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Category: Digital health

Many use Netflix without paying

10 Million People Watch Netflix Without Paying Rebecca Greenfield, theatlanticwire.com All that anecdotal password sharing we’ve been hearing about is more than just a few media savvy friends passing around their logins: One analyst estimates that something like 10 million people watch Netflix Instant, gratis,… 10 Million People Watch Netflix Without Paying http://flip.it/WGPOG http://flip.it/yLNqF Related…
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Data hero: visualization startup cloud based analysis

Visualization startup Datahero opens its doors and delivers data analysis for the masses Derrick Harris, gigaom.com When I first met Datahero Co-founder Chris Neumann a year ago, I was pretty excited about what he claimed his new company was going to do. Essentially, he told me, it was going to offer a simple, cloud-based data…
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Business linguistics: code switching

How Code-Switching Explains The World Gene Demby, wbur.org So you’re at work one day and you’re talking to your colleagues in that professional, polite, kind of buttoned-up voice that people use when they’re doing professional work stuff. Your mom or … http://flip.it/wsMuP
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Kickstand desk: bicycle while you work

With the Kickstand desk, you never have to leave your bike, even for work slaskow, grist.org Kickstand FurnitureIf you love biking so much that the idea of getting off your bike to do work makes your stomach curl just a little bit, here is your solution. It’s called a Kickstand desk, and it lets you…
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Why aren’t there more women in engineering? Because they’re sane.

Why You Can’t Find Women Engineers: They’re Too Well-Rounded By: Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com “Not lack of ability, but more choice,” say researchers. Silicon Valley’s hottest companies are hurting for women engineers. And many pixels have been spilled trying to figure out why. The answer, according to a study released by Pitt… Why You Can’t Find…
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Elizabeth Kolbert: The Anthroplogy of Sleeplessness : The New Yorker

Wolfe Meyer is an anthropologist of sleep Elizabeth Kolbert: The Science of Sleeplessness : The New Yorker Related articles Science & Tech in The New Yorker (reintegratenewhaven.com) Elizabeth Kolbert: Graham Hill’s micro-apartment. (newyorker.com) Elizabeth Kolbert Who Decides Who Fuels the Future (guardianlv.com)
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Cultivate your power users if you want to succeed

If You Want Your App To Take Off, Learn To Reward Your Power Users By Lars Albright, fastcompany.com Yikes: 70 percent of the people who download your app will never, ever look at it again. So you better learn how to create and coddle power users. Mobile apps are booming by all the basic measures,…
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Google glass: high tech, low cool

If You Wear Google’s New Glasses You Are An Asshole Adrian Chen, gawker.com Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has developed a brilliantly concise definition of an asshole: “A person who demands that all social interaction happen on their terms.” He was inspired by the assholes who talk in Amtrak’s quiet car, but thi… RT @core77: A…
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Chronic pain and happiness

How Chronic Pain Has Made Me Happier Rob Heaton, lifehacker.com Seven years ago I did so much cycling that my legs blew up. My body completely gave out and my brain decided that from now on everything was going to hurt all the time so that I would stop running myself into the ground. Since…
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10 Inexpensive Ways to Keep Woolen Sweaters Looking Like New

ecouterre.com RT @inhabitat: It’s time to put those woolen sweaters into storage; check out our guide to keeping them in tip-top, moth-free state http://flip.it/VNi1f http://flip.it/fug6f 10 Inexpensive Ways to Keep Woolen Sweaters Looking Like New Related articles DIY Maje inspired bow sweater (creatively3.wordpress.com)
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The invisible UI

No to NoUI Timo, elasticspace.com ‘The best design is invisible’ is the interaction design phrase of the moment. The images above are from my ever-expanding collection of quotes about how design and technology will ‘disappear’, become ‘invisible’ or how the… No to NoUI – Timo Arnall http://flip.it/DXd0v http://flip.it/BZVXF Related articles The curse of the invisible…
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Automatica makes your car smart

Gadget Review: Automatica Makes Some Cars Into Smart Cars Tony Sims, wired.com In the past few years, we have seen the addition of Bluetooth connectability, communication via rear view mirror (OnStar), and integrated on-board computer entertainment systems. All these things are great, but what if your vehicle is a little bit… Gadget Review: Automatica Makes…
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