How to use 23andMe without giving up your genetic privacy Sarah A. Downey, venturebeat.com Sarah A. Downey is an attorney, privacy analyst, and writer at Abine, an online privacy startup in Boston. Find her on Twitter @SarahADowney. If you’re like me, the idea of knowing what’s in your genetic profile is both… http://flip.it/GpsmW Related articles … Continue reading 23andme: how to use genetic testing while ensuring privacy
Check out this interesting article Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech | Apple - CNET News.Related articlesMysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech (cyberparse.co.uk)
Brian Barrett, gizmodo.com While we had previously seen the stunning thermal images that helped police confirm that Boston Marathon bombing suspect was indeed hiding in a boat, under a tarp, now the raw video of the camera in action has been released. Incredible Thermal Imaging Video of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Hiding http://flip.it/A320R http://flip.it/Z51Zq Incredible Thermal … Continue reading Incredible Thermal Imaging Video of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Hiding
How Winter Woes Inspired A Nanotech Fix For Everything From Cold Necks To Knee Pain By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com Kranthi Kiran Vistakula developed technology that can keep your body comfortable in outside temperatures that range from -50 to 50 degrees Celsius. With the exception of Russian novelists, not many people can say their big break … Continue reading Nanotechnology heater and cooling body wear
Mitt’s Son Says He Never Wanted to be President Anyway Connor Simpson, theatlanticwire.com If you thought the tale of how Mitt Romney lost the general election was already told, you would be wrong. Because there is so much left to tell, like how Mitt never wanted to be President anyway. At least, that’s what Tagg … Continue reading Mitt’s son says he was not up for the job
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Boston has a few thousand gas leaks it shouldn’t worry about pbgrist, grist.org Just FYI, Bostononianites, there’s a natural gas leak under your city. Not a big deal. It’s a little one. Little small little natural gas leak. And a tiny bit of additional bad news — there are also over 3,300 other such leaks. … Continue reading Boston natural gas leaks
Erik Sherman, inc.com TECHTOWN It seems like smart just-in-time staffing: You hire for big projects and then let people go when they wrap up. But here’s why it hurts more than it helps. For the most part, there aren’t many parallels between the cutting-edge… http://flpbd.it/wfdkE 6 Reasons Layoffs Are Really Dumb Related articles AFL-CIO's Trumka: … Continue reading 6 Reasons Layoffs Are Really Dumb
Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax Machines Richard MacManus, readwriteweb.com Today at the DC to VC: Health IT Startup Showcase, a collaboration between Morgenthaler Ventures and the Health 2.0 Conference, I saw firsthand how health IT startups are tackling big, real-world problems. Coming from a world where… http://flpbd.it/hw3nH Related articles Video: My interview … Continue reading Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax
A slew of new ventures is springing up in the Boston and NYC area aiming to fill the need for job based, tech training for working professionals. This includes Intelligent.ly, Boston Startup School, General Assembly, and well known companies such as Skillshare. Catching a new wave of courses - Page 2 - Boston.com. Related articles Startup Watch: … Continue reading Intelligent.ly: New startups aim to meet tech knowledge needs of working professionals
Hilarious. For anyone who has ever gone to "Dunkin". If you are going to work in the Boston tech and science community, you need to "speak the language".... A linguistic taste of Massachusetts - Boston.com.
