A Cambrian moment
http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21593580-cheap-and-ubiquitous-building-blocks-digital-products-and-services-have-caused … HT @CraigAPeterson @StefanGlaenzer (1/2)
.@CraigAPeterson @StefanGlaenzer Insightful? Are AWSesque platforms equivalent of 1 in a billion yr opportunity for startups? Not sure (2/2)
#Lifelogging: Crowdsourcing + lifelogs = big insights => Glow for fertility. Next? Breath for asthma?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129514.800-lifelogging-crowdsourcing–life-logs–big-insights.html HT @sam_c86
.@kdnuggets 77K genres from auto. & manual methods like
gene-classification approaches. How $NFLX Rev. Eng. Hollywood http://theatln.tc/1cKP4gx
http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/how-netflix-reverse-engineered-hollywood/282679/
.@florisvaneck Has to be an optimal way to do this. I’ve Been Using #Tags All Wrong
http://lifehacker.com/ive-been-using-tags-all-wrong-1498663444 My system: http://blog.gerstein.info/2010/11/my-tagging-philosophy.html
#Hackers, #Makers, and the Next Industrial Revolution: Homebrew
Computer Club (or DIY) of the future? http://nyr.kr/L3OXDg HT
@adrogersam
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2014/01/13/140113crat_atlarge_morozov
A CRITIC AT LARGE
MAKING IT
Pick up a spot welder and join the revolution.
BY EVGENY MOROZOV
JANUARY 13, 2014
LETTER FROM SHENZHEN
THE GENE FACTORY
A Chinese firm’s bid to crack hunger, illness, evolution—and the genetics of human intelligence.
BY MICHAEL SPECTER
JANUARY 6, 2014
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/01/06/140106fa_fact_specter
.@andrewhessel Gene Factory: Interesting food for thought on #BGI’s cognitive #genomics research & $GNOM acquisition
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/01/06/140106fa_fact_specter
#LastPass vs. #iCloud Keychain: fairly negative on $APPL’s approach, which is too safari-centric http://enva.to/K7lsQf via @macappstorm http://mac.appstorm.net/reviews/synchronization/lastpass-vs-icloud-keychain
How to Fix the Calendar
MT @Eleni_Stroulia: How to Fix the #Calendar: 12months, 3 wk/month, 10 d/wk (3 weekend), but “extra” ~5d winter break
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/12/30/republican_calendar_worthwhile_jacobin_initiative.html
What Apple’s M7 Motion-Sensing Chip Could Do: Your #password could become hop, skip, tap, tap & shake
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/519531/what-apples-m7-motion-sensing-chip-could-do $AAPL
.@giveeverything …but do people really want an e-wallet replacing their cards? EBay’s Strategy for Taking On $AMZN
http://nyti.ms/1cRmoCr
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/magazine/ebays-strategy-for-taking-on-amazon.html
pot. strong implications for Walmart & big retailers