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Jan
22nd
Fri

Although reading has been moving away from paper for several years, the only real advantage digital technology has had is over distribution of content.

But things get exciting when people utilize the processors of digital devices to change and measure the experience of reading.  Robin Sloan has posted a fascinating visualization of how readers scroll through his short story The Truth About the East Wind over time.  I don’t know that this type of metric provides much utility in terms of marketing content, but Robin’s observation how each line in the graph is a story unto itself really grabbed me.

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Oct
19th
Mon

“To fulfill our mission of providing the odds of everyday life, we conduct research in many different topical areas. To date, we have researched over 50 topics and are always adding more. Book of…

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Oct
18th
Sun

NOWISM | “Consumers’ ingrained* lust for instant gratification is being satisfied by a host of novel, important (offline and online) real-time products, services and experiences. Consumers are…

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Oct
15th
Thu

“Over a quarter-century ago, Xerox introduced the modern graphical user interface paradigm we today take for granted. That it has endured is a testament to the genius of its design. But the industry…

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Oct
11th
Sun

Sugar: The Bitter Truth | Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.

The takeaway from this talk is that the percentage of fructose and sucrose as a fundamental part of the American diet has increased in the last 30 years, and can be directly correlated to our being heaveir.  That is, the entire population. And we continue to feed our kids foods that are extremely high in sugar, which is as toxic to our livers as alcohol because it is metabolized exactly the same way in our livers.  (Alcohol is also metabolized in the brain, producing the buzz.)  We would never hand our kids a can of beer, yet we’re perfectly willing to hand them a can of Coke.

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Oct
10th
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Everyone should see this. I wish it was mandatory viewing before getting your driver’s license!

Everyone should see this. I wish it was mandatory viewing before getting your driver’s license!

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Oct
10th
Sat

“Continuing our multi-touch research, we’ve been working on turning an off-the-shelf rear projection TV into a multi-touch display. This screen has the best width-to-depth ratio of any multitouch…

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May
24th
Sun

The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages. Since becoming a National Science…

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May
20th
Wed

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman

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May
20th
Wed

Check out this amazing visualization of MTA ridership from 1905-2006, built on top of Google Maps.

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May
18th
Mon

Cookie Monster interviewed on NPR | Om-frickin’-nom…

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Apr
27th
Mon

My recent interview about the Kickbee with Reuters correspondent Karina Huber.

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Apr
18th
Sat

I appeared on the April 16 episode of Good Morning America presenting Kickbee in a story about Twitter and the healthcare industry.  We appear at 2 minutes in.  It was brief, but very cool!

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Apr
17th
Fri

One of the best TV ads I’ve seen in years!

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Apr
14th
Tue

The NY Times April 13 edition features an article about Twitter…with a mention of the Kickbee and a photo of the Menscher Family!

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