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Robert Reich: Why the Economy is Heading for a Stall

Thu, 03 May 2012 17:56:32 -0400

Robert Reich: Why the Economy is Heading for a Stall:

We’ll know more tomorrow when the jobs report is announced, but today’s report on America’s massive service sector – which make up about 90 percent of the economy – is sobering to say the least.

The Institute of Supply Management’s non-manufacturing index fell to a four-month low in April (53.5,…

[Data Visualization] GE and the Internet of Turbines

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:13:31 -0500

[Data Visualization] GE and the Internet of Turbines:

The next time you have to get an MRI or CT scan you might not know it but if the equipment is made by GE it is phoning home. No, the actual scan data is still between you and your doctor, but the broad stats of when and where the scan was taken is reported back to GE. In the true spirit of the Internet of Things, everything has an IP address, even an MRI machine. The analysts at GE have created some interesting data visualizations. About 125,000 scans are taken each day around the world with their equipment, and you can see time series information and other interesting stats on their blog.

ikenbot: NGC 4013 & the Tidal Stream

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:19:35 -0500

ikenbot:

NGC 4013 & the Tidal Stream

SOPA Will Take Us Back to the Dark Ages

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:49:29 -0500

SOPA Will Take Us Back to the Dark Ages:

I had an epiphany today. The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, was not written by people who fundamentally misunderstand how the web works. They understand all too well, and want to change it forever. Behind the almost unreadable (yet truly scary) text of SOPA (and its Senate doppelganger, PI…

Robert Reich: Free Enterprise on Trial

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:32:04 -0500

Robert Reich: Free Enterprise on Trial:

robertreich:

Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as “free enterprise on trial” – defining free enterprise as achieving success through “hard work and risking-taking.” Tea-Party favorite Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina says he’s supporting Romney because “we really need someone who understands how…

10 BI Trends for 2012 According to Tableau Software

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:09:14 -0500

nosql:

Big data gets even bigger

Self-reliance is the new self-service

The “Consumerization of Enterprise Software accelerates”

Mobile BI goes mainstream

Some companies start to get comfortable with social BI

Companies explore the BI cloud

Most jobs will require analytical skills… leading to talent shortages

BI projects flourish under aligned IT & business

Interactive data visualization becomes a requirement

Hadoop gathers momentul — unstructured data isn’t going anywhere.

It sounds like companies will have to discover the fountain of money to be able to accomplish 2, 6, and 8 within an year.

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"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and..."

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:06:01 -0500

“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.”

- Carl Sagan (via cwnl)

reagan-was-a-horrible-president: If you’re a 21st Century...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:45:42 -0500

reagan-was-a-horrible-president:

If you’re a 21st Century Republican, EVERYTHING is a liberal conspiracy!

smarterplanet: IBM THINK | Joi Ito on Overcoming Fear of...

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:18:33 -0400

smarterplanet:

IBM THINK | Joi Ito on Overcoming Fear of Cultural Differences with Errol Morris

cover—to—cover: C is for Cookie Sesame Street...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:16:31 -0400

cover—to—cover:

C is for Cookie

Sesame Street Records

1974

futuramb: (via textually.org: [Infographic] How Are Smartphones...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:58:35 -0400

futuramb:

(via textually.org: [Infographic] How Are Smartphones Being Used?)

scipsy: X-ray image of a pair of supermassive black holes in...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:57:34 -0400

scipsy:

X-ray image of a pair of supermassive black holes in the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 3393. NFC 3393 is the first discovered spiral galaxy (like our Milky Way) containing a pair of black holes.

