Shane's Blog
VP of Digital Media at KCPT - Kansas City Public Television. I use apple computers. I listen to radiohead.
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2013-05-19
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Kansas City/ Hey Hey Hey Hey- The Beatles
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The Verge Live: Google I/O instant replay | The Verge
This video shows how amazing The Verge is becoming. Note that this is basically a live broadcast, including remote with corespondent in San Francisco. This is how news can be done on the internet. -Shane
Source: theverge.com
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The way we try to recruit girls into STEM fields is all wrong. We typically compare them to some great woman or someone that has gone before them. We are saying, “Hey, you can be like Madam Curie or Sally Ride.” It is recruiting by intimidation. We need to change that message. We need to recruit by appealing to WHY we need them in STEM. We NEED you to help make the world a better place We NEED you to help discover the cure for cancer. We NEED you because you have the ability to change the course of humanity for the better.
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Tim Holt on why we still see the number of females in STEM fields fall way behind their male counterparts. Also see how geography paved the way for women in science.
(via felistella)
Source: explore-blog
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Really excited about this new PBS Digital Studios series, Indie Alaska, made by my friends at alaskapublicmedia.
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Six Numbers Reveal the Booming Business of Auto-Analytics - H. James Wilson - Harvard Business Review
Apple’s recently amended 84-page patent filing shows the extent to which the company has been thinking about changing self-measurement the way it changed music. As one analyst sums up: “the company is…developing an entire wearable/detachable computing platform and ecosystem comprised of wireless sensing systems for monitoring…sports activity, athletic training, medicine, fitness and wellness in humans.”
Most intriguing is Apple’s interest in developing wearable devices that offer users quantitative insight on movement in business and industrial settings. Soon you might be measuring your attempts to “manage by walking around (MBWA)” or to use more hand gestures during key client presentations.
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When going outdoors, design shouldn’t have to take the backseat. These enamel steel cups manufactured using World War Two era machinery are beautifully crafted and designed.
What truly distinguishes the cups is that the rim and the handle — the two spots that get the most abuse — are reinforced with a double dipping of enamel, making this the most steadfast cup in the land. Designed by the durable and rustic Best Made brand, it may just be the most beautiful campfire mug ever made.
Source: inspirez.me
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Tesla argues that its electric product would get lost on a combustion engine lot; that its service needs are low and different than those at traditional franchises; its employees specifically trained and immersed in the car’s technology; and its one-price, no-haggle policy anathema to the franchisee legacy.
— Tesla Rides High, But Faces Formidable Foe: Car Dealers : NPR
Source: NPR
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I picked up some new coaster swag at the BizExpo. Is swag still a word? Is word still a word? cc: @radiomilwaukee
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The news that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, the most important global warming gas, have hit 400 parts per million for the first time in millions of years increases the pressure on President Obama to deliver on his pledges to limit this country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: The New York Times
