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Sunday, January 6, 2013
Is your face your calling card?
Many books include pictures of the author on the back cover or inside the jacket. That is one thing I never bother to check when considering whether or not I want to read a book. I still don't really think about the author's appearance as I read. And I don't really think about my own as I write.
I use a quill for my signature picture here, as well as on my other blogs. It also serves as my profile photo on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. I feel it conveys what I am about more accurately -- in terms of my role as writer - than my photo would. Or maybe I'm just camera-shy.
On the other hand, my actual photo does serve as my profile picture for the UBM boards on which I write. The policy there, as it is for many newspapers, is to require a photo for the writers. Those who comment only and don't blog can get away with using any picture they like for their profile photo or just use the default picture if they don't bother to upload one of their own.
Once I had my picture posted in that way, I put it in for my LinkedIn profile, as well. It seemed more consistent to have the same picture represent me there. Also the more standard practice on LI is to use an actual photo than a representational picture. I still can't see attaching a photo to a resume, though anyone who wishes to find my photo simply has to do an online search to find one in a fraction of a second.
While the net dooes tend to attach author faces to content, I don't believe I am more drawn to articles that feature faces.I must be in the minority, though, because I'm certain that those who demand faces find that they are effective at drawing more audience interest.
. What do you think about the face as calling card?
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Inhalers that do more than dispense medication
Louisville, one of IBM's 100 selected selected cities is putting big data to work to track asthma triggers with Asthmapolis. Read about it in
Big Data's Next Target: Asthma
Friday, December 14, 2012
Big Data Health Hazards
If anything can go wrong, it will." Murphy's Law (or Sod's Law, as it is known in the UK) applies to big data projects, as well. When those projects concern someone's health, something going wrong in the data can lead to something going very wrong with the patient.
The more one relies on the accuracy of the system, the higher the potential for error. Electronic health records (EHRs) are considered a boon to data aggregation, but they hold a potential downside. Read more here
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Big Data and Cancer Research
That's the subject of my post Big Data Battles Cancer. For a completely different take on cancer, see Beyond Pink.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Big Data Applied to Health
I've written several pieces on the topic from various angles:
On how cell phone data is used to map the spread of Malaria in order to come up with effective prevention in Africa Analyzing Cellphone Data for the Greater Good
On Retrofit's approach: Data Gets Personal to Fight Obesity
On UPMC $10 million dollar big data plan: Creating Custom-Fit Healthcare
On how cell phone data is used to map the spread of Malaria in order to come up with effective prevention in Africa Analyzing Cellphone Data for the Greater Good
On Retrofit's approach: Data Gets Personal to Fight Obesity
On UPMC $10 million dollar big data plan: Creating Custom-Fit Healthcare
Monday, November 12, 2012
Dial a data scientist
well, not exactly, but you can find one you can hire with Kaggle's new feature. Read more about it in my blog post:
Top Data Scientists on Tap
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Big data for voters
Hurricane Sandy cut a devastating path through the Northeast, and many people are still without electricity, fuel, or shelter. They still had the right to vote, but what were they to do if their usual polling place was knocked out of commission? To find out where they should go, they were able to find answers in big data. Read more in Big-Data to Get Out the Vote
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Thoughts on the Human Face of Big Data
See my blog post on the brand new board, Big Data Republic, Predicting People's Participation in a Big-Data Project
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