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Facebook tests VoIP, adds voice mail-like service

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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Rustic eco chic in the Facebook cafeteria

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

Facebook’s Cafeteria, By The Masters Of Rustic Chic
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com

Roman & Williams has created nostalgic interiors that most others can only emulate. Here’s the lunchroom they created with Facebook.

Google ruined every­thing. Microsoft gave out free soft drinks, but Google let employ­ees eat gourmet food for…

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Car deaths by time of day

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Network Science

Infographic: Showing When People Get Killed In Cars, Using Excel
By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com

John Nelson’s charts and maps on traffic fatalities are a reminder that a good data viz doesn’t always require graphic design chops—or software.

With the abun­dance of data visu­al­iza­tion projects we’ve seen over the last few years, it’s hard…

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Dashcam: iPhone black box app for car

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management

(via DashCam: The iPhone BlackBox App For Your Car – Mobile Magazine)

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A database of US factories and things for makers

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

A Journey Towards Local Manufacturing, Part 2: Maker’s Row, a Database of American Factories and What They Can Do for You
core77.com

Where would we be without the connective tissue that is the Internet? Amazon connects buyers and sellers. eBay lets us transfer junk from one person’s basement to another. Twitter lets ordinary citizens know what’s on celebrities’ minds, so we can…

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Plenty of Color and Lots of Personality: The Offices of Shopify

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

 

Team Shopify
Team Shopify (Photo credit: James C. MacAulay)

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Work can be a lot more fun when your office inspires it, and that’s cer­tain­ly the case with Shopi­fy. They took an ordi­nary series of work­space…

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Plenty of Color and Lots of Personality: The Offices of Shopify

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Finding good Usernames

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

(via How to pick a good username, @eschmidt0)

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Can Instagram bounce back after row?

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Knowledge Management

bbc.co.uk

Will the row over usage rights have long-term damage?

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Can Instagram bounce back after row?

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Online Classes Mean No Dorm, Gym or Debt

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy
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Omen of the Birds (1964) …item 3.. Grandmother killed by horrific flesh-eating disease just five days after first complaining — Cape Fear Valley Medical Center .. Fayetteville, North Carolina (24 September 2012) … (Photo credit: marsmet451)

Simon Johnson, bloomberg.com

Numer­ous arti­cles and com­men­taries from inside and out­side of acad­e­mia are rais­ing the alarm that Amer­i­can pub­lic high­er edu­ca­tion faces an unprece­dent­ed finan­cial cri­sis.

For years, state leg­is­la­tures have been dis­in­vest­…

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Online Classes Mean No Dorm, Gym or Debt

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Fjord top picks for tech in 2013

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

5 Trends That Will Shape Digital Services In 2013
By Olof Schybergson, fastcodesign.com

What will the key changes be in business and design during 2013, and what should you do about it? Here are five predictions from the design firm Fjord.

At Fjord, we work across domains like media, health care, retail, edu­ca­tion, and bank­ing, …

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Why the walking dead is so addictive yet mindless

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

loafersansocks:

I don’t watch The Walking Dead anymore. When I did, however, this is exactly how I felt. The large portion that is pink was ultimately enough to make me steer clear for the rest of the series.

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NYC bio hackers make new foods at meetup

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

The hackathon about hacking meat
Cesar Torres, arstechnica.com

A particpating member of Hack//Meat, a hackathon held in New York City December 7-9.Mike Lee of Studiofeast.comDevelopers and engineers who participate in hackathons are familiar with the rules. An organizer brings programmers together to work on…

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