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  • Open structures parts kit lets you make anything from scratch

    An Open-Source Kit Of Parts, For Making Any Gadget From Scratch By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com At the Istanbul Bienal, designers used the OpenStructures system to build toasters, sleds, and vacuum cleaners from scratch. The move towards DIY dig­i­tal fabrication—from Maker­Bot to Fab@Home—is an undoubt­ed­ly great devel­op­ment for… http://flpbd.it/fOuI4 Related articles Dyson dc24 animal compact upright…

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  • Get Back Inc.: Saving, and Creating, the Best American-Made Industrial Furniture

    Get Back Inc.: Saving, and Creating, the Best American-Made Industrial Furniture core77.com Connecticut-based design­er Tim Byrne has my dream job: He found­ed and runs Get Back Inc., a com­pa­ny that scours the Amer­i­can coun­try­side gath­er­ing up U.S.-built fur­ni­ture from the Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion era and onwards. Gems like t… http://flpbd.it/d8EfS

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  • 50 Amazing Job Perks

    MoneyTalksNews, huffingtonpost.com Mon­eyTalk­sNews: Tech com­pa­nies will go to amaz­ing lengths to recruit tal­ent­ed employ­ees – and keep them from jump­ing to com­peti­tors. An increas­ing­ly impor­tant part of the equa­tion is ben­e­fits. A recent New York Times… http://flpbd.it/fG8hC 50 Amazing Job Perks Related articles Get Creative with Job Perks (business.time.com) Looking for a Lesson in Google’s…

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  • 6 Reasons Layoffs Are Really Dumb

    Erik Sherman, inc.com TECHTOWN It seems like smart just-in-time staffing: You hire for big projects and then let people go when they wrap up. But here’s why it hurts more than it helps. For the most part, there aren’t many par­al­lels between the cutting-edge… http://flpbd.it/wfdkE 6 Reasons Layoffs Are Really Dumb Related articles AFL-CIO’s Trumka:…

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  • Etsy HQ breathing rooms and gross happiness

    Handmade Desks, “Breathing Rooms,” And Gross Happiness: Take A Look Inside Etsy HQ fastcocreate.com Beyond just quirk, crafty marketplace Etsy offers employes a green (B Corp certified) place to work where happiness is measured and learning is encouraged (two words: therapeutic doodling). Seven years into its exis­tence, the online hand­made a… http://flpbd.it/39vka Related articles Crafty…

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  • It is possible to be a happy, financially stable freelancer

    How To Be A Happy And Successful Creative Freelancer (Or Work With One) fastcocreate.com Freelancers share their best practices for being their own boss, and why you should so totally just do it. When talk­ing to cre­ative free­lancers, there’s one phrase that’s often repeat­ed: “I don’t mean to sound cheesy or cliché but…” What… http://flpbd.it/Mtogd…

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  • Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax

    Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax Machines Richard MacManus, readwriteweb.com Today at the DC to VC: Health IT Start­up Show­case, a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Mor­gen­thaler Ven­tures and the Health 2.0 Con­fer­ence, I saw first­hand how health IT star­tups are tack­ling big, real-world prob­lems. Com­ing from a world where… http://flpbd.it/hw3nH Related articles Video: My interview…

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  • Dirty White Gold: a Film That Exposes Cotton Farming’s Dark Side

    Fund “Dirty White Gold,” a Film That Exposes Cotton Farming’s Dark Side ecouterre.com Photo by Shut­ter­stock Jour­nal­ist Leah Bor­romeo’s documentary-in-the-making, “The Cot­ton Film: Dirty White Gold,” fol­lows the life of cot­ton from seed to store, trac­ing who it touch­es and how their live are effect­ed. The incred­i­ble… http://flpbd.it/5ti7j

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  • Infographic: Women’s health connections

    Infographic: Womens’ health connections By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Octo­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… http://flpbd.it/b1HK1 Related articles Heart Health Infographics – This Chart Gives…

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  • Birds with cameras take flight

    Birds with cameras take flight in ‘Winged Planet,’ tonight on the Discovery Channel By Justin Rubio, theverge.com The lat­est entry in the critically-acclaimed Plan­et series from the Dis­cov­ery Chan­nel and the BBC airs tonight at 8:00PM ET. “Winged Plan­et” — like “Blue Plan­et” and “Plan­et Earth” before it — is a nature doc­u­men­tary that uti­lizes……

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  • Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them

    Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them” Rip Empson, techcrunch.com If you get the oppor­tu­ni­ty to hear Clay­ton Chris­tensen hold court, seize it. Chris­tensen is a Har­vard Busi­ness School pro­fes­sor and renowned author and inno­va­tion expert, per­haps best known for his book “The Inno­va­tor’s Dilemma,” wh… http://flpbd.it/vxutu Related articles Turning openness into…

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  • Measuring debate performance on Twitter

    Measuring debate performance on Twitter – POLITICO.com Related articles Things Get Rough on Twitter Over Gun Debate (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) Social Media Strategy for Small Business 2013: A Totally Honest Look at Social Networks (amsterdamprinting.com) Shocking NASCAR Crash Video Raises A Serious Debate (businessinsider.com) Infographic: 2012 Service Desk Industry Round-Up (sunrisesoftware.co.uk) oLyfe Reveals Social Media Sentiment around…

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