The Personal Analytics of My Life

The Personal Analytics of My Life
stephenwolfram.com

One day I’m sure every­one will rou­tine­ly col­lect all sorts of data about them­selves. But because I’ve been inter­est­ed in data for a very long time, I start­ed doing this long ago. I actu­al­ly assumed lots of other peo­ple were doing it too…

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13 Conferences to attend in 2013

English: Diagram of the National Broadband Net...
English: Diagram of the National Broadband Network, based on the network design details given in the NBN Co’s Corporate Plan 2011–2013. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jan Wächter, datavisualization.ch

We’ve compiled a small list of conferences definitely worth visiting in 2013. Events like this are a great way to see, learn, connect and be inspired. If you’re lucky enough to get a ticket, be sure to let us know so we could meet up and have a…

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13 Conferences to attend in 2013

Buy or die: The survivalist approach

Buy or die: The survivalist approach to climate doom
By Susie Cagle, grist.org

Cli­mate change is com­ing! Quick, buy more stuff!!

That’s the advice from the New York Times Mag­a­zine fea­ture “How to Sur­vive Soci­etal Col­lapse in Suburbia.” Wait, don’t laugh yet — we’ll get to that.

First, meet Ron Dou­glas, a…

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Getting started with Pinterest for business

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

9 Ways You’re Ruining Your Online Reputation

Obstacles to the free flow of information online.
Obstacles to the free flow of information online. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Steve Tobak, inc.com

LAST WORD

Everything you do on the Internet is like a tattoo you get late at night that can never, ever be erased.

We all behave like idiots at times. It’s been that way since the dawn of civ­i­liza­tion. The one sav­ing grace has always been…

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9 Ways You’re Ruining Your Online Reputation

The Best Time to Buy Anything

The Best Time to Buy Anything During the Year
Whitson Gordon, lifehacker.com

A bit of planning can save you a ton of money when it comes to buying throughout the year. Here’s your comprehensive, always up-to-date guide on the best times to buy everything this year.Every year year, we compile a list of the best times to buy…

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Re:Re:Fw:Re: Workers Spend 650 Hours a Year on Email

Re:Re:Fw:Re: Workers Spend 650 Hours a Year on Email Megan Garber, theatlantic.com Unless you hap­pen to get some sort of obses­sive com­pul­sive sat­is­fac­tion from keep­ing your inbox in ship­shape — and hey, if you do, more power to ya — deal­ing with email has got to be one of the most dead­en­ing aspects of any office jo…

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TalentBin Takes On LinkedIn

TalentBin Takes On LinkedIn By Targeting Recruiters
By David Zax, fastcompany.com

By trolling various sites, TalentBin builds a database of people’s hidden talents. Can it reinvent headhunting in the process?

Tal­ent­Bin, as its founder Pete Kazan­jy explains, is a LinkedIn com­peti­tor. And yet, if the aver­age per­son with …

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Decades of temperature change where you live mapped

 

Mean surface temperature change for 1999–2008 ...
Mean surface temperature change for 1999–2008 relative to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Simon Rogers, guardian.co.uk

How have temperatures changed where you live?

Simon Rogers

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Decades of temperature change where you live mapped

All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook

Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook
By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com

No more caring about minutes. Free phone calls over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G!

Face­book just let loose with a new update to the Mes­sen­ger app for iPhone, which until now was restrict­ed to text mes­sag­ing, sort of like AOL Instant Mes­sen­ger or GChat…

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