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Yapp events app builder

November 26, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

Let The App Creation Era Begin: Yapp Events App Builder Launches Out Of Beta
Jordan Crook, techcrunch.com

Remember the time when web sites were reserved for businesses, or niche designers? Before the days of Tumblr and WordPress and even MySpace (where I learned my first bit of basic code). Now anyone can easily build a website, to the degre…

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Yapp Guru (roberthughey.wordpress.com)
Kleverbeast Launches Into Public Beta, Bringing App Creation To The Masses For $29/Month (techcrunch.com)
Diplomat sues government for £1million after he was removed from Belize post over allegations he touched politician’s wife’s bottom (thisismoney.co.uk)

UK puts entire government on the web, others to follow

November 6, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Government’s digital services portal Gov.uk comes out of beta
By Ian Steadman, wired.co.uk

Technology

The government’s centralised portal for all its online services, Gov.uk, finally launched today after two years of development.

It represents the flagship of the government’s “digital by default” policy, an idea fir…

http://flpbd.it/VuGse

Designs of the Year (digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk)
GOV.UK Digital Service Design Principles (adpsfstate.wordpress.com)
Samantha Cameron (sourcewatch.org)
UK News: Nearly 900,000 drop benefit claims (birminghampost.net)

NYC is fast becoming a hub of health IT

November 6, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Network Science, Sustainable Design

New Accelerator Is On A Mission To Turn NYC Into A Hub For Healthtech Startups
Rip Empson, techcrunch.com

Accelerators and incubators have been popping up left and right over the last few years, becoming, as Peter Relan recently put it, “an industry segment in their own right.” And while that industry segment has become more and more…

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Accel’s Kevin Comolli on New Europe Fund & Venture Scene: Q&A (pehub.com)
Accel’s massive new $475M fund is all about startups in Europe & Israel (venturebeat.com)
2-Year-Old Startup Supercell Generates $1.3 Million Per Day, And It’s About To Get A ~$100 Million Check (embargozone.com)
NYC Launches App to Teach Teens About Sexual Health (nbcnewyork.com)
Accel Closes $475M Fund To Invest Mainly In Europe And Israel, Focusing On Its Series A “Sweet Spot” (techcrunch.com)
New safe-sex app targets NYC teens (pix11.com)
The Dominance of ‘Angry Birds’: From Startup to Animated Series (news.terra.com)

Sokanu uses science to find out what you’re good at

November 5, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Sokanu Says Science Can Help You Find Your Dream Job
Eric Johnson, allthingsd.com

Why do you work where you do and are you happy there? If the answer is “no” for the second question, Spencer Thompson has a new answer for the first.

Thompson, 21, is the CEO of Vancouver-based Sokanu, which officially launches this week.…

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How volunteering could help you get that dream job (youngwebbuilder.com)
What to Do If You Don’t Know What You Want to Be When You Grow Up (businessinsider.com)
Web Article – UGA scientist uses GMO microbes to sequester atmostpheric carbon into useable materials. (photosyntheism.com)

iPhone used for cover of Time magazine

November 4, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Cover for the new issue of TIME shot with an iPhone and Hipstamatic
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

Ben Lowy got the cover of TIME Magazine this week with an iPhone and the photo-filtering app Hipstamatic. Not even for, say, a special tech issue or anything like that! Can’t say I’m surprised—I use Hipstamatic with my iPhone5 and love …

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Review: Hitcase Hitcase Pro for iPhone 5 (ilounge.com)
iPhone 5 tweeted about more than Galaxy S4 — at launch (news.cnet.com)
T-Mobile LTE speed test on iPhone 5 (tuaw.com)
Cellhelmet For iPhone 5 Is The Only Case With Accidental Damage Cover [Review] (cultofmac.com)
Review: iKit NuCharge, two-in-one battery pack and cover for iPhone 5 (tuaw.com)
Current AT&T iPhone 5 will work on T-Mobile LTE, HSPA+ 21 networks (macworld.com)
Could T-Mobile’s iPhone 5 Help Cricket Sell Units? (mashable.com)

The Biggest Sites In Social Publishing

October 28, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

The Biggest Sites In Social Publishing
info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about), buzzfeed.com

The goal for websites, more than ever, is to get content to go social. These are the ones who are succeeding. Update: More data added below.

