Metadata Masterdata – Page 11

Etsy sales grow organically

February 4, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Craft Brewing: Etsy Sales Jump 70 Percent in 2012
By Sarah Mitroff, wired.com

Etsy, the site that brought craft shows online, had a banner year in 2012, with sales from its community of handmade and vintage goods sellers up more than 70 percent, the company said Monday. Though CEO Chad Dickerson has said he’s n…

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America’s “10 best craft brew states” (brewketing.com)
!Craft A Brew Kit – American Pale Ale Brewing Kit (craftbrewkitamericanled.wordpress.com)
Etsy Craft Party!!! (shoes-off-please.com)
Brew hub opens up new facility (hashtagbeer1.wordpress.com)

Coolest ideas in bio design

February 1, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

The 11 Coolest Ideas In Biodesign
By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com

William Myers’ Bio Design explores the intersection of design and biology.

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We can already store Shakespeare’s sonnets in DNA. What if we could use trees as city lights, or turn pigeon poop into natural street…

RT @PopSci: 11 crazy feats of bio-engineering, including jackets grown from bacteria (?) (!) http://flip.it/plTHS http://flip.it/IFPUr

Capture the future from the past…. (technologyfork12.wordpress.com)

Backyard Farming Gets Fancy

January 31, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

wsj.com

As more urban and suburban homeowners take up backyard farming, items like chicken coops, beehives, gardening tools and pickling and canning supplies are getting more stylish and pricey.

RT @WSJ: Can chicken feed, canning jars and garden hoses feel chic? Backyard farming is getting fancy: http://flip.it/6rP48 http://flip.it/I9xN0

Backyard Farming Gets Fancy

Backyard Farming Gets Fancy (timbatchelder.wordpress.com)
From Cities to Suburbs, Raising Backyard Chickens is All the Rage (ecowatch.org)
Book Review: Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) by Angela England (frugalupstate.com)
‘Reinventing the Chicken Coop’ teaches how to build a coop (sacbee.com)
Sheds Unlimited Announces Backyard Chicken Coop Shed Sale for February (prweb.com)
Amish Backyard Structures From Sheds Unlimited INC Reach New Limits With New Lowboy Shed Trailer (prweb.com)

Tonke Campers | Traveling in retro design

January 30, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

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Truck Camper Magazine Announces Top Ten Best Pop-Up Camper Articles (prweb.com)
Truck Camper Magazine Announces 2013 Buyers Guide and Gear Guide (virtual-strategy.com)
DAF YA-4440 Expedition Truck (motortrend.com)
Looking for a RV? Learn the lingo… (rvingiseasyatlerchrv.com)

Startups: Tim O’Reilly’s Key to Creating the Next Big Thing

January 29, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

Startups: Tim O’Reilly’s Key to Creating the Next Big Thing
Steven Levy, wired.com

Entreprenuer, author and investor Tim O’Reilly has been seeing around corners for decades now. Here’s what he sees coming next.

Steven Levy

RT @BootsnAll: “Create more value than you capture.” http://flip.it/RvVYw http://flip.it/pgvMk

16 Things I Might Change If I Was Launching a Travel Startup Today (bootsnall.com)
With BootsnAll’s Indie, Search Round-the-World Flight Prices Without a Phone Call (travel.booklocker.com)
BootsnAll Launches Indie – the World’s First Multi-Country Flight Finder (bootsnall.com)
? Tim O’Reilly on creating the next big thing (wired.com)
Tim O’Reilly’s Key to Creating the Next Big Thing (wired.com)
Tim O’Reilly’s Key to Creating the Next Big Thing (adafruit.com)
10 Things You Should Know About Round The World Tickets (bootsnall.com)
Google CEO: Facebook is doing a really bad job (techdistro.wordpress.com)
10 Ways to Save Money on Your Travels by Planning Ahead (flipkey.com)

Design Some Awesome Business Cards

January 29, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Design Some Awesome Business Cards This Weekend
Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com

Whether business cards are irrelevant or not, they’re definitely a cool way to express yourself and easily provide your information. If you’re looking to make some cool cards, set aside a few hours this weekend and use these resources to help.Desi…

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Get 10% off Letterpress Business Cards for all of February! (sofiainvitationsblog.com)
Pink Donut Business Cards (wedoprinting.wordpress.com)
Business Cards: The Thriving Prints of The Digital Age (inspiredm.com)
toto kidogo needs a new logo and business card (99designs.co.uk)
Is The Business Card Still Relevant? (cardsmadeeasy.typepad.com)
KCI needs a new logo and business card (99designs.co.uk)
10 Gifts that Will Bring Happiness to the Job Seeker in Your Life | CareerBliss (careerbliss.com)
Create the next logo and business card for Enrite Solutions (99designs.com)
What to Put On Your Business Cards (lorensworld.com)

Designing With Sensors

January 29, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata

Designing With Sensors: Creating An Adaptive System To Enhance UX
Avi Itzkovitch, smashingmagazine.com

In computer science, the term “adaptive system” refers to a process in which an interactive system adapts its behavior to individual users based on information acquired about its user(s), the context of use and its environment. Although adaptive…

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Creating An Adaptive System To Enhance UX (uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com)
Hybrid and Diversity-Aware Collective Adaptive Systems: When People Meet Machines to Build a Smarter Society (cordis.europa.eu)
Stowe Boyd, Big Data Is Not Going To Lead To Big Understanding (stoweboyd.com)
Customize Position Sensor Output with the Programmable Hall Device (PHD) (prweb.com)
SensorCloud Demonstrates MathEngine Analytics for Enhanced Terabyte Sensor Data Performance Indicators (prweb.com)
Preventing Water Damage to Your Home and Belongings with Water Damage Sensor Systems (allstate.com)
VA deploys sensors to track most equipment (computerworld.co.nz)
What’s next for digital cameras? (stuffmideast.com)

