Author: timbatchelder

  • Tech hiring on upswing due to personal informatics

    Tech hiring is on upswing, but not where you’d expect – The Boston Globe. Related articles Pathology Informatics Conference Moved to May 13-16, 2014 (labsoftnews.typepad.com) National Informatics Center of India Hacked by Code Injector and Yash (news.softpedia.com) Week 1: What is Social Informatics? (taylormharvey.wordpress.com)

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  • ExL Pharmaceutical Conferences

    ExL Pharmaceutical Conferences | Pharmaceutical Meetings | Pharmaceutical Events I have spoken at these conferences and they do a great job of staying abreast of the latest in digital media, KM and health informatics in pharma and life sciences. Related articles Commercial Effectiveness Of Pharmaceutical Sales And Marketing Conference, 27-28 August 2012, Boston, MA (medicalnewstoday.com)…

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  • Computers Read the News, and Trade on It

     Wall St. Computers Read the News, and Trade on It – NYTimes.com.

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  • A Hundred Million Calls to 311 Visualized

    What a Hundred Million Calls to 311 Reveal About New York | Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles Kvetching on 311: What New Yorkers Complain About (ritholtz.com)

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  • iPad penetrates biotech/pharma with social information access

    After years of regulatory hand wringing about the theoretical risks and benefits of social media in pharma, the Apple iPad and with it an entire ecosystem of interactive apps for science and medical information professionals is now achieving mass penetration of the pharma industry. Medical-Sector Companies Arm Sales Forces With Apple IPads – WSJ.com. Related…

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  • Time 50 best inventions of 2010 features synthetic cell, biotech, ipad, software

      The 50 Best Inventions of 2010 – TIME 3-D Bioprinter Sarcasm Detection Plus one really cool new carbonator… Related articles Monsanto Partners With Synthetic Genomics Monsanto Partners With Biotech in La Jolla (utsandiego.com) Where Would You be Today Without Inventions? (english.answers.com) First biotech IPO of ’13 jumps in encouraging debut (fiercebiotech.com) This Week in…

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  • FDA final rule on safety info, but still no word on social media

    FDA issues final rule on safety information during clinical trials This is an interesting announcement and reveals to me the fact that the FDA is coming to grips with the fact that the current process for reporting adverse events needs an overhaul including refining what qualifies as an AE and how they are reported. I…

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  • High Speed Science: NIH vs. 23andMe Smackdown

    via www.wired.com Another excellent article on turning the scientific method on its head using new web based social networking data mining methods versus hypothesis/testing. For example compares the conventional approach of NIH to that of 23andMe in studying Parkinson’s which lead to a reduction in research time from 6 years to 8 months. Related articles…

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  • Philadelphia University | M.S. in Sustainable Design M.S. in Sustainable Design

    Philadelphia University | M.S. in Sustainable Design M.S. in Sustainable Design. Related articles How Design is Shaped by Purpose Sefaira Concept – collaborative sofware for sustainable design Green 101: Pratt Institute in Top 10 Most Environmentally Friendly Colleges Special Guest Post: Embedding Sustainability A Call for Paradigmatic Shift in Design Education System Job Sustainability Analysis Features:…

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  • Adobe Design Center – Galleries, articles and tips on motion and interactive design

    Adobe Design Center – Galleries, articles and tips on motion and interactive design. Related articles Brand as Context in Interaction Design Coastermatic UX for Learning: Design Guidelines for the Learner Experience Design Management 01 – The History and Emerging Future of Design by HumanCentered ♥ / HOW Interactive Design Conference Four Ways To Break Into…

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