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Curated News - Domino Theory: Small steps can lead to big results | University of Colorado Boulder
June 18, 2012
“Domino theory is a framework that helps people understand that no matter how big or small their hopes and dreams, they can accomplish them by seeing the world as a set of dominos,” he says. “All it takes is one small strategic action to set big things in motion and align with the actions of others.”
via Domino Theory: Small steps can lead to big results | University of Colorado Boulder
Curated News - How To Make Your Company A Talent Magnet, Even In Tough Markets | Fast Company
June 17, 2012
“the best talent doesn’t worry about losing their jobs, nor are they concerned about being ready for the day they’ll need to look for new ones. That’s because they never job search online. Instead, they look for ideas, beliefs, and vision that they can relate to. Then, they start conversations with the people presenting those concepts and that leads to their next opportunities.”
via How To Make Your Company A Talent Magnet, Even In Tough Markets | Fast Company
Curated News - QS
June 16, 2012
“The quantified self movement should be closely monitored by all interested in the future of the American health care delivery system. The potential to improve the life of patients with chronic diseases is clearly apparent; whether most people will use the increasingly sophisticated tools being developed is open to debate.”
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Curated News - QS
June 16, 2012
“For many self-trackers, the goal is unknown … they believe their numbers hold secrets that they can’t afford to ignore, including answers to questions they have not yet thought to ask.”
via QS
Curated News - The Computing Trend that Will Change Everything
June 16, 2012
“To put the matter concretely, if a modern-day MacBook Air operated at the energy efficiency of computers from 1991, its fully charged battery would last all of 2.5 seconds.”
Curated News - The Computing Trend that Will Change Everything
June 16, 2012
“Harvesting background energy flows, including ambient light, motion, or heat, opens up the possibility of mobile sensors operating indefinitely with no external power source, and that means an explosion of available data.”
Curated News - The Computing Trend that Will Change Everything
June 16, 2012
“As one of many examples of what is becoming possible using ultra-low-power computing, consider the wireless no-battery sensors created by Joshua R. Smith of the University of Washington. These sensors harvest energy from stray television and radio signals and transmit data from a weather station to an indoor display every five seconds. They use so little power (50 microwatts, on average) that they don’t need any other power source.”
Curated News - The 5 traits of radically successful people | VentureBeat
June 15, 2012
“Success—while defined by everyone on their own terms—is something that truly manifests itself once you make that mind-set shift and tell yourself it’s go time. Are you ready to make that shift?”
via The 5 traits of radically successful people | VentureBeat
Curated News - Big Data, healthcare, devices, and quantified self | Molecularist
June 13, 2012
“One thing that hit me is that whatever arises from the fusion of Big Data and personal health measurement, it will come from outside the healthcare industry. Part of that is because in the healthcare industry, they are thinking of hospitals, chronic conditions, FDA, reimbursements, privacy, and so forth. Too much baggage, I think.”
via Big Data, healthcare, devices, and quantified self | Molecularist