Category: Regenerative Economy

  • iPhone as psycho research lab

    Your iPhone Is A Reliable Research Lab By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com A new study says that smartphones are feasible for use in psychological testing. Josef Bless, a PhD can­di­date in psy­chol­o­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bergen in Nor­way, was lis­ten­ing to music on his phone when he noticed the sim­i­lar­i­ty… RT @PopSci: Your iPhone could…

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  • The post jobs economy

    The post-job economy Harold Jarche, jarche.com Learn­ing may be the work in the net­work age, but that does not mean that learn­ing will get you the work. Inge De Waard dis­cuss­es this in MOOCs change edu­ca­tion, but jobs decline in a knowl­edge … http://flip.it/HNn5U Related articles Introducing the Connected Knowledge Lab (janeknight.typepad.com) Perspectives on work…

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  • 23% of America is illiterate

    (via 23% of America Is Illiterate – OnlineCollegeCourses.com) Related articles Feel Energy Illiterate? Read this! (exploreourenvironment.wordpress.com)

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  • How trapped are your digital movies and TV shows?

    How trapped are your digital movies and TV shows? by Danny Sullivan, cnet.com Buying films or TV episodes from a digital media outlet may be great if you watch though one particular device. But what happens if you change from iOS to Android? From a PC to a Mac? From a Roku to Apple TV?…

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  • Startup incubator for digital health and healthcare technology startups

    Startup incubator for digital health and healthcare technology startups rockhealth.com Accel­er­ate Think you have an idea that can change health­care? Learn more about our pro­gram, meet our men­tors and teams, and see if you have what it takes. Attend If you’re seek­ing ways to con­nect with the dig­i­tal health com­mu­ni­ty… http://flip.it/SmtFv Related articles NYC plays…

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  • Find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile

    Find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile by Matt Elliott, cnet.com A clever trick lets you find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile without upgrading your account. If you are unem­ployed, unhap­py at your cur­rent job, or sim­ply curi­ous about other oppor­tu­ni­ties, then you like­ly keep close tabs on yo… RT @CNETHowTo: Find…

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  • The Personal Analytics of My Life

    The Personal Analytics of My Life stephenwolfram.com One day I’m sure every­one will rou­tine­ly col­lect all sorts of data about them­selves. But because I’ve been inter­est­ed in data for a very long time, I start­ed doing this long ago. I actu­al­ly assumed lots of other peo­ple were doing it too… http://flip.it/RrQhl Related articles Big (personal)…

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  • How educated are world leaders?

      skyrill.com In democ­ra­cies1, the dri­ver of change is typ­i­cal­ly elec­tions; in autoc­ra­cies, it is typ­i­cal­ly biol­o­gy. It is often said that auto­crat­ic lead­ers are there­fore less like­ly to be edu­cat­ed. Lead­ers’ edu­ca­tion level has been fou… How educated are world leaders? http://flip.it/ITeiQ http://flip.it/RfOhA How educated are world leaders? Related articles MECA Day One…In The…

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  • 13 Conferences to attend in 2013

    Jan Wächter, datavisualization.ch We’ve compiled a small list of conferences definitely worth visiting in 2013. Events like this are a great way to see, learn, connect and be inspired. If you’re lucky enough to get a ticket, be sure to let us know so we could meet up and have a… RT @datavis: As if…

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  • Restaurants Turn Camera Shy

    RT @Techmeme: Restaurants Turn Camera Shy (Helene Stapinski / New York Times) http://flip.it/0A1K6 http://flip.it/3O9zY http://flip.it/jJpeX   Related articles Should Restaurants Ban Food Photography? (neatorama.com) IHOP Franchisee Selects DTT for Enterprise-Wide Roll Out (prweb.com) Restaurant Charging $200/Person Has The Gall To Tell Diners They Can’t Take Photos (businessinsider.com) Weekend reads: Restaurant food photos get controversial (mnn.com)…

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  • Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy

    Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy Tomio Geron, forbes.com On paper, Fred­er­ic Lar­son is just one data point in five years of U.S. gov­ern­ment sta­tis­tics show­ing under­em­ploy­ment in dozens of indus­tries and stag­nant income growth across the board. The 63-year-old pho­tog­ra­ph­er with two chil­d… RT @Techmeme: Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of…

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