Ethnographic Methods – Page 17

Techmeme: cutting edge trend spotting

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Techmeme.

We’re not sure what kind of secret sauce Gabe Rivera uses to find stories for his TechMeme news aggregator (he simply says the site uses a “software agent“), but what we do know is that TechMeme brilliantly unearths the hottest news stories.

Techmeme’s Gabe Rivera interviewed by The Verge (nextlevelofnews.com)
Techmeme’s Gabe Rivera weighs in on Guy Adams’ Twitter suspension (twitchy.com)
Building a Better Techmeme (launch.co)
Scripting News for 8/2/2008 (scripting.wordpress.com)
Cheers to Mediagazer: read mode facilitation (zemanta.com)
The downside to being well-known (worldcadaccess.typepad.com)
The Drill Down 245: OffLive (preview) (thedrilldown.com)
We’re entering a golden age of news geekery (marshallk.com)
Don’t Just Publish a Magazine, Build a Magazine Rack (hubspot.com)

All things iPod, iPhone, iPad and Beyond | iLounge

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy, Security & Privacy, Sustainable Design

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All things iPod, iPhone, iPad and Beyond | iLounge.

Apple to Host iPhone Event in September, iPod and iPad Mini Event October (gottabemobile.com)
Ask iLounge: Removing songs from a manually managed iPod (ilounge.com)
iLounge: New iPhone will have 8-pin dock connector, iPod Nano will have Bluetooth 4.0 (9to5mac.com)
The iPad’s screen: to protect it or not? (reviews.cnet.com)
Apple Rumors That Have Me Hoping (blogher.com)
iPhone 5 event tipped for split from iPad mini on September 12 (slashgear.com)

Brain Games & Brain Training – Lumosity

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Network Science, Regenerative Economy

Brain Games & Brain Training – Lumosity.

It’s not the first “brain-training” site we’ve encountered, but it may be the most scientific. Sign up for a free trial and play games that have been lab-tested and shown to improve memory, attention, processing speed, and cognitive control.

Lumosity raises an additional $31.5M to study and improve cognitive abilities through games (venturebeat.com)
Lumosity raises $31.5M for online cognitive exercises (vator.tv)
Lumosity raises $70M to study and improve cognitive abilities through games (medcitynews.com)
Using Lumosity to Prepare for the MCAT (theherocomplex.com)
Who’s playing lumosity? (behealthybewealthy.wordpress.com)
Brain Training (fitnesspedia.wordpress.com)
Lumosity Adds $31.5M (pehub.com)
Brain training is part of new fitness gear (smartypantsvitamins.com)
Lumosity Brain Trainer – Lumos Labs, Inc. (itunes.apple.com)
Enhancing Cognitive Function: Lumosity Brain Games (natalializon.wordpress.com)

Free People Search – Find People – Wink

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Network Science, Security & Privacy, Sustainable Design

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Free People Search – Find People – Wink – Wink.

Wink is a people search engine that culls results from social-networking sites (MySpace, LinkedIn, Bebo, and more), followed by results from other sites where users keep public profiles, followed by results from the Web at large.

Geri Spieler: Search Your Name Online: Be Prepared for a Shocking Discovery (huffingtonpost.com)
Free People Shredded Mobius Scarf: Love It or Hate It? (fabsugar.com)
Searching For Someone (dave-lucas.blogspot.com)
People Search (philbradley.typepad.com)
Google to include people’s Gmail in search results (news.yahoo.com)
How People Search (beanstalk-inc.com)
How to use social networking to help your business (premierlinedirect.co.uk)
Zopeo; another less than good people search engine (philbradley.typepad.com)

WIKISKY.ORG: Google the Sky

August 25, 2007 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

WIKISKY.ORG.

Much as Google has figured out how to harness user-submitted content to improve Google Earth, Wikisky.org turns the collective wiki-eye on the vast reaches of space. Check out the draggable space model with constellations highlighted.