Obama on how to achieve change
In a recent commencement address in Howard University, Barack Obama talked about his favourite topic: change. While he was talking about working to fix the issues that the…
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Vivoactive vs Vivoactive HR: First 3 days
So as of last Friday I'm the happy owner of a Garmin Vivoactive HR (will refer to it as VAHR, shown on the left on the photo above).…
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Focus is about saying no
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8eP99neOVs Steve Jobs was asked (WWDC'97) about some of Apple's choice at the time in cutting off features, and had this to say: “People think focus means saying…
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How to export and manage all your Kindle highlights
Web app of the day: Clippings.io (free) is a handy service allowing you to export/backup and manage your highlighted texts from your Kindle device. You can: - Browse…
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Choose your colours and thresholds wisely
When creating a visualisation of data, the colour choices and classes that your assigned too can change the message you're trying to present. In a world of fast…
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Vega-Lite: producing complex visualisations with minimal amount of code
Here is an interesting visualisation library released just a few days ago from the University Washington Interactive Data Lab. Vega-Lite is a high-level visualization grammar. It provides a…
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Adobe Post: Easily create social media/blog graphics on your iPhone
Adobe continues its release of free/freemium mobile apps. Adobe Post makes it easy for anyone to turn their photos and text into “beautifully designed graphics,” the company says,…
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Your free 2015 fitness infographic
If you're a Strava user, VeloViewer will create a visual overview of your running and/or cycling. VeloViewer seems like an interesting service: VeloViewer Tour Notes (Restricted to 25…
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Don't forget to be happy!
Happiness makes people more productive at work, according to the latest research from the University of Warwick. Economists carried out a number of experiments to test the idea…
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Year in review, 2015: Sony Pictures
It's the time for yearly reviews and resolutions. In 2015 I was mostly shooting with my iPhone, with the Sony NEX-5R being used during vacations. Still, even most…
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Journalists are slamming into scientific studies, exposing a key flaw in media
I was writing a few days ago about science reporting in media. Well here's a bit more on this. Just as Robert Scoble was writing yesterday about the…
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Resistance is how we protect ourselves from taking risks
"This is going to kill your children" - Jamie Oliver is making a point about cooking junk food for your kids. The quote and screenshot above is from…
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