Freebie: Gemicon Icon Set

January 29, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Freebie: Gemicon Icon Set (600 PNG Icons + PSD Source)
Smashing Editorial, smashingmagazine.com

Today we are pleased to feature Gemicon, a set of over 600 original high-quality icons in resolutions of 16 × 16, 32 × 32 and 64 × 64 pixels. This set has been designed by Turqois and is being released to the design community.DescriptionThe…

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Freebie: Gemicon Icon Set (600 PNG Icons + PSD Source) (smashingmagazine.com)
600+ Free Gemicon Icon Set (adobetutorialz.com)
Gemicon – An Icon Set Of 600+ Free Icons In PSD & PNG Formats (css.dzone.com)
Freebies: Polaris UI Kit + Linecons Icon Set (AI, PDF, PNG, PSD, SVG) (smashingmagazine.com)
I Love Freebies: Social Media Icons for your Website or Blog (pixieandspock.wordpress.com)
Smashing Magazine Freebie: St. Valentine’s Day Icon Set (16 PNG/EPS Icons) (smashingmagazine.com)
Social Media Icon Set (digitalsurgeons.com)

Freelancers, Stop Charging Hourly Rates

January 29, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Freelancers, Stop Charging Hourly Rates: How To Guarantee Your Income With Agile Billing
Benjamin Jackson, smashingmagazine.com

For most creative professionals, this story is a familiar one: A client reaches out to you. They need a name, or a logo, or a website, or an app. Actually, they need it all together, and they need it all in a month — well, maybe a month and a half…

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Freelancers, Stop Charging Hourly Rates: How To Guarantee Your Income With Agile Billing (smashingmagazine.com)
How to price your Freelance Services (itmashable.com)
Calculate Your Hourly Rate With This Freelance Billable Rate Calculator (microbusinesshub.co.uk)
The Dos And Don’ts of Freelancing (community.ally.com)
Computer Repair Services: Hourly Rates, Minimum Charges and Other Charges (pc.answers.com)
Nichols Kaster Files Lawsuit Against Grande Cheese Company on Behalf of Hourly Employees (prweb.com)
5 Valuable Online Communities For Freelancers (lorensworld.com)
How to Pre-Qualify Your Freelance Clients (goodsense.io)
13 Freelancing Predictions for 2013 (freelancefolder.com)

Datavisualization.ch top tools

January 25, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Data Visualization – The secret’s now out!
theindustry.cc

Ever wonder how the folks over at Datavisualization.ch created their utterly gorgeous graphics? I did. Fortunately, to give back to the community (something we love here at The Industry), the team has released their Selected Tools…

RT @industry: Data Visualization – The secret’s now out! http://flip.it/IE0q7 by @cgarmstrong http://flip.it/fQ013

10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations (seomoz.org)
10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations (mt-soft.com.ar)
10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations (clixto7.com)
Links for 2013-01-26 (synesthesia.co.uk)
Selected Data Visualization Tools (swiss-miss.com)
Rapid Prototyping (slideshare.net)
Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship (dhs.stanford.edu)
Book Review: The Functional Art by Alberto Cairo (schoolofdata.org)
Thomas P. Tooley, ChFC , CLU , Elected to The American College’s Board of Trustees (prweb.com)

Microsoft Hires Young Designer Whose Rebranding Project Went Viral

January 23, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Microsoft Hires Young Designer Whose Rebranding Project Went Viral
Stan Schroeder, mashable.com

Remember Andrew Kim, the young design student who proposed an extensive rebranding of Microsoft’s many products and services? Well, Microsoft hired him.”I’ll be designing for Microsoft as of summer. I promise that I’ll make the my greatest work ev…

http://flip.it/WdCed

Microsoft Hires Young Designer Whose Rebranding Project Went Viral (mashable.com)
Microsoft hires designer who presented bold revamp of the company’s brand (theverge.com)
Microsoft Hires Designer of Famed Microsoft Redesign Project (adrants.com)
What do you think of why Microsoft hired Andrew Kim? (ceoworld.biz)
Fidelis Companies Launches Rebrand: New Look, Same Great Company (prweb.com)
Core Assets Announces Group Rebrand (prweb.com)
Andrew Kim goes to MSFT “ (minimallyminimal.com)
Sensei Project Solutions launches “Sensei Task Analyzer” App for Microsoft Project 2013 in the Microsoft Office Store (prweb.com)
Andrew Kim, Indie Designer and Rebrander Hired by Microsoft (theindustry.cc)

Are trendy homesteaders clueless about class differences?

January 23, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

English: Turn of the century sewing in Detroit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Susie Cagle, grist.org

Organic gardens! Canning! Sewing clothes! All the chickens! The modern rise of homesteading (of the hipster variety) has gripped the nation’s urban centers. It’s been kind of like this:

Self-sufficiency can’t be bad, though, righ…

RT @grist: Gardening and sewing clothes aren’t just activities for hipsters http://flip.it/JnK5y http://flip.it/9OQAU

Are trendy homesteaders clueless about class differences?

9 Online Resources for Aspiring Urban Homesteaders (mint.com)
Recipies for the Homestead (modernhomesteaders.net)

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