Mycrocosm personal data graph portal (7)
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an online web service that allows users to visualize & share snippets of all sorts of data in form of simple statistical graphs. the Mycrocosm project focuses on social communication & the creation of individual & biographical data profiles (e.g. Feltron's annual report), rather than possible uses of data tracking (e.g. Track-n-Graph) or social visualization (e.g. Many Eyes). the project seems to come very close to Feltron's Daytum (seemingly still in private beta). [link: media.mit.edu]
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marcell said:
Shared by Klaudio Stefancic: “an online web service that allows users to visualize & share snippets of all sorts of data in form of simple statistical graphs”
Professional Content Writing: How To Create Your Own Content Templates For Different Article Types (2)
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Writing posts, articles and reviews while utilizing a very specific content structure and sequence as an editorial guiding path, can provide better and more interesting writing while providing more consistently your readers with the information they want in a uniquely recognizable style. Photo credit: Graffoto While journalist schools teach a very specific and standardized approach, my suggestion is in fact for you to do just like I did: consider developing your own content template and ...
Steve Almond: Dear Barack: The Veep Choice That Could Shock the World (1)
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Dear Barack, If you truly want to electrify the country with your Vice Presidential choice, I've got two words for you: Choose Hillary. I realize you're never going to do this, because it runs contrary to your play-it-safe nature, overdetermined nature, but let me offer my rationale. 1. It's a Display of Strength As a political gesture, it's essentially Lincolnian in nature. You're saying to the world: I'm secure enough to make my central rival ...
Choose a Safe, Reusable Water Bottle [Health] (39)
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Americans consume 28 billion single use bottles of water per year and roughly 80 percent of those end up in a landfill. Even if you don't fancy yourself an eco-crusader, the impact of that amount of trash is significant, not to mention Bisphenol A—a chemical found in most water bottles—has been linked to a host of ailments including increased risk of cancer, obesity, early onset puberty, and diabetes. Companies are slowly phasing out the use ...
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JVChuy said:
This is a great idea. Just need to find a place to get GOOD water on the run!?
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Stephanie said:
i've started searching for a good reusable water bottle...
How the Daily Show's PVRs work (10)
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A former Daily Show researcher has weighted in on this PVRBlog post, detailing the PVR setup used by the show: When TiVo footage is needed for TDS that day (i.e., every day), the clips are dubbed off to Beta tape and brought to an editing bay. Yup, sneakernet. Sounds like a lot of work, right? It is. I wouldn't be surprised if the show upgrades to a networked PVR system -- especially with an imminent ...
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MikeD said:
I've always wondered about this!!!!
The best job interview questions from Microsoft, Google... and IKEA (Royal Pingdom) (19)
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Royal Pingdom: The best job interview questions from Microsoft, Google... and IKEA — Tricky, funny and interesting, these are some questions people claim to have been asked at job interviews with Microsoft and Google. And IKEA, sort of... We came across these because we are currently looking for a developer …
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Angus said:
I'd get pwnd so hard :-/
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philco said:
Hillary and I asked the candidate to guess our height over the phone.
What do the freaking tech bloggers want? (47)
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UPDATE: if you are a PR person and you are reading this blog, any vitriol aimed at the PR industry is NOT aimed at you. Probably. :-) I remember working at a small tech startup back in the mid 1990s. Winnov. We made video capture cards and videoconferencing solutions. I was the director of marketing and I used to think that if only Walt Mossberg or Dan Gillmor (who back then was the tech journalist ...
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David said:
This is why Scoble rocks. He is one of the few big-time bloggers that calls it like he sees it. I still think he's missing a big part of the picture: Bloggers are to blame in this mess because they are trying to make a living. But he is still onto something.
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Scoble weighs in with suggestions for the PR industry in a new era, continuing to fuel the flames of debate
TheFunded inspires lawsuit from VC firm (1)
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The venture firm ratings site receives a subpoena to disclose the identity of a member who posted unfavorable comments about Michigan-based EDF Ventures.
Lehman's Online U.S. Advertising Forecast: Another $20 Billion ... (Erick Schonfeld/TechCrunch) (3)
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Lehman's Online U.S. Advertising Forecast: Another $20 Billion In Growth By 2012 And Online Video Takes Off — I was (digitally) leafing through the latest Lehman Brothers Internet Data Book for August this morning, and came across these forecasts for total U.S. Internet online ad spending and online video ad spending.
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Stanley said:
video advertising forecast...exponential
What is Google Hiding in Holland? (5)
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Google blurring out high security sites in Google Maps isn’t new, but photoshopping such sites poorly is definitely new. This location is Holland has a bad case of Photoshop Blues, complete with 2007 Google remnants on the copy: Photoshop Disasters suggests it’s an Alien Landing site. What ever it is, it needed to be covered up fast and without due care and attention. (via Chris Nixon on FriendFeed)
Twitterfone Releases Full Audio Interface For Twitter (32)
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Twitterfone launched in May to let Twitter users post new messages by calling in to a phone number and speaking out what they want to say. The service then converts the message to text and posts it to your Twitter account along with a link to the audio file. Here’s a test message I created at the launch. The service is a great way to leave a quick Twitter message when you’re away from your ...
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Sheng said:
STT
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Andrew said:
Er what. I guess this is for those instances when I'm not near a computer, my cell phone, but near another different phone...
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Mark said:
I don't quite see why you would need an audio interface for twitter
Y Combinator’s Popcuts Pays You To Find Good New Music (27)
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The web is full of hipsters scouring the indie music scene for the next big thing. And while there is no shortage of communities where these trendsetters can share their picks, they’ve never stood to gain anything from being ahead of the crowd (aside from a slight sense of superiority). Popcuts, a Y Combinator-funded music store that launches today in public beta, is looking to reward these early adopters by paying store credit to the ...
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kmohr25 said:
matt, this is so you!!!!
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whatevernevermind said:
What a cool idea. I'm gonna have to check this out.
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Jeff Schmidt said:
At least it's a different approach. It will interesting to see what happens.
Jajah Launches Instant Chinese/English Voice Translation (30)
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Jajah, a popular VoIP service provider, has released a new English/Chinese translation service called JAJAH.Babel just in time for the Olympic Games. The service, which was developed in conjunction with IBM, allows users to call a free number to get a near-instant translation of spoken sentences. The service isn’t meant for voice calls abroad - instead, it’s a handheld translator. After speaking your message into the phone, you hand it to the person you’re speaking ...
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matt said:
wow - this is pretty amazing - I didn't realise that this sort of technology existed... haha, the future is now!
Say Cheese! (1)
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By: Rob Longert, PepperDigital Remember all of the times during your childhood when someone asked you to say cheese before taking a picture? Oh the nightmares! Remember how long it took for Aunt Sally to send you the photos from your cousin’s birthday party? What a travesty! But then… Polaroid came along, and made it possible for us to receive instant gratification from our cameras. It wasn’t cheap, and it wasn’t always pretty, but it ...
