Metadata Masterdata – Page 8

Sold: an app that makes selling as easy as buying

April 15, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

App Makes Selling Stuff Online As Easy As Buying It
By John Pavlus, fastcodesign.com

Sold is an algorithm-powered concierge designed to get top dollar for your stuff.

Buying stuff online has become so ridiculously easy that I’m more likely to impulse-purchase a book on my Kindle than borrow it for free from my local librar…

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Oliver Bonas – professionalising the often fusty world of gift retailing (thinkingshopper.wordpress.com)
How Can You Stop Making Impulse Purchases? (greensahm.com)
Savvy shoppers weigh their options as squeeze goes on (thetimes.co.uk)
I Can Buy It, But Can I Afford It (canadianbudgetbinder.com)
Simplicity Can Be Difficult (simplicityforserenity.com)

A database of 3D printers

April 15, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

A Database of 120 Different 3D Printers, With Prices & Stats
core77.com

You’ve heard of MakerBot, Cubify and Solidoodle. And if someone finds out you’re into ID and asks “Hey, what do one of those 3D printers go for?” you can spit out a ballpark figure, and maybe some basic stats.But there are tons of other 3D printer…

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Stratasys Acquires MakerBot, Merging Two Global 3D Printing Industry Leaders (3dprintinginsider.com)
Stratasys And MakerBot Team Up To Make 3D Printing Even More Mainstream (webpronews.com)
MakerBot’s Replicator 2 joins Amazon’s newly launched 3D printer store (engadget.com)
Amazon launches online store for 3D printers (zdnet.com)
Is This 3D Machine a Printer or a Fabber? (makezine.com)
Why basic 3D printers are crazy cheap now (arstechnica.com)
Stratasys and MakerBot merge in $403 million stock deal (gigaom.com)
3D Printing Suddenly Becoming Mainstream? Amazon Opens Online 3D Printing Store (hothardware.com)

Best tools for DIY warriors

April 14, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Get to Know the DIY Project All Star Tools This Weekend
Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com

We write about a wide variety of DIY projects, and through that process a few common tools and relevant skills surface that make so many of them possible. This weekend, get to know these all-star tools and the amazing DIY projects they can…

Get to Know the DIY Project All Star Tools This Weekend http://flip.it/oqYvx http://flip.it/WyJTm

DIY -Kate Spade Inspired Saturday Sneaker (thediyshow.com)
Drunken DIY: 3.3 million admit to tackling home repairs under the influence (rickthebuilder.co.uk)
DIY: Decorating Hang-ups (blogthebackyard.wordpress.com)
100 DIY Ideas for the 3-Day Weekend (apartmenttherapy.com)

Kickstand desk: bicycle while you work

April 10, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

With the Kickstand desk, you never have to leave your bike, even for work
slaskow, grist.org

Kickstand FurnitureIf you love biking so much that the idea of getting off your bike to do work makes your stomach curl just a little bit, here is your solution. It’s called a Kickstand desk, and it lets you hook your bike up to your work surface …

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Why aren’t there more women in engineering? Because they’re sane.

April 10, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Why You Can’t Find Women Engineers: They’re Too Well-Rounded
By: Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com

“Not lack of ability, but more choice,” say researchers.

Silicon Valley’s hottest companies are hurting for women engineers. And many pixels have been spilled trying to figure out why. The answer, according to a study released by Pitt…

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A Social Networking App To Empower The World’s Women (womennewsnetwork.net)
Do Women Make Better Billionaires? (women2.com)
Can We Move Beyond the MOOC to Reclaim Open Learning? by Anya Kamenetz, Huffington Post (hastac.org)
Join Us To Hear About The Future Of Education (fastcoexist.com)
3D Printing – A new World (yintimesyang.wordpress.com)
Former GMO Engineer Drops Biotech and Goes Organic (rinf.com)
Join Us To Hear About The Future Of Work And Jobs (fastcoexist.com)
Leadership Ensemble (bossofthelivingdead.wordpress.com)

Collabfinder: make hackathons a part of college life

April 9, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

CollabFinder Wants To Make Hackathons A Part Of College Life
By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com

A growing list of schools are turning to the “serendipity engine” to help students find cross-discipline collaborators for passion projects.

