Category: Ethnographic Methods

Visualizing The Returns Of Education

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

Visualizing The Returns Of Education
BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com

The winner of an infographic design contest compares and contrasts the different costs and benefits of public and private education in countries around the world.

At a time of inflation-busting tuition fees, reduced gov­ern­ment sup­port, and…

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In the Future, Will Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores?

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Sustainable Design

In the Future, Will Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores?
BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com

A new library in Texas appears to be normal, until you realize it doesn’t have any books in it.

In Bexar Coun­ty, Texas, the cen­ter of the San Anto­nio met­ro­pol­i­tan area’s break­neck growth, a pop­u­la­tion boom has left some res­i­dents…

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Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services
John Paczkowski, allthingsd.com

Apple does hard­ware and soft­ware well, and it’s at the top of its game when it does them togeth­er. But when it comes to Web ser­vices, the com­pa­ny is a lag­gard, with an ever-lengthening conga line of mis­steps.

There are hands-down fias­co…

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The New Places Where America’s Tech Future Is Taking Shape

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Sustainable Design

The New Places Where America’s Tech Future Is Taking Shape
Joel Kotkin, forbes.com

Tech­nol­o­gy is reshap­ing the eco­nom­ic geog­ra­phy of the Unit­ed States, but there’s dis­agree­ment as to how. Much of the media and pun­dits like Richard Flori­da assert that the tech rev­o­lu­tion is bound to be cen­tral­ized in the dense,…

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Minority Report tech: coming to your living room

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Dan Lyons, readwrite.com

The company is called Leap Motion, and if you want to get an idea of how much everyone in San Francisco is buzzing about them, consider this: A few weeks ago I was visiting a different hot new startup in San Francisco, and in the middle of their d…

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This Tiny Gizmo Could Be A Very Big Deal In 2013 – And Beyond

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Avoid recruiters and put your skills up for auction

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Hounded By Recruiters, Coders Put Themselves Up For Auction
J.J. Colao, forbes.com

When Pete Lon­don post­ed a resume on LinkedIn in Decem­ber 2009, the JavaScript spe­cial­ist stum­bled into a trap of sorts. Short­ly after cre­at­ing a pro­file he received a mes­sage from a recruiter at Google. Just days later, anoth­er from…

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Why you must keep learning to stay competitive

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Learning Should Be Your Top 2013 New Year’s Resolution
Eze Vidra, thenextweb.com

As we get clos­er to the New Year, the rit­u­al of mak­ing res­o­lu­tions begins and we all flock to the usual pat­terns: we want to to eat health­i­er, work out more, get pro­mot­ed, or spend more time with our kids and fam­i­ly.

These are with…

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NYC emerging as a social tech startup powerhouse

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Why 2013 Will Be a Big Year for NYC’s Tech Start-Ups!
Alan McGlade, forbes.com

New York City has a thriv­ing start-up scene and now is firm­ly estab­lished as the num­ber two inno­va­tion cen­ter behind Sil­i­con Val­ley. The ramp in momen­tum can be felt across the city land­scape from the mayor’s office where Michael…

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Should I learn app development or HTML5?

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

HTML5 vs. Apps: Here’s Why The Debate Matters, And Who Will Win
Business Insider, businessinsider.com

Tech/Media

HTML5 is a new tech­nol­o­gy that allows devel­op­ers to build rich web-based apps that run on any device via a stan­dard web brows­er.

Many think it will save the web, ren­der­ing native platform-dependent apps obso­lete.

So, whi…

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Why Apple, Google and Microsoft are not doomed

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

Contrary to media frenzies, Apple is not giving up on innovation (it is actually becoming a more efficient, responsible, transparent and happier place to work).

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The Year of Doom For Microsoft, Google and Apple
Haydn Shaughnessy, forbes.com

2012 was the year of the doom mer­chant in busi­ness. In the fan­ta­sy world of dying plan­ets earth sur­vived but if you lis­ten to the doom mon­gers, Microsoft, Apple, Google and a whole lot of other com­pa­nies are on their death bed.

There a…

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Why steam punk is a usability testing tool for new technologies

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Being More Human | Next | Output
Kathleen Holt, oregonhumanities.org

Being More Human

Intel’s res­i­dent futur­ist on how the steam­punk cul­ture offers clues to build­ing a bet­ter tomor­row

East­er week­end 2011, I was at the bar of the Dou­ble­tree Hotel at Sea-Tac Air­port watch­ing a parade of sorts: a…

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Why the iPad is becoming the best mobile phone and how to do it

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

 

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howtowired:

With the recent addition of iMessage to non-cellular devices in the Apple family, many have been happily adapting their iPad as their new go-to communicative device. Unfortunately, because the iPad isn’t tied to a mobile number, the user’s email address associated with their Apple account is the…

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Wired.com How-To: Micro Edition: How To Sync iMessage Across iOS Devices

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