Category: Cognitive Science

  • Management consultants must become anthropologists to get real data

    Why Management Consultants Need To Make Apps, Take “Rep Rides,” And Study High-Selling Hair Farmers By David Zax, fastcompany.com To create real value, Bluewolf consultants shadow their clients’ representatives in the field. The results often involve mobile apps streamlining their work. The man­age­ment con­sult­ing indus­try has been much maligned in recent years. The… RT @FastCompany:…

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  • Memoto records every minute of your day

    A Wearable Camera To Record Every Single One Of Life’s Precious Moments BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com The Memoto is a “lifelogging camera” designed to capture and then re-stream everything that happens to you. Does this mean the end of memory as we know it? The cybor­gian future that awaits us is full of enhance­ments to…

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  • Visualizing all public transit in NYC

    Watch One Mesmerizing Day Of All The Public Transit In New York BY MORGAN CLENDANIEL, fastcoexist.com This video, made using MTA data, shows the city as defined by its subways, buses, and trains. New York is a city defined by its pub­lic trans­porta­tion sys­tem. It’s why, when large parts of it were taken out dur­ing…

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  • Scanadu tricorder

    Scanadu’s Medical Tricorder Will Measure Your Vital Signs In Seconds BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com No more searching the medicine cabinet for the thermometer or being worried that your blood pressure is too high. Just hold this device up to your temple for a moment and you can start to track your health. It was less…

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  • Andrew Hyde only owns 15 things

    Meet the Guy Who Owns Only 15 Things Yuka Yoneda, ecouterre.com If you’re think­ing of adopt­ing a more min­i­mal­ist lifestyle for 2012, take a page from the play­book of Andrew Hyde, an itin­er­ant blogger-cum-interface design­er who owns only 15 items. Cur­rent­ly resid­ing in New York City—he’s lived… http://flpbd.it/JE2Br Related articles Minimizing My Life (undeniableruth.com) 15…

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  • Are you ready to downsize to a tiny house?

    Seven Questions To Ask Before Buying A Tiny House Steven Harrell, businessinsider.com Finance 1.) Do you plan to move any­time in the near future? Or does a trav­el­ing lifestyle fit best with your vision of a tiny house lifestyle? If so, you might con­sid­er pur­chas­ing a tiny house that sits on a trail­er. Some… http://flpbd.it/smHcK…

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  • Accelerators Are the New B-school

    Flash Steinbeiser, inc.com Inc.com staff As more young entrepreneurs find success from their business accelerator contacts, the usefulness of traditional business school is put into question. Turns out, more and more young entre­pre­neurs favor the busi­ness con­tacts… http://flpbd.it/tBMY1 Accelerators Are the New B-school Related articles Brad Feld to write foreword for the book Accelerate (howtowriteabusinessplan.com)…

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  • 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…

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