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  • Bitcoin is the new black (market)

    Just as the Internet forever changed (some say destroyed) publishing, a digital currency known as Bitcoin threatens to change forever the way we do banking. Bitcoin is the first digital currency that is distributed via P2P network. No bank is required between the coin owner and whomever they are dealing with. Decentralization is the basis…

  • Ollie, the socially awkward robot

    If I say ‘robot’, what’s the first image that springs to mind? Most people visualize R2D2, C3PO, the Man-Machine from Metropolis or ASIMO, the Honda Walking Robot. Maybe even a Roomba. I am willing to bet the image of a mylar balloon with flapping “wings” did not figure highly in your mental model of what…

  • Sitting kills!

    Via @nikkistephan Via: Medical Billing And Coding

  • Gmail Labels Saved My Life

    I love Gmail. Love it, love it, love it. However, despite its amazing internal search capabilities, it’s still sometimes hard to find important email. I’ve been on Gmail since the beta first launched (thanks to my old friend Kevin Fox). As a former Information Architect, I loved the labeling feature and have experimented with labeling…

  • Remote Fingerprint Scanning

    We’re all used to seeing criminals being fingerprinted. Many of us, who have voluntarily been bonded for an employee were fingerprinted as a measure of good faith. Imagine now, being suspected of a crime, and having your fingerprints taken remotely without your knowledge. Sounds impossible. Fingerprinting requires ink pads or scanning glass, right? Not any…

  • How to Run a Great Digital Conference

    I’ve been speaking at digital conferences since 2001, and I’ve spoken at everything from social media cons to usability cons to Linux cons to sociology cons, so I have a really good feel for what makes a Digital con good or bad. I just attended the LessConf in Atlanta; one of my favorite cons to…

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