Category: Information Visualization

The only jobs that won’t be taken over by robots require understanding of human behavior

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

Think You’re Special? A Robot Could Do Your Job
fastcoexist.com

Technology is advancing so fast that half of all jobs that exist today might be taken over by bots and computers in the next 20 years. Find out if your job is on the list.

Is your job safe from our new computer-programmed over­lords? A good way …

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Twitter founder describes his theory of ECommerce algorithms

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

Twitter Founder Reveals Secret Formula for Getting Rich Online
Ryan Tate, wired.com

The co-creator of Twitter and Blogger has decided that “the internet is simply a giant machine designed to give people what they want.” Here’s what this grand unified theory means and where it came from.

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I have cancer, what’s your excuse?

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

I have brain cancer. What’s your excuse?
Ronnie Castro, venturebeat.com

You may have caught the arti­cle by my friend and co-founder Matt Ehrlich­man last month, titled “My 32-year-old co-founder has a brain tumor — seri­ous­ly?“

To set the record straight, I’m 33 now, not quite old enough to start lying about my ag…

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Workplace monitoring and email etiquette

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

Does Your Boss Spy on You?
ehow.com

by Joanna Sloame(photo: Polka Dot RF/Polka Dot/Getty Images)The Answer’s Almost Always “Yes” — Here’s What You Should KnowEveryone knows that it’s a bad idea to complain about your boss on your company email, but most people have no idea t…

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Best websites for your career

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

The Top 100 Websites For Your Career
Jacquelyn Smith, forbes.com

Last year we inau­gu­rat­ed our first-ever list of the best web­sites for your career. We took nom­i­na­tions from read­ers and combed through some 700 sites in order to com­pile our list of the top 75. This August we put out anoth­er call for…

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Is Brooklyn the next Silicon Valley?

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

Can Urban Planning Turn Brooklyn Into the Next Silicon Valley?
Kyle VanHemert, wired.com

WXY presents a smart vision for any city seeking to accommodate innovation.

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Big data exposes myths about good and bad hires

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

(via Former convicts make bad employees—and other hiring myths big data expose – Quartz)

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Why everyone is going freelance

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

Why Everybody’s Going Freelance
BY DRAKE BAER, fastcompany.com

Whether they’re getting forced out of their jobs or freeing themselves from their organizations, 17 million Americans are going solo. Here’s what that means for the future of work.

More Amer­i­cans are declar­ing their inde­pen­dence: as in the …

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Kimberly stove

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

(via Kimberly Stove (U.S.A.) – Popular Mechanics)

Tear out your lawn and get rich

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Get Rich Quick by Tearing Up Your Lawn
by Tim Layton, popularmechanics.com

DIY Central

moonlightbulb/Flickr

If you live in Los Ange­les, you might be able to earn a few extra bucks and leave behind the dread­ed job of mow­ing the lawn in one fell swoop. The Los Ange­les Depart­ment of Water and Power (LADWP) h…

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Thrive with less

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

Thrive with Less
Christina Nellemann, tinyhouseblog.com

Can you not only live, but thrive, with less? A group of six college students from Michigan decided to take some time out of what they felt were lives of excess to live more minimally. They filmed the lifestyle experiment last year and made it int…

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How the cloud is rescuing the freelance industry

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

How the cloud is rescuing the $300 billion freelance industry from itself
Rich Pearson, venturebeat.com

Tick­ets On Sale Now

Rich Pear­son is Chief Mar­ket­ing Offi­cer of Elance.

The way that busi­ness­es recruit and man­age work­ers is under­go­ing a dra­mat­ic trans­for­ma­tion.

A volatile econ­o­my and an increas­ing­ly…

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