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Category: Information Visualization

Apple has made itself a retailing star

Apple has made itself a retailing star – Boston.com. Related articles Apple’s Next BRIC Growth Frontier: Russia? (fool.com) Apple Retail is the best for a reason (imagineric.ericd.net) ∞ Apple boss tries to gut retail operation (loopinsight.com) Rumor: Apple is expanding the retail footprint of the iPad (intomobile.com) Apple retail leadership tells employees…
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NetworthIQ: How do we measure up? Not well.

What a bad time to launch a startup telling people how broke they are, in graphic terms. Track, share, and compare Net Worth. How do you measure up? NetworthIQ. Related articles With a networth of $70M, Chris Rock calls July 4th “Happy White People’s Day” (fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com) Net’worth vs Network (lawrencegonzalez01.wordpress.com) Middle class set back over…
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NetworthIQ: How do we measure up? Not well.

What a bad time to launch a startup telling people how broke they are, in graphic terms. Track, share, and compare Net Worth. How do you measure up? NetworthIQ. Related articles With a networth of $70M, Chris Rock calls July 4th “Happy White People’s Day” (fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com) Net’worth vs Network (lawrencegonzalez01.wordpress.com) Middle class set back over…
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Experience Research: ethnographic approaches to business consulting

Experience Research. Related articles The Tree: I Was a Teenage Ethnographer! (dailyreturns.wordpress.com) Leet Noobs: An ethnographic view of WoW raiding from researcher Mark Chen (wow.joystiq.com) What Twitter Can Learn From Weibo: Field Notes From Global Tech Ethnographer Tricia Wang (fastcompany.com) Ethnographic Practice in Industry (qrfrag.blogspot.com) Bordering on (in)visibility: The mobility and containment of Haitian…
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EPIC 2012 • October 14-17, 2012 • Savannah, GA

EPIC 2012 • October 14-17, 2012 • Savannah, GA. Related articles Population Health and Social Governance: Analyzing the Mainstream Incorporation of Ethnography (2012) (foucaultnews.wordpress.com) July Edition of Ethnozine – Ethnography of Wikipedia Sources, Live Fieldnoting, & 4 guest contributors for The Ethnographer’s Reading List (ethnographymatters.net) Ethnography & The Customer: Building a Compelling Brand (ablebrains.typepad.com) Ethnography…
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Jobs for the Future (JFF) uses online intelligence to find jobs in most demand

In contrast to traditional survey based means of measuring job growth which can be quite inaccurate Jobs for the Future’s (JFF) John Dorrer uses ethnographic/online methods to analyze job postings (mining nearly 100,000 unique online postings for the three months ending February 14) in real time to extract the skills employers are asking for right now, then works…
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A Look at Social Media in Health Care Two Years Later

A Look at Social Media in Health Care — Two Years Later – Perspectives – iHealthBeat. This article looks at growth in the type company we’ve been waiting for. an online community where patients can discuss and track medical conditions, progress, stories of what did and did not work for them. Related articles HealthCare Social…
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Wikinvest: another crowdsourced, cloud investment startup

See your portfolio in a whole new light – Wikinvest. Related articles Zemanta now with SlideShare, 5min, Wikinvest, bigger images and 17.9% less fat (zemanta.com) Online Investment Portfolio Manager Comparison: My Wish List (mymoneyblog.com) SigFig Is a Powerful Investment Tracker and Portfolio Advisor (and We’ve Got Invites) [Investing] (lifehacker.com) Bringing more transparency to 401(k) fees…
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Together Festival 2012

Together Festival 2012 | Contact. Related articles 2013 Sasquatch Festival Tickets On Sale Today To The General Public at TicketProcess.com (prweb.com) CBGB Festival returning in 2013 (brooklynvegan.com) Make it a Spring Ski & Cinema Weekend in Sun Valley — Stars, Films, Music, Sun, and Ski Deals Shine at Sun Valley Film Festival (prweb.com)
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Hybrid Calling: Say Goodbye to Big Cell

Over the past month I’ve been using Google voice and other Wifi based VOIP apps as my primary personal phone service due to a disinterest in paying Verizon >$100 a month over a 2 year contract for a piddling number of calls and text messages. Now, it appears that a few companies including Republic Wireless…
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Evolutionary basis of maximum connections on Facebook (150)

Robin Dunbar: We can only ever have 150 friends at most… | Technology | The Observer. Related articles Social Media Maximum: 150 Friends (forbes.com) This Man Knows Exactly How Many Friends You Should Have (businessweek.com) The Dunbar Number, From The Guru of Social Networks | Drake Bennett | Business Week |…
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BzzAgent is the leading word-of-mouth marketing (WOM) company

BzzAgent is the leading word-of-mouth marketing (WOM) company. Another cool Web 2.0 application that allows you to create word of mouth communities and viral networks for your product. Related articles BzzAgent’s Dave Balter Offers Word-of-Mouth Advice Rockin Week with BzzAgent Spread the Word! The Secrets of Word of Mouth Marketing Bzz or bust? Put your…
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