It’s taken a long time to get here, but finally some scientists are getting their heads out from under the fume hoods long enough to recognize they can’t ignore politics.
Today
a group of scientists and concerned citizens launch a new organization,
Scientists and Engineers for America, dedicated to electing public
officials who respect evidence and understand the importance [...]
According to the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
obesity may be responsible for accelerated development of a particular
colon condition more often found in older patients – who also happen to
be abdominally obese. The condition is called Acute diverticulitis, a
disease of the colon associated with allow-fiber diet, normally is only
seen in patients older than 50, but is becoming [...]
"Contribute"contributemedia, which premiered in April, helps donors explor their options in the increasingly compledx field of philanthropy. The landscape has changed since 9/11 says the editor. "People are not content to be simply passive anymore, they’re beyond writing checks. They’re jumping in feet first". People want to make a difference by working for or investing [...]
A short review of everything you can find at Celebrationonthehill.org. Our Micro-Site for Celebration on the Hill 2006. And a short test of a free video blogging service.
Two articles this week emphasized to me how quickly the world is connecting and how the United States is no longer the center of it all (if it ever was). Organizations that are nimble and comfortable with using web-based technologies and with working across geographic boundaries, including moving key staff overseas, will have the greatest [...]
Today I am attending a great presentation from Mario Klingemann. It’s about using API Keys and Creativity to create Mash-ups. Basically mash-ups are taking two pieces of technology and making something new out of it. My favorite mash-up that he showed me was Tagnautica. A mash-up for exploring Flickr. As you may know from one [...]
This Thursday at 5pm SL time PopSci.com (Popular Science)
and Creative Commons are hosting a Popular Science Concert inside Second Life. As such the
content of the show will be licensed under a CC 2.5 license for recording, and
redistribution. Those featured will include some SL and RL entertainers.
Joi Ito makes a fantastic point – that community [...]
A British company, ip.access, has announced a new consumer device that provides mobile phone voice and data coverage in your home. What this means (to me) is that by allowing your cell phone to access your own internet broadband connection when you are in your home, traditional land line phones have received another nail [...]
Non-donors have the wealth or income but choose not to participate. How can the ACS interest them? The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University has come up with some differences between the wealthy that do and those that don’t.
Those that do had incomes averaging $113,000 and those that did not at $82,000. The don’t [...]
Hey All,This is David Neff checking in from the Flash Forward Web Conference in Austin, TX. This four day conference covers all things Flash and using Web Technologies in general. Just got out of a great session by brendan dawes who talked about how we interact with computers. His main point was that why can’t [...]