The two black holes are separated by “only” 490 light years, and are probably the remnant of a merger of two galaxy, one larger and the other smaller. (via Chandra)

smarterplanet: The Chinese Farmer-Roboticist and Other DIY...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:56:34 -0400

smarterplanet:

The Chinese Farmer-Roboticist and Other DIY Technologist Tales | The Atlantic

In backalleys, garages, and shops across the world, a class of tinkerers are building new things. With little money and varying levels of formal education, the makers of our globe’s cities are innovating with what they have to hand. Separated by language and distance, most don’t think of themselves as part of a movement. At new magazine called Makeshift wants to change all that. In the US, MAKE magazine became a rallying point for do-it-yourself tech nerds and hackers. Makeshift wants to bring that sense of community to the international scene. “In different cultures [grassroots production] goes by different names: DIY in the US, jugaad in India, jua kali in East Africa, and gambiarra in Brazil,” the editors wrote on their new website. “Makeshift seeks to unify these cultures into a global identity.” The magazine’s staff includes wunderkind editor-in-chief Steve Daniels, an early-20s IBM researcher, photographer Myles Estey, and editor Niti Bhan, who founded the Emerging Futures Lab. They’re based in New York, Mexico City, and Singapore, respectively, a nod to the international nature of their virtual collaboration. They claim contributors from 20 countries.

thenextweb: Amazon to stream Fox content, new Spotify users...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:55:28 -0400

thenextweb:

Amazon to stream Fox content, new Spotify users now require a Facebook account, and Twitter is set to open an office in Ireland. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose.

You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The Next Web

Truthful Tech: Why I Converted my Facebook Timeline into a Tech blog.

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:32:54 -0400

Truthful Tech: Why I Converted my Facebook Timeline into a Tech blog.:

thenextweb:

torbahax:

With the recent changes made at Facebook, I decided to reinvent the way I interact on their platform. I joined Facebook initially back in 2007 because I noticed that it was beginning to gain traction. The direction that Facebook is taking the company seems to be an act of desperation….

Interesting use of Timeline…

dontgetcomfortable: “Kids, don’t try planking, it’s dangerous....

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:32:25 -0400

dontgetcomfortable:

“Kids, don’t try planking, it’s dangerous. Especially with me around.”

kateoplis: shabiggle: where is this!?! You would know that...

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:18:30 -0400

kateoplis:

shabiggle:

where is this!?!

You would know that it’s the Igloo Village Kakslauttanen in Finland, if the link I’d provided in my original post wasn’t deleted along with the source attribution. As is, one would have to scroll down the eight thousand+ notes to realize that I’m the originator. You kids.

We will become the authors of our own genetic code.

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:17:44 -0400

We will become the authors of our own genetic code.:

romeviharo:

A range of genetic disorders will be identified at birth, or even conception, and tiny, preprogrammed viruses will be sent into the body to penetrate compromised cells and correct the damage. Changing the adult body at the first signs of illness will be just as easy, he predicts.

There’s no reason, Prof Church says, why people won’t be able to live to be 120, and then 150.
“There used to be this attitude: here’s your genetic destiny, get used to it,” Prof Church says. “Now the attitude is: genetics is really about the environmental changes you can make to change your destiny.”
Continue reading the main storyread more via the BBC

Why Copenhagen is a startup city to watch - The Next Web

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:16:49 -0400

Why Copenhagen is a startup city to watch - The Next Web

BYOT (Bring Your Own Tech) keeps gaining ground in the workforce

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:56:14 -0400

BYOT (Bring Your Own Tech) keeps gaining ground in the workforce:

Some companies have even surrendered to what is being called the consumerization of I.T. At Kraft Foods, the I.T. department’s involvement in choosing technology for employees is limited to handing out a stipend. Employees use the money to buy whatever laptop they want from Best Buy, Amazon.com or the local Apple store.

“We heard from people saying, ‘How come I have better equipment at home?’ ” said Mike Cunningham, chief technology officer for Kraft Foods. “We said, hey, we can address that.”

Encouraging employees to buy their own laptops, or bring their mobile phones and iPads from home, is gaining traction in the workplace. A survey published on Thursday by Forrester Research found that 48 percent of information workers buy smartphones for work without considering what their I.T. department supports. By being more flexible, companies are hoping that workers will be more comfortable with their devices and therefore more productive.

“Bring your own device” policies, as they are called, are also shifting the balance of power among electronics makers. Manufacturers good at selling to consumers are increasingly gaining the upper hand, while those focused on bulk corporate sales are slipping.