, CEO of Tesla Motors, and all-around smartest guy in the room regard­less of the room. He … Continue reading Only vegetarians will be allowed to go to Mars

Visualizing The Returns Of Education

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

Visualizing The Returns Of Education BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com The winner of an infographic design contest compares and contrasts the different costs and benefits of public and private education in countries around the world. At a time of inflation-busting tuition fees, reduced gov­ern­ment sup­port, and… RT @anya1anya: amazing infographic on the returns to education via … Continue reading Visualizing The Returns Of Education

In the Future, Will Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores?

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, Ethnographic Methods, Metadata Masterdata, Sustainable Design

In the Future, Will Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores? BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com A new library in Texas appears to be normal, until you realize it doesn’t have any books in it. In Bexar Coun­ty, Texas, the cen­ter of the San Anto­nio met­ro­pol­i­tan area’s break­neck growth, a pop­u­la­tion boom has left some res­i­dents… RT … Continue reading In the Future, Will Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores?

Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Linguistic Search

Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services John Paczkowski, allthingsd.com Apple does hard­ware and soft­ware well, and it’s at the top of its game when it does them togeth­er. But when it comes to Web ser­vices, the com­pa­ny is a lag­gard, with an ever-lengthening conga line of mis­steps. There are hands-down fias­co… http://flip.it/fuyg5 Related … Continue reading Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services

The New Places Where America’s Tech Future Is Taking Shape

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods, Sustainable Design

The New Places Where America’s Tech Future Is Taking Shape Joel Kotkin, forbes.com Tech­nol­o­gy is reshap­ing the eco­nom­ic geog­ra­phy of the Unit­ed States, but there’s dis­agree­ment as to how. Much of the media and pun­dits like Richard Flori­da assert that the tech rev­o­lu­tion is bound to be cen­tral­ized in the dense,… http://flip.it/MESlA Related articles Don't … Continue reading The New Places Where America’s Tech Future Is Taking Shape

Minority Report tech: coming to your living room

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science UX Research, Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods, Metadata Masterdata

Dan Lyons, readwrite.com The company is called Leap Motion, and if you want to get an idea of how much everyone in San Francisco is buzzing about them, consider this: A few weeks ago I was visiting a different hot new startup in San Francisco, and in the middle of their d… RT @rishad: Huge … Continue reading Minority Report tech: coming to your living room

Avoid recruiters and put your skills up for auction

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Linguistic Search

Hounded By Recruiters, Coders Put Themselves Up For Auction J.J. Colao, forbes.com When Pete Lon­don post­ed a resume on LinkedIn in Decem­ber 2009, the JavaScript spe­cial­ist stum­bled into a trap of sorts. Short­ly after cre­at­ing a pro­file he received a mes­sage from a recruiter at Google. Just days later, anoth­er from… RT @ForbesTech: Hounded by … Continue reading Avoid recruiters and put your skills up for auction