With an avalanche of 2.5 quintillion bytes of data generated daily, could this be used to change our lives and does it have a darker side?
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Can big data save lives?
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Episode 214 | Live Wire! Radio
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Yo as a Pronoun
Get Grammar Girl’s take on the use of yo as a pronoun. Learn where yo is being used to replace he or she, and if it is correct.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-yo-pronoun.aspx
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Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?
Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?
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Drones: War machine today, helpful tool tomorrow - NPR Marketplace - Directions Magazine
When you hear the word drone, images of warfare or high-tech surveillance come to mind. But the former editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine and a young Tijuana programmer have a different idea. They believe drones will revolutionize our everyday lives. Text: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/drones-war-machine-today-helpful-tool-tomorrow
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More or Less: Behind the Stats — The Parable of the Ox
What does a ‘guess the weight of the ox’ competition tells us about a bloated and dysfunctional financial system? We find out in the Parable of the Ox written by John Kay of the Financial Times. The tale is told with the help of economics writer James Surowiecki as well as John Kay himself. It also features a brand new composition from the New Radiophonic Workshop.
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Can Innovative Maps and Apps Change Use of Public Transit and Museums? - Directions Magazine
Are there any innovations in maps or mapping applications on the near horizon that are going to substantially change consumers’ lives? Maybe.
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You Crossed Chelsea Bridge Yet? 14-iii-2012
Out To Lunch recovers his poise on this edition of "Late Lunch With Out To Lunch" on Resonance FM. Fired up by the ridiculous hagiography of David Toop in Wire April 2012, OTL delivers a polemic in favour of really-affective music, using Sun Ra, Frank Zappa, Tammy Wynette, Jay Williams and David Murray (his performance of Billy Strayhorn’s "Chelsea Bridge" from 1988). He also includes a field-recording from Kentish Town City Farm and voices from "The Truth About Markets", OTL’s favourite other Resonance show. All this, and a mistake at the end.
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Studio Sessions | Live Wire! Radio
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The 404 897: Where you both owe me 14 bucks (podcast) | The 404 Podcast - CNET Blogs
Remember the story we told you last week about the woman who spent $180 on what turned out to be a wooden Apple iPad? It happened again! In the same city! There’s a lesson to be learned in all of this, and that lesson is to never trust anyone with more than four gold teeth. Read this blog post by Justin Yu on The 404 Podcast.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13952_1-20102080-81/the-404-897-where-you-both-owe-me-14-bucks-podcast/
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