Canada – Insight Sciences

Circle of life: visualizing biological data

November 10, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Circle of Life: The Beautiful New Way to Visualize Biological Data
Brandon Keim, wired.com

When Martin Krzywinski took a systems administrator job at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Center, he didn’t plan on becoming a pioneer of 21st century biological data visualization. Now his distinctive aesthetic is synonymous with the informational…

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Martin Krzywinski (clairenyquist.wordpress.com)
Circle of Life The genome of Gloeobacter violaceus, drawn as a… (itsokaytobesmart.com)
See The 25 Most Beautiful Data Visualizations Of 2013 (fastcocreate.com)
Data Visualization (riddhishree.wordpress.com)
vtVisualizer…a Foreword (vtigress.wordpress.com)

The new workplace and the increasing importance of skills testing and online portfolios

June 9, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

(via How to Get a Job – NYTimes.com)

Are You Only Pretending to Be in the Right Job? (crosstiesolutionsltd.wordpress.com)
Are You Only Pretending to Be in the Right Job? (soshitech.com)
Job Hunting after Graduation: Manage your Online Reputation (callnerds.com)
Advice for Graduating MBA Students . . . . (criticalskillsblog.com)

Best grad degree programs in big data analytics

April 15, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

(via Institute for Advanced Analytics | Dr. Michael Rappa · Survey of Graduate Degree Programs in Analytics)

Cognizant (CTS) hiring Project Associate – B.E/B.Tech, B.Sc (fresherspath.wordpress.com)

Basis band is the best fitness tracker

February 25, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Basis Band Review: The Only Fitness Tracker Worth Buying
By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com

The first fitness tracker that could actually help you get in shape, thanks to a goals system that works with your life and sensors that actually track your fitness.

The Basis Band is the best fitness tracker on the market. It’s the best beca…

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A Brief Look at the Fitbit Flex Personal Tracker (medgadget.com)
[iPhone] Track your fitness goals with Endomondo Sports Tracker (dottech.org)
My Fitbit Flex Hasn’t Changed My Life, But It’s Telling Me What’s Wrong (readwrite.com)

The post jobs economy

February 25, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Regenerative 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 …

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Introducing the Connected Knowledge Lab (janeknight.typepad.com)
Perspectives on work and learning | Harold Jarche (normantrujillo.wordpress.com)
University: Preparation for??? (hethoughts.wordpress.com)
Knowledge Management, Social Management, and Tools (urcmucu.wordpress.com)

How to Pick a Career You Actually Like

January 29, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management

How to Pick a Career You Actually Like
Penelope Trunk, lifehacker.com

Most career problems stem from the fact that we are terrible at picking jobs. We think we are picking a good job and then it turns out to be a bad job. It’s almost impossible to pick a good job on the first try, actually. So don’t think you’ll be …

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CareerBliss Career Guide: Performance Reviews | CareerBliss (careerbliss.com)
Master the Over-the-Phone Job Interview | CareerBliss (careerbliss.com)
5 Career Lessons from ‘The Voice’ | CareerBliss (careerbliss.com)
How to Pick a Career You Actually Like (wxtp.wordpress.com)
Audience Resumes Go From “Crappy” to “Killer Resumes” That Get Interviews Hosted by Career Confidential (prweb.com)
Why you should pick your own boss (scottberkun.com)
Paltrow picks Beyonce (thehimalayantimes.com)
Live Your Career: Career Cat available now on the Apple iTunes App Store (themactrack.com)

Want To Work For An Innovative Company? Be Prepared To Answer These Unusual Interview Questions

January 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

Want To Work For An Innovative Company? Be Prepared To Answer These Unusual Interview Questions
By Christina Chaey, fastcompany.com

“If you were to get rid of one state in the U.S., which would it be and why?” and more oddball questions you might be asked on your next job interview.

The next time you step into a job interview, don’t just go in armed with mental bullet poi…

RT @maccabeem: “How many cows are in Canada?” Also: “If we came to your house for dinner, what would you prepare for us?” http://flip.it/ElECm http://flip.it/S1C1d

Job Interviews: Answering Why You Left Your Last Job? (blogher.com)
Possible inappropriate job interview question? (ask.metafilter.com)

A Map Of Every Person In The U.S. And Canada

January 13, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Sustainable Design

A Map Of Every Person In The U.S. And Canada
By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com

You can try to find yourself among the 341,817,095 tiny dots on the map.

Here’s a pretty cool interactive map made by Brandon Martin-Anderson showing, according to census data, every single person in the United States and Canada. The …

RT @PopSci: A map of every person in the U.S. and Canada: http://flip.it/fHxRV http://flip.it/Ipavh

Canada thwarts plot to blow up U.S.-Canada rail line (usnews.nbcnews.com)
Canada Sees ‘Serious Reversal’ If U.S. Bars Keystone (blogs.wsj.com)

Facebook tests VoIP, adds voice mail-like service

January 11, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Facebook tests VoIP, adds voice mail-like service
by Donna Tam, cnet.com

The social network updates its Messenger app with the ability to send recorded voice messages globally, but tests actual voice calls in Canada.

iPhone users in Canada can now use Facebook to make voice calls, the social network revealed…

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Facebook launched voice calling for Android users (pinoychizmiz.wordpress.com)
All the Discuss:VoIP News along with VoIP Reviews in a Package (mobring276.wordpress.com)
Facebook brings free VoIP calling to Android users in the US (engadget.com)

Crack the job application systems

January 1, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

4 Strategies for Conquering Online Job Application Systems
Brie Reynolds, lifehack.org

If you’re like the majority of job seekers, you spend quite a bit of time searching for jobs online. While there are lots of other job search methods—networking, company research, career fairs, recruiters, and the like—once you finally find a job…

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Crack the job search application systems (timbatchelder.wordpress.com)
Hiring Through Employers’ Eyes: 5 Common Complaints About Job Seekers (sweetbriarcareerservices.wordpress.com)
4 Strategies for Conquering Online Job Application Systems (lifehack.org)
7 Ways Job Searching Has Changed (money.usnews.com)

iPhones becoming your roaming physician on call

December 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

One day smartphones will know your body better than you do
By Guest Author, wired.co.uk

Technology

This is a guest post by Mark Curtis, chief client officer at design consultancy firm Fjord.

Smartphones, tablets and the range of apps that run on these devices are transforming the health and lifestyle sector, and a…

RT @WiredUK: One day smartphones will know your body better than you do: http://flip.it/Rd9ZC http://flip.it/v7uNZ

Survey: Patients Welcome Active Role in Care

December 14, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

US Navy 071015-N-5086M-002 U.S. Army Spc. Saul Martinez trains with the medicine ball while standing on a balancing tool and using the hands-free harness walking gait-training device during a therapy session (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Written by Heather Punke |, beckershospitalreview.com

December 12, 2012

American healthcare consumers are buying into the notion that they must take an active role in their healthcare, according to a recent survey by Wolters Kluwer Health, part of Wolters Kluwer, a global information…

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Survey: Patients Welcome Active Role in Care

Rate your hospital: online tool a 1st for Canadians (cbc.ca)
U.S. doctors don’t believe patients need full access to health records (infoworld.com)
How health tech can support the aging baby boomer population (venturebeat.com)
Doctors want homeopathy on the NHS to end (telegraph.co.uk)
Deborah Stambler: The Value of High Tech Health Care (huffingtonpost.com)
82% U.S. Doctors believe patients should update their Electronic Health Records (healthitplus.wordpress.com)

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