After he graduated from UCLA with a degree in philosophy, Sahadeva Hammari emailed one of his…

CollabFinder Wants To Make Hackathons A Part Of College Life http://flip.it/aV26T http://flip.it/R4F4z

Living the Lockout Hackathon (dublintenementexperience.wordpress.com)
Shrinivasan: Chennai Geeks June Hackathon on Android apps development. (goinggnu.wordpress.com)
Just re-launched: Collabfinder (swiss-miss.com)
Let’s enjoy the backlash against hackathons (mathbabe.org)
New York Hosts Music Research and Music Education Hackathons (hypebot.com)

Finally you can get into ECommerce with no skills, no stuff and no money

April 9, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Retail | Start an Online Store With No Skills, No Stuff — And Now No Money
Marcus Wohlsen, wired.com

Forget software as a service. Welcome to the age of stuff as a service.

Start an Online Store With No Skills, No Stuff — And Now No Money http://flip.it/1CXcC http://flip.it/S9uwB

Software As A Service (SAAS) Market – New Industry Research Report is Now Available for Pre-Order at Transparency Market Research (virtual-strategy.com)
Professional Cloud Email for life (sme-blog.com)
6 App Store Buying Criteria (informationweek.com)

Shopify: finally ECommerce you can do from your couch

April 9, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Shopify Simplifies E-Commerce to Boost Crowdfunding Graduates
Tim Maly, wired.com

Say you finished your Kickstarter campaign for some product or other, and after the inevitable growing pains, you’ve gotten all the rewards out to your backers who are gleefully emailing you to say what a great thing it is that …

Shopify Simplifies E-Commerce to Boost Crowdfunding Graduates http://flip.it/gG1rP http://flip.it/HnfvD

Shopify marches into Southeast Asia with backing from SingTel (e27.co)
DIY E-Commerce Platform Shopify Launches In India (medianama.com)
Shopify officially enters Indian market with SingTel Partnership (nextbigwhat.com)
Compared: Shopify Vs Zepo Vs BuildaBazaar [Set up Your E-commerce Store] (nextbigwhat.com)
Why Your ECommerce Site Fails to Stand Out (business2community.com)
Crowdfunding Assault (zebragarden.me)
Use what you got (therealadam.com)

Sustainable manufacturing hubs arise

March 30, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

America’s New Sustainable Manufacturing Hubs Will Breed Creativity And Jobs
BY SARAH KRASLEY, fastcoexist.com

Will this be how we revitalize the economy? Across the country, new multidisciplinary spaces for people to learn, experiment, and make are popping up, creating a new surge of jobs with them.

Obama’s State of the Union Address this year was a ste…

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Indie Inventors Realize Their Dreams In 3D (theepochtimes.com)

Cultivate your power users if you want to succeed

March 27, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

If You Want Your App To Take Off, Learn To Reward Your Power Users
By Lars Albright, fastcompany.com

Yikes: 70 percent of the people who download your app will never, ever look at it again. So you better learn how to create and coddle power users.

Mobile apps are booming by all the basic measures, like downloads and total users. It’s the…

http://flip.it/SLkxR

Digg Reader ready to save power users from Google Reader shutdown (geek.com)
Zemanta Power User – Stephanie Bernaba at Momma Be Thy Name (zemanta.com)

Uchek: replace expensive doctor visits and lab tests with an app that analyzes your pee

March 27, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Replace Expensive Doctors Visits With An App That Analyzes Your Pee
BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com

Just make sure you don’t pee directly on the phone. uChek lets you use your phone’s camera to analyze test strips you’ve dipped in your own urine without having to shell out for a test or make an appointment.

In the age of self-quantifying, the…

http://flip.it/jWJIO

FDA Upset It Wasn’t Consulted On Urine-Testing iPhone App (geekosystem.com)
iPhone urine analysis app may require FDA approval, says agency (theverge.com)
FDA begins cracking down on medical diagnosis apps starting with ‘uChek’ iPhone urinalysis app (9to5mac.com)
In a First, Regulators Want Urine Analysis App uChek to Get FDA Approval (nextbigwhat.com)

DIY traffic monitoring

March 27, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Take Traffic Into Your Own Hands With This DIY Car Counter
BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com

The TrafficCom lets you measure how many cars drive on your street and figure out traffic patterns. And you can now get one via Kickstarter—just like the guys at NASA.

There’s something about the moment NASA places an order that gives any…

http://flip.it/Gy3Sm

NASA wants your help to save Earth from dangerous asteroids #NASAasteroid (prizesandchallenges.wordpress.com)
NASA makes billion-pixel Mars panorama out of photos captured by Curiosity (engadget.com)
NASA Asks for Help Finding Asteroids and Capturing One #NASAasteroid (prizesandchallenges.wordpress.com)

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