ENTRIES TAGGED "Foo Interview"
The risks and rewards of a health data commons
John Wilbanks on health data donation, contextual privacy, and open networks.
“It’s impossible for me to die”
Julien Smith on the realities of modern safety and our misfiring flinch reflexes.
From smartphones and continuous data comes the social MRI
Dr. Nadav Aharony used phone sensors to explore personal behaviors and community trends.
You still need your own website
Brett Slatkin on the federated social web and why a website still matters.
Brett Slatkin's hope for a federated social web hasn't worked out as expected, so he's shifting perspective from infrastructure to user behavior. Here he explains why you shouldn't abandon your website for third-party platforms.
Ten years of Foo Camp
The purpose of Foo Camp and a look at emerging themes from the latest gathering.
We curate topic areas and interesting people, but Foo Camp is designed to be an idea collider. It's an intentional serendipity engine that works the seams in between.
Copyright and "intellectual disobedience"
Artist Nina Paley on pushing the boundaries of copyright.
"Sita Sings the Blues" creator Nina Paley explains her "intellectual disobedience" stance on copyright and notes that current copyright laws are "completely out of touch with human behavior."
Stories over spreadsheets
Kris Hammond on replacing rows and columns with sentences and paragraphs.
Imagine a future where clear language supplants spreadsheets. In a recent interview, Narrative Science CTO Kris Hammond explained how we might get there.
Can Future Advisor be the self-driving car for financial advice?
A startup mashes personal and government data with algorithms to provide automated advice.
Given the turmoil in financial markets and uncertainty abroad, good financial advice has never been more valuable. Startup Future Advisor looks to democratize personalized financial advice using the Internet, data and algorithms.
What do mHealth, eHealth and behavioral science mean for the future of healthcare?
Dr. Audie Atienza focuses on the intersection of behavioral science, data and healthcare apps.
We're just at the beginning of discovering how to best develop and utilize mobile technology to improve the health of individuals and the public, says Dr. Audie Atienza.
Think of it like a political campaign: Baratunde Thurston's book marketing
Inside the promotion of "How To Be Black."
Make it easy for people to help you — that’s a simple but oft-overlooked concept that author Baratunde Thurston says is essential to book marketing. He shares additional marketing tips and tools in this interview.
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