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michel verstrepen
from visual data
January 28, 2012 11:50 PM
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The company has experienced meteoric growth over the last year, fueled by global expansion. And they're good at telling the story. A company’s annual report is a go-to reference when sizing up a company’s health and prospects. All those facts and figures arranged in black-and-white tables also make up the perfect cure for insomnia. Why do corporate documents have to be so boring? They don’t, as the info-data genius Nick Felton revealed in 2005, when he began issuing his own highly personalized form of annual reports chock full of biographical details presented with design gusto. (You may recall that Felton is also responsible for inspiring Facebook’s new Timeline format.) It took a few years, but companies are finally catching on to the idea of leavening snooze-inducing data with exciting colorful graphics and easy-to-read figures. The latest to jump on the Felton bandwagon: Airbnb, which comprises a global network of local renters providing alternates to pricey hotel rooms. The big news here--rendered in eye-catching red--is that the three-year-old company is celebrating its 5 millionth nightly booking (4 million of which were made in the last year alone). That meteoric growth has a lot to do with its global expansion: 75% of its business now involves an international guest, host, or both--a fine argument for opening six new offices in major international cities by March 2012...
Via Lauren Moss
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michel verstrepen
January 28, 2012 11:49 PM
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What do we really know about information architecture? Do we know what works? Can we defend our designs? Are we improving?
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michel verstrepen
from web2-0h
January 28, 2012 7:07 PM
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Google Fusion Tables is a modern data management and publishing web application that makes it easy
to host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables online. Import your own data
Upload data tables from spreadsheets or CSV files, even KML. Developers can use the Fusion Tables API to insert, update, delete and query data programmatically. You can export your data as CSV or KML too. Visualize it instantly
See the data on a map or as a chart immediately. Use filters for more selective visualizations. Publish your visualization on other web properties
Now that you've got that nice map or chart of your data, you can embed it in a web page or blog post. Or send a link by email or IM. It will always display the latest data values from your table and helps you communicate your story more easily. Look at the Fusion Tables Example Gallery
Via Heath Sawyer
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michel verstrepen
from Podcasts
January 28, 2012 7:06 PM
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Landlines are so 1990s. If you'd rather not use your cellphone at home but don't want to pay for an expensive landline, you can use Google Voice and Skype to set up a cheap home phone system that won't require everyone learning a new number.
Via Ileane Smith
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michel verstrepen
from Freewares
January 28, 2012 6:34 PM
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Décidément lancer une application dans le style de Dropbox est clairement à la mode. Après OVH qui propose Hubic, Share de bittorrent c’est au tour de Mozy de proposer Stash.
Via Freewares&Tutos
Robin Good: GetVega is a Pinterest-like visual clipping tool, which allows you to create lists and visual collections of commercial products while easily capturing selective info relative to each one (cost, size, weight, price, etc.). As I have been writing, one of the key next evolutionary areas for content curation tools, is the delivery format. It is on this front that there are lots of marvellous opportunities yet to be tapped. And GetVega is one of the first curation tools to do a great job on this front.
In fact, one key feature inside GetVega is the ability to display curated collections in one of three different visual formats, depending on the type of list and use you want to make of it. One such display format is extremely effective and valuable as it makes it easy to "compare" products and info within one collection.
GetVega provides a Google Chrome extension that allows you to easily clip one or more images from any product page, as well as any specific product info text or video.
Check out for example this curated collection of iPad alternatives: http://www.getvega.com/list/4f030465e91683175200a750-do-i-really-need-an-ipad You can see at a glance the different tools and their key specs. Collections can be set to be either "public" or "private" and can be easily shared on Similar "product curation tools" include:
Polyvore, Wanelo, Bagcheck, Curisma, OpenSky, Lyst Recommended. 8/10
Try it out now: http://www.getvega.com/
Via Robin Good, janlgordon
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michel verstrepen
from All About Google
January 28, 2012 2:08 PM
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Twitter complained that Google was unfairly favoring its own social network over competitors, then a programmer at Facebook seemed to prove it. Worse yet, the results seemed to be less relevant in a lot of cases, leading a ...
