Fred Trotter, health IT hacktivist

Data: Bringing Hidden Healthcare Data Into the Open
Sarah Mitroff, wired.com

Self-described health IT hack­tivist and author Fred Trot­ter has hatched a plan to bring hid­den health­care data into the open.

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We can now predict your behavior using online data

The Rising Science Of Social Influence — How Predictable Is Your Online Behaviour?
Ferenc Huszár, techcrunch.com

Techcrunch recent­ly ran a piece by Michael Wu of Lithi­um. The fol­low­ing is a response writ­ten by Fer­enc Huszar, who, prior to join­ing Peer Index PeerIndex as lead data sci­en­tist, was was a PhD stu­dent at the Machine Learn­ing Lab at…

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Tiny housetruck tour

Tiny Housetruck Video Tour
Steven, tinyhouselistings.com

Sev­er­al years ago John Labovitz real­ized that he want­ed to live a much more sim­ple life. He real­ized that liv­ing in a small (well, tiny) home would be the cat­a­lyst for the sim­ple life he was search­ing for.

He began visu­al­iz­ing and…

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Why energy management is the key to growth

Why Better Energy Management is the Key to Peak Productivity
Gregory Ciotti, lifehacker.com

We live in a cul­ture that seems obsessed with being pro­duc­tive. While increas­ing our out­put and doing more with our time is cer­tain­ly an admirable goal, accord­ing to Tony Schwartz, author of Be Excel­lent at Any­thing, that mis­guid…

http://flpbd.it/D6hu5

Klout and other ways to measure your influence

Beyond Klout: Better Ways To Measure Social Media Influence
Adam Popescu, readwrite.com

Mea­sur­ing social influ­ence online is becom­ing a more sophis­ti­cat­ed, refined and gran­u­lar process. While the much-maligned early leader in the mar­ket, Klout, has scooped up a lot of head­lines over the past few years, there’s a bet­ter…

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Why your body is the next target for social technology

Smart Body, Smart World: The Next Phase of Personal Computing
Sarah Rotman Epps, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, allthingsd.com

In the past half-century, com­put­ing has evolved from the main­frame to the desk­top to the shoul­der bag to the pock­et, and now it’s tak­ing over new fron­tiers: our phys­i­cal bod­ies, and the phys­i­cal envi­ron­ments that we inhab­it. The ne…

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After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting

After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting
Arik Hesseldahl, allthingsd.com

Hold­ing an elec­tion is com­pli­cat­ed. Hold­ing an elec­tion eight days after a his­tor­i­cal­ly sig­nif­i­cant dis­as­ter? Prob­a­bly expo­nen­tial­ly so. This is the cir­cum­stance in which the state of New Jer­sey will find itself…

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Stitcher is the best podcast app keeps the news flowing

Stitcher keeps the news flowing for desktop users with new web-based app
Zachary Lutz, engadget.com

Stitch­er is already a heavy hit­ter in the world of mobile apps, but users will now find their favorite radio shows and pod­casts are acces­si­ble from the desk­top. Today, the com­pa­ny announced an HTML5 ver­sion of its pop­u­lar app that’s…

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