New Boston biotech companies such as Ginkgo BioWorks, Cambrian Innovation, and Manus Biosynthesis are tapping into ancient organisms and new IT capabilities to produce new solutions that are environmentally clean, US based, and fast with as little as 6 month product development life cycles. Gingko notes that 1/4 of their employees are software developers and … Continue reading Biotechs engineer ancient organisms and speed product development
Gilbane Conference | Content Management CMS web mobile publishing social marketing search | Boston 2012 | gilbane.com Bluebill Advisors. Related articles Divorcing Content from Form: A Major Perspective Shift for Marketers (contentmarketinginstitute.com) It's The Content, Stupid (byronmiller.typepad.com) Lynda Moulton Lists Five Products to Reduce Information Overload (billives.typepad.com) How to Manage Your Web Content in the … Continue reading Gilbane Conference | Content Management CMS web mobile publishing social marketing search | Boston 2012 |
This is a great way to assess places you might want to live by how friendly they are for walking about. Boston, DC, NYC and San Fran are all tops which is encouraging but a little surprising given the crazy drivers I have encountered. Still, this probably refers to the downtown areas which feature older … Continue reading Walk Score City Rankings: figuring out where you can live (and walk around)
Great article on Enterprise 2.0... Writing the book on Enterprise 2.0: KMWorld. Related articles Its beginning to look a lot like Enterprise 2.0 (dealarchitect.typepad.com) 5 Lessons for Enterprise 2.0 Success from Digg, Reddit and Slashdot (isykes.wordpress.com) Summary of My 2012 Enterprise 2.0 Innovate Notes (billives.typepad.com) The Rise of the Social CEO … Continue reading Enterprise 2.0: Article in KMWorld
Yet another Boston area school has launched a health and medical informatics program, largely online. Know for its bioinformatics degree, Brandeis is now adding courses in these other areas. Health and Medical Informatics | Programs and Courses | Graduate Professional Studies | Brandeis University. Related articles Information Technology improves patient care and increases privacy, informatics … Continue reading Brandeis University Health Informatics program integrates computer, social and bio sciences
Freshwater secrets, paddle optional - Boston.com. As an avid lake swimmer, I was excited to find this article which reveals some of the unknown freshwater swimming holes and kettle ponds of the Cape. Related articles Cape Cod: 5-Day Itinerary (flipkey.com) Deals of the Week: Cape Cod Classics (flipkey.com) Bike to the Beach on the Cape … Continue reading Secret swimming holes and kettle ponds of Cape Cod
This guy keeps his house at 63 degrees year round in Boston with insulation and passive heating so has no need for a heating system. Home is where the heat is off - The Boston Globe. Related articles Home Insulation 101 - How To Conserve Energy And Save Money (greenne.com) Rheem Heat Pump Prices - … Continue reading Energy efficiency “hyper milers” saved thousands in heating costs
E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez » Getting Real about Enterprise 2.0 by Oscar Berg and Henrik Gustafsson. Related articles Its beginning to look a lot like Enterprise 2.0 (dealarchitect.typepad.com) Research and Markets: Global Enterprise 2.0 Market 2012-2016 Report Features Players such as IBM Corp., … Continue reading Getting real about Enterprise 2.0
http://www.boston.com So recently I've been taking a look at new forms of work including elance, odesk and of course well known micro-commerce sites like threadless, etsy, and those periodic sales on ebay... What is interesting is how this article shows these are all part of a larger shift in the way we work which encourages … Continue reading The end of the office… and the future of work
via www.northeastern.edu Human behavior is 93 percent predictable, a group of leading Northeastern University network scientists recently found. Distinguished Professor of Physics Albert-László Barabási and his team studied the mobility patterns of anonymous cell-phone users and concluded that, despite the common perception that our actions are random and unpredictable, human mobility follows surprisingly regular patterns. The … Continue reading Human behavior is 93 percent predictable, research shows | Northeastern University News
http://www.boston.com An interesting take on the social science of digital music which uses Locke's perspective on ownership of property to argue that companies will need to consider ways to add context to technologies which become increasingly untouchable. via
Department of Conservation and Recreation - It's Your Nature. A good place to swim? It appears so. Very clear water. And not a leach to be seen, contrary to one mountain biker's postings.. Related articles State seeking wildlife artists for parks project (bostonherald.com) USDA awards Mass. $1 million for reforestation (bostonherald.com) New Bridge For Bikers … Continue reading Borderland State Park: Mountain bike, jog, xc ski, and swim with leeches
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