TimBatchelder

Category: Ethnographic Methods

  • Techmeme: cutting edge trend spotting

    Techmeme. We’re not sure what kind of secret sauce Gabe Rivera uses to find stories for his TechMeme news aggregator (he simply says the site uses a “software agent“), but what we do know is that TechMeme brilliantly unearths the hottest news stories. Related articles Techmeme’s Gabe Rivera interviewed by The Verge (nextlevelofnews.com) Techmeme’s Gabe…

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  • All things iPod, iPhone, iPad and Beyond | iLounge

    All things iPod, iPhone, iPad and Beyond | iLounge. Related articles Apple to Host iPhone Event in September, iPod and iPad Mini Event October (gottabemobile.com) Ask iLounge: Removing songs from a manually managed iPod (ilounge.com) iLounge: New iPhone will have 8-pin dock connector, iPod Nano will have Bluetooth 4.0 (9to5mac.com) The iPad’s screen: to protect…

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  • Brain Games & Brain Training – Lumosity

    Brain Games & Brain Training – Lumosity. It’s not the first “brain-training” site we’ve encountered, but it may be the most scientific. Sign up for a free trial and play games that have been lab-tested and shown to improve memory, attention, processing speed, and cognitive control. Related articles Lumosity raises an additional $31.5M to study…

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  • Free People Search – Find People – Wink

        Free People Search – Find People – Wink – Wink.   Wink is a people search engine that culls results from social-networking sites (MySpace, LinkedIn, Bebo, and more), followed by results from other sites where users keep public profiles, followed by results from the Web at large.     Related articles   Geri…

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  • WIKISKY.ORG: Google the Sky

    WIKISKY.ORG. Much as Google has figured out how to harness user-submitted content to improve Google Earth, Wikisky.org turns the collective wiki-eye on the vast reaches of space. Check out the draggable space model with constellations highlighted. Related articles Google Earth 2.0 for iPhone imports My Maps (reviews.cnet.com) Apple’s 3D maps look much better than Google’s…

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  • Systems theory: foundations of business analysis

    Systems theory – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A core part of the theory used by the business analyst according to Michael Hugos, along with Information Theory Related articles System Theory (2nd Reference) (prerna4everything.wordpress.com) System Theory (Referred Article) (prerna4everything.wordpress.com) Eyal Sulganik: Towards a Theory of “Mathematical Accounting” (gilkalai.wordpress.com) Complexity:: understanding living systems (fitforrandomness.wordpress.com) Projects are systems…

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  • Find a doctor – Doctor reviews and ratings | RateMDs.com

    Find a doctor – Doctor reviews and ratings | RateMDs.com. best doctor rating tool on rule the web Related articles Doctor Suing Former Patient Over Online Criticism (denver.cbslocal.com) I’m Glad You Like Your Doctor, But What Do You Know? (bostinno.com) Consumer Reports Expands Its Ratings To Doctors (wnyc.org) No More Medical Gag Orders; No Silencing…

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  • DrWeil.com – Official Website of Andrew Weil, M.D.

    DrWeil.com – Official Website of Andrew Weil, M.D.. best natural health website on rule the web Related articles The Nation’s Best Hope for Lowering the Cost of Health Care (omtimes.com) Mushrooms: More Than Just Mind-Altering Substances (bellasugar.com) Weekly Health Roundup: Top 10 Posts from Around the Web (smartypantsvitamins.com) Reading ‘Round the Christmas Tree – Gift-worthy…

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