Insight Sciences

Category: Knowledge Management

Understanding the customer experience with social networks

Hurry up, the customer has a complaint – The Boston Globe. A number of companies are now developing positions such as Chief Twitter Officer, Chief Facebook officer, LinkedIn, YouTube etc. due to the growth of customer feedback in online web 2.0 communities and the need to address it. Related articles The 8 Things You Should…
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White House Ale and Organic Garden

What’s growing at the White House? – The Boston Globe. This is hilarious. Points out the local kitchen growers clubs are coming back and the White House should join ’em. Related articles White House beer recipe might soon be in public hands (wtvr.com) Campus Garden Grows 1000lbs of Food, Plans New Garden Each Year (treehugger.com)…
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Why farmed salmon is a bit odd

Catch of the day? – The Boston Globe. This article shows that farmed salmon is indeed a rather scary product. It is injected with colorant to give it the beta carotene rich appearance of pink color which occurs naturally from the diets of wild salmon. It is often infected with sea lice Related articles The…
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Earth in the balance Mass MOCA

Earth in the balance – Boston.com. THis is a great exhibit at Mass MOCA using photos of environmental degradation that both shows their extreme beauty but hints to the disaster beneath their outward appearance. I like the manipulated photos of Anthony Goicolea including Tree Dwellers. Related articles 7 Ways To Transition to a Plant Based…
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Infoporn: Tap Into the 12-Million-Teraflop Handheld Megacomputer

Infoporn: Tap Into the 12-Million-Teraflop Handheld Megacomputer. This article argues that each hyperlink in the internet is like a synapse in the brain which now results in the internet having the computational power of a brain. Related articles Building a virtual supercomputer (thehindu.com) AMD unveils teraflop FirePro GPU (zdnet.com) The smartphone is the PC of…
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Reinventing the Workweek with Green Business Practices

All In A Days Work — Reinventing the Workweek — Green Business Practices | Fast Company. Related articles Opinion: Be More Productive. Shorten the Workweek. (nytimes.com) Be More Productive. Shorten the Workweek. (andsp.com) US DATA: Aug Dallas Fed Svcs Outlook Survey activity. (forexlive.com) Is Monday really the worst day of the workweek? (bizjournals.com) It’s Sick…
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Die Pillendreherin: Kerstin Hollmann’s blog

Die Pillendreherin. Kerstin Hollmann’s blog Related articles Does Jane Dumas Know Cogentrix is Trying to Ruin Mission Trails? (savemissiontrails.org) Green Blog: Ancestral Remedies to the Rescue (green.blogs.nytimes.com) eJournals and Databases added in June 2012 (wulibraries.typepad.com) Greens! Greens! Greens! (missmaggiemayhem.com) The lost digital decades (moncurdg.com) Classifying Mind Clouds (longstreet.typepad.com) DIY Herbal Remedies (ediblearia.com) Masters in viticulture…
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For California man, life is smooth sailing

For California man, life is smooth sailing – The Boston Globe. Wow. This guy lives on 500 a month on a boat. Related articles All sides: Keep houseboat case alive (scotusblog.com) Design Ideas from Dreamy House Boats (apartmenttherapy.com) Living in a Houseboat (graphicsoflight.wordpress.com) Sweet Pea: A Tiny Green Houseboat Jetson Green (apartmenttherapy.com) Houseboat Life (justalittlebrit.wordpress.com)…
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Steve Stringer: Computer modeling will replace conventional R&D

Journal-ist: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes | Fast Company. Innovation is a game of not only imagination but also speed. To that end, Steve Stringer, in Research Technology Management, suggests that computer modeling, which can go down to the atomic level, may replace rather than just supplement conventional R&D.; Related articles Fast Company Is Looking For A Creative Services…
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Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack Pro: Record Any Audio On Mac OS X

Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack Pro: Record Any Audio On Mac OS X. Related articles Updates to Airfoil, Audio Hijack Pro, and Nicecast Bring Mountain Lion Support (weblog.rogueamoeba.com) A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting on The Mac (mac.tutsplus.com) Opinion: Customers should be wary of the Mac App Store (macworld.com) Full Mountain Lion Compatibility with Piezo 1.2.1…
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The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site

The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site. A biologist multimedia game. Related articles Spore Creatures unleashed on the iPhone (reviews.cnet.com) Spore for Mac: Worst Purchase Experience Ever (odddetails.wordpress.com) Spore: A Game of Evolution (mac.appstorm.net) New non-toxic disinfectant could tackle hospital infections (esciencenews.com) Spore (ahschoolapbio2013.wordpress.com) Spores (ahschoolapbio2013.wordpress.com) Spore Artist Gives SpyParty a New Lick of…
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CyberWalk: A VR treadmill

CyberWalk. I was reading about this in wired. A sort of VR treadmill. Related articles MoD wants IT experts to take on cyber threat (scotsman.com) The next 28 things you should do to become a master cyclist (epicasports.com) Listen to Your News With SoundGecko [Web Spy] (collegecandy.com) Fitness Equipment Buying Guide – John Lewis (johnlewis.com)…
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