A Journey Towards Local Manufacturing, Part 2: Maker’s Row, a Database of American Factories and What They Can Do for You core77.com Where would we be without the connective tissue that is the Internet? Amazon connects buyers and sellers. eBay lets us transfer junk from one person’s basement to another. Twitter lets ordinary citizens know … Continue reading A database of US factories and things for makers
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Plenty of Color and Lots of Personality: The Offices of Shopify
lifehacker.com Adam Dachis View Profile • Email • Facebook • Twitter • Google Plus • RSS Work can be a lot more fun when your office inspires it, and that’s certainly the case with Shopify. They took an ordinary series of workspace… Plenty of Color and Lots of Personality: The Offices of Shopify http://flip.it/7avDp … Continue reading Plenty of Color and Lots of Personality: The Offices of Shopify
Fjord top picks for tech in 2013
5 Trends That Will Shape Digital Services In 2013 By Olof Schybergson, fastcodesign.com What will the key changes be in business and design during 2013, and what should you do about it? Here are five predictions from the design firm Fjord. At Fjord, we work across domains like media, health care, retail, education, and banking, … Continue reading Fjord top picks for tech in 2013
NRA hides under the social media covers
National Rifle Association disappears from Facebook and stops tweeting in wake of school shooting By T.C. Sottek, theverge.com The National Rifle Association (NRA) — the largest gun rights advocacy group and one of the prevailing lobbying organizations in the United States — has pulled back from its social media presence following the Newtown, Connecti… RT … Continue reading NRA hides under the social media covers
Buffer social media turns from websites to mobile streams
With Over 400,000 Users, Social Media Manager Buffer Gets A Refresh On Web & Mobile, Moves Away From Being A Destination Site Sarah Perez, techcrunch.com Buffer, the social media manager that allows you to schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, is today launching a redesign of its service on both web and mobile. The … Continue reading Buffer social media turns from websites to mobile streams
Strum makes your clips into appealing videos
This App Turns Your Video Clips Into Instant Music Videos Emily Price, mashable.com Videos you shoot on your iPhone are about to get a lot cooler, with Strum, a new video app that instantly turns 15-second video clips into rock masterpieces.Similar to how you might put a filter on a photo with Instagram, Strum offers … Continue reading Strum makes your clips into appealing videos
UX makeover from ISite design
UX Makeover ISITE Design, isitedesign.com Submitted by Jessica Cheng S… on November 12th, 2012 in UX Makeover: Laying the Foundation to Support Your Website Content Of the many benefits we enjoy being part of the ISITE Design team is a true commitment to professional… http://flip.it/5zdH7 Related articles ISITE Design's Kam Figy Recognized as Sitecore Most … Continue reading UX makeover from ISite design
Rebooting medicine info graphic
Digital Health Infographic wirelesshealthstrategies.com 6 Characters (0,1,A,C,G,T) Rebooting Medicine & Health I created this conceptual infographic with the great team at Misfit Wearables. It’s based on the work of Dr. Eric Topol, author of “The Creative Destruction of… http://flip.it/ZfjsN Related articles What Digital Health Is (and Isn't) (rockhealth.com) The Creative Destruction of Medicine (canadacloud.net)
Tech insurgents replace “disrupters”
Meet Betabeat’s 2012 Tech Insurgents | Betabeat The Editors, betabeat.com Just don’t call them disrupters. By 11/14 11:30am Jack Dorsey, cofounder of Twitter and Square, recently tried to disabuse the tech industry of its infatuation with the word ‘disruption.’ “We don’t want ‘disruption,’ where we just move… Meet Betabeat’s 2012 Tech Insurgents | Betabeat http://flip.it/WgfQz http://flip.it/bz0gh … Continue reading Tech insurgents replace “disrupters”
Expereal will visualize and analyze your life in real time
Expereal: iPhone app to rate/analyze your life via data visualization Jonathan Cohen, boingboing.net Expereal is a free iPhone app developed to help people better understand themselves, to feel even more connected to the world, and to, hopefully, make more informed decisions about their lives. The marketplace has social media… RT @BoingBoing: Expereal: iPhone app to … Continue reading Expereal will visualize and analyze your life in real time
How information science empowered Obama’s reelection
When the Nerds Go Marching In James Fallows, theatlantic.com How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection The Obama campaign’s technologists were tense and tired. It was game day and everything was going wrong. Josh Thayer… When the Nerds Go Marching In - Alexis … Continue reading How information science empowered Obama’s reelection
Christie flip flops after hurricane Sandy
Chris Christie listened to Rupert Murdoch’s warning, re-backed Romney - Salon.com By David Daley, salon.com After the Fox News chief threatened the governor on Twitter, the two men quickly talked, and Christie got on board Rupert Murdoch’s warning tweet — telling Chris Christie in the midst of Hurricane Sandy cleanup that the New Jersey governo… … Continue reading Christie flip flops after hurricane Sandy
LinkedIn and identity theft
Identity fraud more common among LinkedIn users - Salon.com By Natasha Lennard, salon.com The personal information openly shared on social media sites is a goldmine for fraudsters The proliferation of personal information shared via social media correlates with a significant spike in instances of identity fraud. In 201… RT @Salon: “A goldmine for fraudsters”: Identity … Continue reading LinkedIn and identity theft
