Frankly I’ve been amazed at the rate at which various commercial DNA testing services offering gene testing directly to consumers have opened for business in the past few months (Your AGTCs on the cheap, Funny how things come about, A couple of quick updates). The business press has suggested recently that low cost genetic testing [...]
A couple of days ago I saw an article about an international project called The Million Book Project that has scanned and put online 1.5 million books. It has been done by Carnegie Mellon in the US, Zhejiang University in China, the Indian Institute of Science in India and the Library at Alexandria in [...]
There are numerous niche communities springing up on the internet for
good reason. These communities are the marketplaces for special
interests. Disaboom is a web community for those with disabilities.
The needs of those who grew up with physical disabilities or who have
become disabled are unique and are really only felt by those who share
a similar experience. Te [...]
This new venture suggests taking a few long time practices and combining them together. The idea of Cause Marketing
relationships have always been an attractive way to both move products
as well as raise awareness. This brings in a new component – instead of
attaching the relationship to the product packaging do it through the coupon for hope
process. [...]
Last weekend the NYTimes ran an Op-Ed piece about the cost of health care. They outlined quite a complex set of factors involved. One statement that caught my attention was: "Almost all economists would agree that the main driver of high medical
spending here is our wealth. We are richer than other countries and so
willing to [...]
For all road warriors Technology Review has a great article reviewing the new generation of travel web sites. They offer more information and coordination of travel plans.
According to Ad Age Facebook’s new revelation this week is not all that revolutionary. If you hadn’t heard they unleashed something called SocialAds. Social Ads "…are not about broadcasting messages, they about getting into the conversations between people". Sound like fun? Nothing like messaging your friend on facebook and getting an ad back in return [...]
Open SezmeFor the past few weeks I’ve been going on and on about various movements to open up social networks, phone networks, science literature, etc. It seems to me that in a world where it is technically possible to connect people and information nearly universally, there is a growing pressure to make that dream come [...]
Hubbuzz is a new site that allows you to use adjectives to describe the ideal place for your next rental apartment. It uses reviews and ratings from residents to generate descriptions of the areas that they are in. It uses a community approach to capture the intangible feel of neighborhoods and helps those hipsters and [...]
I spent some time this fall getting in shape for the Cincinnati Thanksgiving Day 10K and I am happy to say I finished in 63 minutes, just a touch under my ideal pace. More important was that I used my Nike Plus system to track my run and help me keep pace. It is so [...]
