Category: Information Visualization

  • New models for venture firms find both ideas and the money

    Knode and other local startups are the focus of new vc approaches that involve less time shuffling papers at a desk, and more time doing ethnographic research on what people actually do. Some venture firms find both ideas and the money – Boston.com. Related articles Fred Wilson says venture capital funds have gotten too big…

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  • Is behavioral science the new ‘Freakonomics’?

    Is neuroscience the new ‘Freakonomics’? – Ideas@Innovations – The Washington Post. Related articles Freakonomics Quiz: Twice Is Enough (freakonomics.com) NBC Buys ‘Freakonomics’-Inspired Drama Procedural Produced By Kelsey Grammer | Deadline (shortformblog.com) FREAK-est Links (freakonomics.com) NBC Buys ‘Freakonomics’-Inspired Drama Procedural Produced By Kelsey Grammer (deadline.com) With SOPA gone, setting Internet advocacy’s next stop @WashingtonPost covers Internet…

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  • Employers put offices in social media pockets

    By Cory Brown, washingtontimes.com It is a man­ag­er’s prob­lem that Henry Ford and even a young Bill Gates never had to deal with – how to main­tain pro­duc­tiv­i­ty when work­ers are using valu­able com­pa­ny time to update their Face­book sta­tus or check their Twit­ter feeds. http://flpbd.it/vKpIL Employers put offices in social media pockets Related articles…

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  • Growth Hacking — Livestream

    eventbrite.com http://flpbd.it/2d4ks Growth Hacking — Livestream Related articles Growth Hacking is Simply Advanced Product Management (johnpeltier.com)

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  • Why Don’t Young Americans Buy Cars?

    Why Don’t Young Americans Buy Cars? Jordan Weissmann, theatlantic.com Auto mak­ers are wor­ried about the Mil­len­ni­als. They just don’t seem to care about own­ing a car. Is this a gen­er­a­tional shift, or just a lousy econ­o­my at work? Kids these days. They don’t get mar­ried. They don’t buy homes. And,… http://flpbd.it/zeQMx Related articles Young drivers…

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  • The Underground Economy of Buying Twitter Followers: Dealers, Abusers & Fake Accounts

      http://flpbd.it/6C2q0 The Underground Economy of Buying Twitter Followers: Dealers, Abusers & Fake Accounts Related articles The ‘Twitter Underground Economy’: Buying (fake) Twitter followers (nextlevelofnews.com) 10 Career Experts You Need to Follow on Twitter | CareerBliss (careerbliss.com) We Tried To Fly A Drone But Failed Miserably (businessinsider.com) The Drones Are Here! (And You Can Buy…

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  • ReD Associates: Anthropological perspectives on business problems

      ReD Associates | Ideas that transform marketplaces. Related articles Increasing Companies’ Profitability with Managed Print (icnmsolutions.wordpress.com) Calling All Anthropologists: We Need a Photo of You! (aaanet.org) Outside In: Breaking Some Anthropology Rules for Design [guest contributor] (ethnographymatters.net) Creating knowledge in social sciences (thehindu.com) Morbid Road Trip: Medical Oddities Around the World (mentalfloss.com) Instagram Ethnographer…

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  • Netflix’s Unlimited Employee Vacation Policy; Why It Works

    Netflix’s Unlimited Employee Vacation Policy; Why It Works. Related articles The Vacation Paradox: Why Some Companies Are Paying Workers To Go Away (loszachreport.wordpress.com) To Recruit Techies, Companies Offer Unlimited Vacation (businessweek.com) Flexible & Unlimited Vacation Policies? (thehrstrategiesblog.wordpress.com) Know Your Apps: Netflix (samsung.com) Netflix to raise subscription cost – will you stay our leave? (epicagear.com) Netflix…

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  • Covestor: Crowdsourcing Investment Management

    Covestor Investment Management. Related articles Feature Friday: Covestor Profile Videos (continuations.com) Covestor issues open invitation to enable anyone to become a portfolio manager * (covestor.com) Covestor Will Give New Clients iPads(TM) (covestor.com) Investment Advisors Joining Social Networks: Adding to the evidence (covestor.com) Vancity divests Enbridge holdings (vancouverobserver.com) Share Your Feedback With the Community (covestor.typepad.com)

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