Tag: Greater Boston

  • The end of the office… and the future of work

    www.boston.com So recently I’ve been taking a look at new forms of work including elance, odesk and of course well known micro-commerce sites like threadless, etsy, and those periodic sales on ebay… What is interesting is how this article shows these are all part of a larger shift in the way we work which encourages…

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  • What a collector loses (and gains) in the age of music downloading – The Boston Globe

    www.boston.com An interesting take on the social science of digital music which uses Locke’s perspective on ownership of property to argue that companies will need to consider ways to add context to technologies which become increasingly untouchable. via

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  • Cambridge Innovation Center: Shared Space for Remote Workers and Startups

    My friend Jay told me about this one. About $500/month per person for a shared office space desk in a premium area. Neighboring the MIT campus and steps away from the Red Line in the heart of Kendall Square, Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) is the largest flexible office facility for growing technology and life sciences…

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  • The End of Alone: moving from real interaction to online lives

    The End of Alone – The Boston Globe. An article in Boston Glove magazine charts the curious trend away from real human interaction towards entirely digitally mediated ones and notes the importance of being un reachable at times which is becoming increasingly difficult Related articles TEDx Boston….enjoy a ‘front row’ VIP experience, without stepping away…

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  • Through website, patients creating own drug studies

    Through website, patients creating own drug studies – The Boston Globe. Related articles Leading Health Website Offers New Approach to Comparative Medicine (prweb.com) Healthy Big Data: Putting Patients In Control (servicesangle.com) Crowd-sourcing a cure for cancer (bbc.co.uk) Would You Want to See Everything Your Doctor Writes About You? (theatlantic.com) The Mass. healthcare market is “ferocious.”…

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  • Online video based learning: a brief intro

    Want a free education? A brief guide to the burgeoning world of online video lectures. – The Boston Globe. Academic you tube sites Related articles Asia eLearning Market to Reach $11.5 billion by 2016 (sacbee.com) [eLearning] (bluestockingsblog.wordpress.com) Asia eLearning Market to Reach $11.5 billion by 2016 (prnewswire.com) Twitter Used as an Educational Tool within the…

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  • From maverick to misguided renegade: Inside the McCain campaign

    From maverick to misguided renegade – The Boston Globe. Interesting summary of the media tactics of the current McCain campaign. Related articles America and Democracy Are Not For Sale Boys (planetpov.com) Plouffe: Mitt ‘throwing spaghetti’ at wall (politico.com)

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  • E-mails suggest Pfizer tried to suppress study on drug

    E-mails suggest Pfizer tried to suppress study on drug – The Boston Globe. Here we go again. Not just Vioxx and the ghost writing scare but now also Neurontin. Emails can get your company in a lot of trouble Related articles Pfizer’s Arthritis Treatment Wins Approval From US FDA – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) Pfizer’s Xeljanz story reveals why new drug development…

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