Cory Booker goes on food stamps to show us what food insecurity feels like
Cory Booker goes on food stamps - Salon.com By Mary Elizabeth Williams, salon.com The Newark mayor goes on a food-stamp diet to show us what poverty tastes like Cory Booker is a rare and unique brand of politician. Cory Booker is a human being. Since taking office in 2006, the mayor of Newark has made … Continue reading Cory Booker goes on food stamps to show us what food insecurity feels like
Twitrcovers makes your Tweets a bit more tasty
Beautify your Twitter Cover in One Click lifehack.org A few weeks ago, Twitter released new header image options for each user’s profile. As a result. users may now change their Twitter “cover” if they want. TwitrCovers has the best collection of Twitter covers available that I’ve seen. … RT @lifehackorg: Beautify your Twitter Cover in … Continue reading Twitrcovers makes your Tweets a bit more tasty
Cancer survivor uses social media to improve medical help
Drew Olanoff, Cancer Survivor, gets Tattoo of Biggest Donor’s Twitter Handle Jay Scott, huffingtonpost.com The name Drew Olanoff may be one that you have heard before. If you are a twitter aficionado (like me!), you may have once utilized the hashtag #blamedrewscancer. If you haven’t, well here are a few things you should know: after … Continue reading Cancer survivor uses social media to improve medical help
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 … Continue reading Language generation on the Internet:Reddit is the meme hatchery
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 … Continue reading When will someone invent a usable pellet stove?
Fred Trotter, health IT hacktivist
Data: Bringing Hidden Healthcare Data Into the Open Sarah Mitroff, wired.com Self-described health IT hacktivist and author Fred Trotter has hatched a plan to bring hidden healthcare data into the open. http://flpbd.it/ncJYs Related articles 'Hacktivist' group Anonymous strikes at Israeli government websites (washingtontimes.com) HIT firm ranks hospitals based on patient engagement tools, social presence & … Continue reading Fred Trotter, health IT hacktivist
We can now predict your behavior using online data
The Rising Science Of Social Influence — How Predictable Is Your Online Behaviour? Ferenc Huszár, techcrunch.com Techcrunch recently ran a piece by Michael Wu of Lithium. The following is a response written by Ferenc Huszar, who, prior to joining Peer Index PeerIndex as lead data scientist, was was a PhD student at the Machine Learning … Continue reading We can now predict your behavior using online data
Technology Is Useless If It Doesn’t Address a Human Need
Technology Is Useless If It Doesn’t Address A Human Need BY MEAGAN FALLONE, fastcoexist.com Facebook is great for checking out photos of your exes and all, but for social innovators working in the developing world, there’s no point to new technologies unless they make life better for the people they’re trying to help. Editor’s Note … Continue reading Technology Is Useless If It Doesn’t Address a Human Need
Tiny housetruck tour
Tiny Housetruck Video Tour Steven, tinyhouselistings.com Several years ago John Labovitz realized that he wanted to live a much more simple life. He realized that living in a small (well, tiny) home would be the catalyst for the simple life he was searching for. He began visualizing and… http://flpbd.it/ydmaJ Related articles Top Tours of the … Continue reading Tiny housetruck tour
Why energy management is the key to growth
Why Better Energy Management is the Key to Peak Productivity Gregory Ciotti, lifehacker.com We live in a culture that seems obsessed with being productive. While increasing our output and doing more with our time is certainly an admirable goal, according to Tony Schwartz, author of Be Excellent at Anything, that misguid… http://flpbd.it/D6hu5 Related articles The … Continue reading Why energy management is the key to growth
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 … Continue reading Klout and other ways to measure your influence
Visualizing how you will die
(via What do people die of? Mortality rates and data for every cause of death in 2011 visualised | News | guardian.co.uk) Related articles Information is Beautiful on how we die (guardian.co.uk) How We All Die, Visualized (gizmodo.com) The visual system as economist: Neural resource allocation in visual adaptation (medicalxpress.com) Data visualization startup Visual.ly grabs … Continue reading Visualizing how you will die
Medium attempts to be a better source of information
Medium wants people to eat their ‘information vegetables’ by Donna Tam, cnet.com Obvious CEO and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams says his new project is about creating content that focuses on quality over speed. SAN FRANCISCO — Evan Williams, Twitter co-founder and CEO of Obvious, wants to change the wor… http://flpbd.it/fk1nt Related articles Biz Stone Working … Continue reading Medium attempts to be a better source of information
Why your body is the next target for social technology
Smart Body, Smart World: The Next Phase of Personal Computing Sarah Rotman Epps, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, allthingsd.com In the past half-century, computing has evolved from the mainframe to the desktop to the shoulder bag to the pocket, and now it’s taking over new frontiers: our physical bodies, and the physical environments that we inhabit. … Continue reading Why your body is the next target for social technology
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