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The Blog : How to Meditate : Sam Harris
Tips on meditation by… Sam Harris!! No guru bullshit, excellent! via @jmabrassart
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DNA Testing: An Introduction for Non-Scientists
DNA Testing: An Introduction For Non-Scientists An Illustrated Explanationby DONALD E. RILEY, Ph.D. University of Washington (Copyright 1997-2005)Revised Edition Posted April 6, 2005
Monthly Archive for May, 2011
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For over a decade I have taught an introductory, undergraduate class, “Einstein for Everyone,” at the University of Pittsburgh to anyone interested enough to walk through door. The course is aimed at people who have a strong sense that what Einstein did changed everything. However they do not know enough physics to understand what he did and why it was so important. The course presents just enough of Einstein’s physics to give students an independent sense of what he achieved and what he did not achieve. The latter is almost as important as the former. For almost everyone with some foundational axe to grind finds a way to argue that what Einstein did vindicates their view. They certainly cannot all be right. Some independent understanding of Einstein’s physics is needed to separate the real insights from the never-ending hogwash that seems to rain down on us all. (…)
via @oliviertripet
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http://www.ifop.fr/media/pressdocument/319-1-document_file.pdf
Près d’un français sur deux achète des chaussures et accessoires en ligne56% des Français considèrent la livraison gratuite des chaussures comme susceptible de modifier leur comportement. 59% souhaitent la possibilité de retourner les produits pendant un an (avec remboursement intégral, frais de retour compris) 93% des français effectuent une recherche poussée avant de passer commande. 60% vérifient la crédibilité du site marchand
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Wikispecies, free species directory
The free species directory that anyone can edit. It covers Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and all other forms of life. So far we have 265,134 articles Wikispecies is free, because life is in the public domain!
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Making Your Own Android App Has Never Been Easier Thanks To Appsbar
“Ever wanted to build your very own Android (or iOS) app to show off to your friends and family just how tech savvy you are? Maybe you have a business or church and were wondering just how much know how it would take to make your own app. Well, today I came across this site called Appsbar.” (…)
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Facebook as traffic driver to top news sites on the up, but Google still holds fort – TNW Facebook
Facebook is driving an increasing amount of traffic to news websites but Google is still the top referring service, according to a study published today.
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Best Project Management – Software & Online. Compare, reviews & ratings.
Project Management (Cloud) Software comparison matrix. Via @Magting84
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Glyphs code – Fringepedia – The FRINGE wiki
Fringe’s Glyphs decoded
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Cell Phone Plans – Pay As You Go and Prepaid | Virgin Mobile
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Alternative teaching methods | euronews, learning world
“If someone else controls your time and your actions, then you are not developing as an authentic person, as an authentic learner. And if you watch children over a period of time here, they do make choices that are really good for them at the time.”
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MediasSociaux.fr > Calculer le ROI des médias sociaux est une perte de temps
Les semaines se suivent et se ressemblent : pas une conversation sans que l’on me parle du ROI des médias sociaux. Je veux bien comprendre que les directions générales ou autres donneurs d’ordre ont besoin de données chiffrées avant de prendre de lourdes décisions, mais n’avions-nous pas dit qu’une présence sur les médias sociaux se construit dans la durée et ne nécessite pas de gros budgets mais une implication ? (…)
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L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion d’articles scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, et de thèses, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.
via @xavieragnes
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Study: Car Buyers No Longer Feel Brand Loyalty – U.S. News Rankings and Reviews
America used to be full of GM people or Ford people – people who traded in one GM product for another, over and over again, throughout their lifetime. They might move up from a Chevrolet to a Cadillac if their career took off, but wouldn’t dream of leaving General Motors. Even after Japanese automakers reached mainstream success in America, the pattern remained. Some people were just Honda buyers, or Toyota fans. Not anymore. The New York Times reports, “So far this year, only about 20 percent of car shoppers stayed with the same brand when they purchased a new vehicle, according to a study by the Oregon-based firm CNW Marketing Research.” The same study showed that, in the 1980′s, “Nearly four in five Americans were repeat buyers.” Buying patterns are changing (…)
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Social media do little to sell cars
(…) Of 1.5 million shoppers, just 9,400 linked to a dealer Web site directly from a social media site. Just six of those 9,400 shoppers sent a message to the dealer asking for a follow-up, said Jason Ezell, president and co-founder of Dataium.
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- 18-19 hours researching vehicle purchases
- 60% of shopping time spent online
- 58% (used vehicle buyers) and 50% (new vehicle buyers) said their Internet research was the most influential element in their vehicle search, and ultimately led them to the dealership where they made their vehicle purchase.
- OEMs and dealers need to be certain they’re developing Internet strategies to meet consumers’ needs; which means understanding and investing in Web features that are most valued – and maintaining them regularly – to drive consumer traffic to their showrooms.
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Internet a plus d’impact sur les décisions d’achat que la TV
(Paris – Relax news) – Les publicités diffusées sur Internet ont davantage d’impact sur la décision d’achat des consommateurs qu’un spot télévisé. C’est le constat du premier baromètre Nurun/Ifop, publié ce jeudi 15 octobre 2009. Quand 54% de sondés ont vu une publicité sur la Toile qui les ont décidé à acheter un livre ou un CD, la même publicité en magasin ne parviendra à convaincre que 41% de consommateurs. La proportion s’affaiblit pour la publicité télévisée (29%), et encore plus pour la radio (24%).
