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Author Archives: Hellmuth Broda
Your Identity In the Palm Of Your Hand
Hospital scans palms to track patients | SmartPlanet. Quote from the article: “A New York City hospital is using patients’ palms, not insurance cards, to pull records, according to a new report. “The New York University Langone Medical Center started scanning palms … Continue reading
Social Media Prism Infograph (Ethority.de)
Ethority created a rather beautiful graphic called “Social Media Prisma“– now available in its version 3.0. It unfolds the different categories of social media and shows some of the actual products in the different sections. I think a classification like … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged Business, Internet Marketing, Online Communities, Social media, Social network
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Facebook, Twitter, Google+: Making Social Media Measurable
Tools für Facebook, Twitter, Google+: Social Media messbar machen – computerwoche.de. Companies use social media as marketing tools. But who wants to measure their success, needs management and monitoring tools. Many companies have begun to use Social Media. They serve not … Continue reading
Social Media Around the World 2011
Interesting and inspiring slide set by Prof. Steven Van Belleghem of InSights Consulting: Social media around the world 2011. From the transcript: What to expect from this presentation? 20 eye-catching facts about social media around the world. >1.000 facts & figures … Continue reading
Latest Game Theory: Mixing Work and Play
RT from Tia Carr Williams: Companies Adopt Gaming Techniques to Motivate Employees – WSJ.com. From the article: “Striving to make everyday business tasks more engaging, a growing number of firms, including International Business Machines Corp. and consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., … Continue reading
Posted in Management, New and Noteworthy, Social Media
Tagged Gamification, Gaming, Incentive, Management consulting, Motivation
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“Facebook Light” For Elderly, Dementia Patients
Quoted from: “Facebook Light” For Elderly, Dementia Patients in Works (emaxhealth.com) “Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg probably never had this in mind when he came up with the phenomenally popular social network, but researchers are developing a type of “Facebook Light” for the … Continue reading
Posted in e-Health, New and Noteworthy, Social Media
Tagged Dementia, Facebook, SINTEF, Social media, Social network
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Steve Jobs 1955–2011
Saddened by the death of one of the great visionaries of our time, I want to reflect on how much he and his work has influenced my work and personal life.
Posted in New and Noteworthy
Tagged Apple, Apple II, Macintosh, MacOS, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak
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Good Article: The History and Evolution of Social Media
The History and Evolution of Social Media | Webdesigner Depot. “Social media has become an integral part of modern society. There are general social networks with user bases larger than the population of most countries. There are niche sites for virtually every … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Social media, Social network, Twitter
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Will Your CEO Be The Next Mubarak?
Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution — Forbes Very interesting article by David Kirkpatrick: Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution. The social might of the uprising in the Middle East is now moving towards your company. Empowered individuals can … Continue reading
Ultrasound Can Read Your Mind
“Ultrasound is good for more than monitoring fetuses and identifying heart defects. According to engineers in Canada, it can help tell what people are thinking as well. “Their research suggests that ultrasound-based devices could lead to a new kind of brain-computer interface.” … Continue reading
Quadrotors Can Now Play Catch, All-Robot Baseball Team Closer to Reality – IEEE Spectrum
I have to admit my weakness for robots. Especially when they are flying. I find this really fascinating. Read the full article here: Quadrotors Can Now Play Catch, All-Robot Baseball Team Closer to Reality – IEEE Spectrum. Would this not come … Continue reading
What Happens To Your Social Network Profiles When You Die?
Recently a good friend and business colleague of mine passed away following a heart attack. Help came for him too late. He was only in his 40’s. We were all very saddened by his sudden death having lost a close friend … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Management, Social Media, Web
Tagged Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Social network, Social network service, Twitter
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Age Discrimination in the Job Market?
Unlike the USA many countries in Europe have no regulations that forbid discrimination based on age. Some 25 years ago people tended to work a lifetime for a company. Still today many companies here in Switzerland have extended retirees’ programs … Continue reading
Infographic: The Growth of Social Media
SearchEngineJournal published a nice infographic on the current growth of Social Media that I would like to share with you. “Say what you will about the tidal wave that is social media: it’s over-hyped, a fad halfway through its 15 … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Social Media
Tagged Information graphics, Social media, Social network
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The Social Media Velocipede | Spiegel Online
Usually I don’t write about products. But today I’ll make an exception: In today’s Spiegel Online was an article on an interesting US-Swiss Cooperation. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) worked with the Swiss company MTB Cycletech. The result of … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, Social Media, Unusual
Tagged Bicycle, Cycling, Electric motor, Social media
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Does the West Now Learn From Dictatorships?
Limiting Access to Social Media . . . Does the West now mimic the behavior of some Far East governments and some of the other dictatorship regimes? The same circles that a short while ago praised the role of social … Continue reading
Posted in New and Noteworthy, Social Media
Tagged IEEE Spectrum, Open Rights Group, Social media, Twitter
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Power Walk, Gain a Watt or Two
We knew it all along: Walking is good for you. While walking we turn 20 Watts of power per foot into heat. But now researchers in Wisconsin have found a way to charge batteries with a firm stride. Tom Krupenkin and J. … Continue reading
Social Media in the Enterprise – Blessing or Curse?
Soziale Medien im Unternehmen — Fluch oder Segen? – Netzwoche. I wrote an article for Experton Group on Social Media in the enterprise. Above the link to the article in German (netzwoche.ch); the English translation of the article is below … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Social Media, Web
Tagged Digital native, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social media, Social network, Web 2.0
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Robot Swarm Could Steal Your Books
Swarmanoid Robot Teams Up with Itself to Steal Your Books – IEEE Spectrum. “The Swarmanoid swarm consists of three discrete types of robots, all of which we’ve been introduced to before: Foot-Bots can grab onto other robots and move horizontally. Hand-Bots have manipulators and … Continue reading
Innovation vs. Patents: Google’s New Patent Armor – IEEE Spectrum
“How many patents does it take to stay afloat in the smartphone world? It seems Google has pegged it at around 20 000. Its proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility for US $12.5 billion, announced on August 15, would add 17 000 patents to its … Continue reading
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