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Bridge design residencies

February 26, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management

“Bridge” Design Residencies Will Offer Plum Jobs At Path, Pinterest, And Airbnb
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com

A new program by the Designer Fund will pair great designers with great startups. It raises the question: Why’s this marriage so hard in the first place?

Path, Dropbox, Pinterest, Airbnb. They’re some of the most high-profile startups in the…

RT @FastCompany: “Bridge” Design Residencies Will Offer Plum Jobs At Path, Pinterest, And Airbnb http://flip.it/x9TF4 http://flip.it/TUG5A

Would You Use Airbnb in a Disaster? Airbnb is Planning on It! (disaster-net.com)
Airbnb announces tool to help find emergency shelter for disaster victims (digitaltrends.com)
How design thinking transformed Airbnb from a failing startup to a billion dollar business (entrepreneurshipmatters.com)
Airbnb’s disaster response tool to help survivors find free housing (video) (engadget.com)
Let’s help Airbnb rebuild the bridge it just burned (blogs.law.harvard.edu)

Getting started with Pinterest for business

January 21, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Guest Blogger, smartblogs.com

There’s no doubt that Pinterest is generating considerable amounts of referral traffic for businesses. Many people were using Pinterest for business by finding ways around the settings meant for personal users, but now Pinterest is officially open…

Getting started with Pinterest for business

Getting Visual with Pinterest Marketing Strategy – DigitalSurgeons.com (digitalsurgeons.com)
The Top 10 Questions Small Businesses Have About Pinterest (blogs.constantcontact.com)
What the Heck Is Pinterest and Why Should You Care? Let Us Tell You. (blogs.constantcontact.com)
How to Use Pinterest for Marketing [Video] (blogs.constantcontact.com)
The Stats Behind Pinterest Users [INFOGRAPHIC] (socialfresh.com)
How Pinterest powers Charlotte’s wedding industry (miamiherald.com)
Getting started with Pinterest for business (smartblogs.com)
Why You Need Pinterest for Business (bizsugar.com)
10 Crazy Creepy Pins From Pinterest (socialbarrel.com)

Death and Dying, the Animal Way

January 16, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Death and Dying, the Animal Way – NYTimes.com http://flip.it/p64yX http://flip.it/X0pJs

Death, Dying, & Buddhism – Pinterest (avantika1967.wordpress.com)
On Death and Dying Differently (judemarian.wordpress.com)

Why Straight Talk is the best iPhone plan for information and knowledge workers

December 29, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Security & Privacy, Systems Science

Since most information and knowledge workers don’t spend nearly as much time chatting on a phone these days as managing data in other forms (email, messages, sites, social media), it increasingly makes little sense to spend the thousands of dollars a year charged by major carriers for a their phone services. Fortunately, some smaller companies are starting to under stand this and offering the iPhone via no contract, low cost, data based plans.

Cult of Mac

Family Frugal Fun Announces Frugal Living Series in 2013 (prweb.com)
How To Be Frugal (debtconsolidationusa.com)
365 Frugality Tips: Welcome to the Year of Renewed Frugality (suddenlyfrugal.com)
365 Frugality Tips: Free Exercise (suddenlyfrugal.com)
Mobile Phone Plans You Should Avoid (lifehacker.com.au)
Finding Your Personal Budget Strategy (apartmentguide.com)
A Desire for Normalcy as Sandy Hook Students Return to Class – New York Times (nytimes.com)

LinkedIn and identity theft

December 10, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

Identity fraud more common among LinkedIn users – Salon.com
By Natasha Lennard, salon.com

The personal information openly shared on social media sites is a goldmine for fraudsters

The proliferation of personal information shared via social media correlates with a significant spike in instances of identity fraud. In 201…

RT @Salon: “A goldmine for fraudsters”: Identity fraud more common among LinkedIn users http://flip.it/hyxbM http://flip.it/EIeEM

LinkedIn Now Allows You To Mention Connections and Companies In Your Discussions (retrify.com)
LinkedIn begins rolling out Facebook-like mentions feature (slashgear.com)

Green holiday gift guide

December 8, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Inhabitat Green Holiday Gift Guide
inhabitat.com

http://flip.it/M3Ixh

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: stair-climbing vacuum cleaner, carbon dioxide diapers and a real 3D-printed face (engadget.com)

Ikea concrete base lamp hack

November 3, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

IKEA Hack: How to Make an Industrial Concrete Base Lamp
curbly.com

When I came across this lighting project, I did a double take because I could hardly believe it was a DIY. It is so well done, the finished project looked more like something I could buy than something I could make on my own. Thankfully, f…

http://flpbd.it/24hJ0

DIY Draisienne (hack of IKEA’s frosta stool by Andreas Bhend and Samuel N. Bernier) (instructables.com)
My DIY Ikea Dresser Hack (guidetoafabulouslife.com)
Ikea hacks – perfect ideas for your home! (therentedhome.wordpress.com)
Samuel Bernier & Andreas Bhend Collaborate on the Next Next-Level IKEA Hack (core77.com)
Make It Your Own: 10 Sources for Customizing IKEA Furniture (apartmenttherapy.com)
MacGyver Challenge: Share Your Best IKEA Hack (lifehacker.com)
Bigger is Better: Easy IKEA Sheepskin Hack – Old House New Tricks (apartmenttherapy.com)

Etsy HQ breathing rooms and gross happiness

October 24, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

Handmade Desks, “Breathing Rooms,” And Gross Happiness: Take A Look Inside Etsy HQ
fastcocreate.com

Beyond just quirk, crafty marketplace Etsy offers employes a green (B Corp certified) place to work where happiness is measured and learning is encouraged (two words: therapeutic doodling).

Seven years into its existence, the online handmade a…

http://flpbd.it/39vka

Crafty Yoga (myshakybodhi.wordpress.com)
Inside Etsy’s handcrafted headquarters (news.com.au)
Etsy….Who are you and why do I love you so much…… (uprintpartysupplies.com)
20 Fun Valentine’s Cards (diyconfessions.com)

Hackert0wn: The World’s First Eco/Hacker Village

October 20, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Hackert0wn: The World’s First Eco/Hacker Village?
By Stett Holbrook, makezine.com

Alpha One Labs co-founder Sean Auriti and a group of like-minded hackers have launched a campaign to build Hackert0wn, a Brooklyn hackerspace the likes of which the world has never seen.

As planned, Hackert0wn will be an entire hacker…

http://flpbd.it/8muih

Twitter Account of Donald Trump Hacked (news.softpedia.com)
Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr Notify of Security Breach After Zendesk Hack (mashable.com)
Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest affected by Zendesk security breach (slashgear.com)
Justin Bieber’s tweets disappear in latest Twitter mystery (theverge.com)
Support service for Twitter, Tumblr hacked (rappler.com)

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