Via Rami Kantari
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michel verstrepen
from infographie
January 28, 2012 12:09 PM
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michel verstrepen
January 28, 2012 11:27 AM
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Sur le navigateur Chrome, la page d’accueil Nouvel onglet est un endroit où on peut effectuer quelques actions comme voir les sites les plus visités, lancer une application, accéder aux pages que l’on a dernièrement fermées… La version proposée par défaut n’est pas spécialement pratique ni ergonomique.
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michel verstrepen
from L'Infographie
January 28, 2012 5:45 AM
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Qu’est-ce qu’un Retweet, un Hashtag, un Poke, un Cercle Google, un Dash et un Digg? Si vous vous êtes déjà posé ce genre de question, vous apprécierez certainement ce Social Media Cheat Sheet qui vous permet de comprendre facilement les petites sublimités de chaque média social.
Via Ma veille
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michel verstrepen
from geek en veille
January 28, 2012 5:36 AM
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michel verstrepen
January 28, 2012 3:02 AM
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Connaissez-vous les règles de Twitter pour assurer équité et qualité de services à ses utilisateurs ? Alors lisez cet article ! Merci@Dix-Katre !
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Via maxOz, ABroaderView
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michel verstrepen
from Big Data News
January 28, 2012 11:50 PM
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The great thing about big data is that there's still plenty of room for new blood, especially for companies that want to leave infrastructure in the rearview mirror.
Via Armando Reis
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michel verstrepen
from Visual*~*Revolution
January 28, 2012 7:12 PM
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There’s a great big World (Wide Web) out there, and it’s hard to keep track of everything you find in it. Even if you do remember to bookmark a page and come back to it six months later, what are the odds of remembering why you bookmarked it in the first place? Curation and annotation tools allow you to not only "remember" a web site, but also to take notes about the pages you’ve visited, save them right on the pages themselves, and even share them with others.
Via Andrea Zeitz
Bien gouverner l'information, c'est aussi faire le choix des meilleurs outils pour les usages recherchés.
Via DV
SugarSync's file sync, online backup, and file sharing service makes it easy to stay connected. Get free, secure cloud storage for all your files -- documents, music, photos, and videos.
Via Pilar Pamblanco
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michel verstrepen
from Educommunication
January 28, 2012 6:34 PM
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After starting this week with a conversation about Google’s proposed privacy policy changes we took time to review Twitter activity among our students.
Via Manuel Pinto
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michel verstrepen
from Freewares
January 28, 2012 4:42 PM
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MegaBox avait été pensé pour proposer un modèle économique concurrent de celui des labels.
Via Freewares&Tutos
Wordpress portable vous permet d'installer wordpress sur votre pc / portable / clé usb / disque dur etc ....
Via maison ou bureau
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michel verstrepen
from startups by Euneos
January 28, 2012 12:08 PM
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michel verstrepen
from Veille_Curation_tendances
January 28, 2012 7:57 AM
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La veille : un métier de super héros (de l'information) ?
Via @AnneDiscart
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michel verstrepen
from Education 3.0
January 28, 2012 5:44 AM
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SimplyMeet.me creates a new revenue stream
from scheduled video appointments!
Your clients, patients, or fans can see your schedule, book a meeting, and then receive a reminder and link to a live video appointment via web cam for a predefined period of time
Via Jean-Charles Blondeau
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michel verstrepen
from Education 3.0
January 28, 2012 5:34 AM
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Quickly and Securely share documents online. Upload, Compare, Convert, Digitally Sign and View PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS and many other document formats.
Via Jean-Charles Blondeau
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michel verstrepen
January 28, 2012 3:02 AM
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Trello est un outil d'organisation collaboratif simple et gratuit.
Trello est un outil collaboratif qui organise tous vos projets en une serie de listes partagées.
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