Image by Beck Diefenbach / Reuters

One way to measure how well a website is doing is by the…

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BuzzFeed Launches Native Ad Network on Non-Native Sites (observer.com)
Buzzfeed Launches In The U.K. (fastcompany.com)
BuzzFeed COO Jon Steinberg on Social Marketing (wnyc.org)
Online publisher BuzzFeed launches UK-centric homepage (pocket-lint.com)
BuzzFeed Heads for the United Kingdom (tomshardware.com)

Teen Finishes 130 Sq. Ft. Mortgage-Free Home

October 22, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Teen Finishes 130 Sq. Ft. Mortgage-Free Home
Sami Grover Design / Green Architecture October 19, 2012, treehugger.com

Next time you hear someone complaining about today’s youth, or moaning about a culture of entitlement, tell them the story of Austin Hay.

We already posted one video of Austin Hay’s project to build a tiny house on wheels that he could t…

http://flpbd.it/dHCAe

Off-Grid Stamp House is a Cyclone-Proof Home in North Queensland, Australia (inhabitat.com)
Sustaining Urban Ecosystems with Modular Brick Habitats (treehugger.com)
The Best Green Architecture on Earth (solarfeeds.com)
Small is beautiful – are studios losing their bedsit stigma? (zoopla.co.uk)

How Lobster-Inspired Winglets Reduce Drag

September 15, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

How Lobster-Inspired Winglets Reduce Drag, Increase Fuel Efficiency
Alexander George, wired.com

Photo: GasPods

Industrial designer and underwater photographer Bob Evans got the inspiration for GasPods from the bumps he observed on lobsters’ backs. It seems counterintuitive, but protrusions on an already-streamlined…

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Food Glorious Food: Burger & Lobster (onefinestay.com)
Apparently This Matters: Lobster iPhone case (cnn.com)

Micro-distilleries tap into molecular sciences and artisanal interests

May 22, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Systems Science

Just when you thought Miller Lite was the pinnacle of the US beverage industry, the same interest in local, organic and clean tech is creeping into this sector as well with the increasing prevalence of micro distilleries.

Filter: Micro-Distilleries Lead the Geek Booze Craze | Wired Magazine | Wired.com.

Prichard’s Distillery Opens Their new Distillery at the World Famous Fontanel in Nashville, TN (prweb.com)
Beefeater Gin to open distillery visitor centre (thedrinksbusiness.com)
Ex-Marine starting microdistillery in Lewisville (star-telegram.com)

Berkshire Mountain Distillers: the first distillery in Western Mass since Prohibition

May 22, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Here’s a good sign that the creative and manufacturing economy of the Central and Western Mass is creeping back: the first artisanal distillery to open since Prohibition! BMD uses locally sourced ingredients and spring water.

Berkshire Mountain Distillers.

Colorado distilleries offer rum, whiskey, vodka, gin and more gifts (denverpost.com)
How to Malt in America (nationalreview.com)
Beefeater Gin to open distillery visitor centre (thedrinksbusiness.com)
Metro Detroit vodka distillery tries its hand at gin (mlive.com)
Prichard’s Distillery Opens Their new Distillery at the World Famous Fontanel in Nashville, TN (prweb.com)
“The Botanist” gin is distilled again at Bruichladdich (prweb.com)
Penderyn Welsh Whisky – Visitor Centre opened by Prince Charles, Food (visitwales.co.uk)

Using Census data for life science intelligence

May 9, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Linguistic Search, Security & Privacy

Many government resources are a great way to gather intelligence for life science companies:

Census Bureau Homepage.

New Microdata from the Census Bureau (kauffman.org)
New Data from Census Points to Falling Job Creation (kauffman.org)
Kauffman Foundation-Funded U.S. Census Bureau Data Highlight Importance of Business Startups to Job Creation in the U.S. (kauffman.org)

Fabprefab – modernist prefab dwellings

August 27, 2009 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

fabprefab – modernist prefab dwellings.

Definitely one of the coolest house websites. includes links to all the best micro, eco, green design companies.

Factory-Built Micro-Homes in San Francisco (jetsongreen.com)
Connect:Homes Connect 2.1 Modern Prefab Pop-Up (design-milk.com)
5 Companies on the Cutting Edge of Sustainable Prefab Housing (mashable.com)
July Month in Review [+Thoughts] (jetsongreen.com)
An eco-friendly, elegant prefab home (tech.fortune.cnn.com)
EvoEnergy at Ecobuild 2012 (evoenergy.co.uk)
Prefab Awesomeness: Modern, Sleek and Sustainable Home Design (honeybadgerhome.com)
CitizenM Prefab Hotels Now Provide Affordable Luxury in London and Glasgow (inhabitat.com)
The Best Green Designs at Dwell on Design 2012! (inhabitat.com)
PHOTOS: Marmol Radziner’s Hidden Valley Prefab For Sale in Moab, Utah (inhabitat.com)

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