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Dans toutes les grandes catégories de produits, Internet apparaît comme le média ayant le plus d’impact sur la décision d’achat
- 52% pour les billets/spectacles
- 53% pour l’automobile
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(octobre 2010) Internet arrive en pole position dans la préparation d’un achat automobile, selon une étude exclusive Ifop réalisée pour Microsoft Advertising • Internet permet d’optimiser l’efficacité d’une campagne automobile grâce à ses capacités de ciblage comme en témoigne l’exemple de la campagne de retargeting menée par Microsoft Advertising pour Volkswagen avec Médiamétrie//NetRatings
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ONG et applications iphone | Yann Graf – Multimedia Project Manager
Plus aucune excuse pour acheter n’importe quoi. Apps à installer d’urgence:
Fair Fashion – Déclaration de Berne http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fair-fashion/id414746532?mt=8
Fishguide – Greenpeace http://itunes.apple.com/ch/app/greenpeace-fischratgeber/id300807145?mt=8
THE Guide – WWF http://itunes.apple.com/ch/app/wwf-ratgeber/id387339244?mt=8 -
Twitter Does Not Supplant Other Media, It Amplifies It
…For instance, I first heard about the news conference on Twitter, and then I turned on CNN…
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How to Use Twitter Following and Follower Numbers as an Effective Metric | Social Media Today
the 200-700 criteria. via @tierry_lefort
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A User-Centered Approach To Web Design For Mobile Devices – Smashing Magazine
For the past few years, we’ve heard pundits declaring each year as “year of the mobile Web”; each year trying to sound more convincing than the previous. Whether 2011 will be the real “year of the mobile” remains to be seen, but what is indisputable is the fact that the mobile usage of the Web is growing and evolving. As it evolves, so does the mobile user experience, driven by advances in mobile device technology — from better browsers on basic mobile phones (or feature phones — remember the Motorola RAZR?) to the increased adoption of smartphones and tablets.
The term “Mobile Web” (although often criticized) is commonly used to describe accessing the internet using a mobile device. This definition is broad enough to cover everything from using a browser on a feature phone, to using highly customized apps on smartphones or tablets. “There’s an app for that” has made device-specific applications the rage of the day, with some companies starting off backwards with “we need an iPhone app” instead of first understanding what their users actually need when they are mobile, the devices that they use, and then deciding the best approach for going mobile, which may not be an app, but could be a mobile website instead. Mobile websites are universally accessible, less expensive to develop and maintain, and can be searched and accessed by most mobile phones.
(The term “Mobile Web” is criticized because it implies that there are “different” Webs which just isn’t true — there is no Desktop Web, for example. It makes more sense to speak of the websites optimized for users accessing those websites through mobile devices. We will be using this perspective in this article. — Smashing Editorial Team)
This article focuses on designing the user experience for mobile websites accessed from mobile phones with small screens, though the process can be applied to building apps as well. As a Web designer, the good news is that the process is similar to designing desktop websites — with some additional mobile-only considerations that go h -
Online MBA propose une infographie riche d’enseignements pour marquer les points communs et différences entre les 4 grands services américains de deals du jour. En l’occurrence, les deux leasers incontestés du marché US, Groupon et LivingSocial et leurs deux nouveaux concurrents de choc, Google Offers et Facebook Deals. via @Thierry_Lefort
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AT Internet a réalisé une étude pour montrer l’influence de Facebook et Twitter sur le trafic des sites de médias français. Celle-ci porte sur l’analyse du trafic de 12 grands sites web d’actualités mesurés par une solution AT Internet.
En mars 2011, le site Facebook a généré en moyenne 1,5% des visites d’un site d’actualité français, toutes sources confondues (vs 1,4% en novembre 2010). Twitter fournit, lui, 0,2% des visites sur les mêmes périodes. Globalement, les parts de visites issues de ces deux sites sont stables sur les quatre derniers mois.
Si l’on ne considère que les visites en provenance des sites affluents, Facebook fournit alors une visite sur 6, soit 17,1% des visites. En comparaison, 2,2% des visites d’un site web d’actualité français sont issues en moyenne du site Twitter.
AT Internet note aussi que les parts de visites, bien que conséquentes en ce qui concerne Facebook, de ces deux sites affluents ont l’air de stagner et s’interroge : “Cette tendance qui se dessine sur les derniers mois est-elle temporaire ou est-elle le signe, pour ces deux réseaux dont les fonctionnalités majeures sont autres, d’une limite atteinte en termes de vecteur d’affluence vers les médias ?”. -
[Etude] Comment les consommateurs se renseignent avant d’acheter ? | Websourcing.fr
Where do you look for reviews of products?
Via a search engine: 64%
On shopping sites: 58%
Consumer Reports websites: 54%
On company websites: 47%
Spectialist websites with reviews: 32%
Forums/blogs: 22%
Shopping comparison sites: 21%
Newspapers: 16%
Social networking sites: 7%
Other: 1%
None: 3%
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Etudes épidémiologiques : comment démêler le vrai du faux ?
Étudier la répartition des maladies dans les populations, établir les facteurs qui peuvent influencer cette répartition, c’est le rôle des études épidémiologiques. Elles ont prouvé par exemple que les interactions étaient fortes entre la consommation de tabac et le cancer du poumon. Mais aujourd’hui, les études épidémiologiques sont souvent utilisées pour « rassurer » les populations, sans réelle visée scientifique, discréditant ainsi la nature même de ces études. Comment discerner le vrai du faux ? Réponses en compagnie d’André Aurengo de l’Académie nationale de médecine.
(via Jorj X McKie)
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N2YO : Suivez les satellites en temps-réel @ Guy DOYEN
Le site N2YO (qui est l’indicatif radio-amateur de l’auteur du site du même nom) permet de suivre en temps réel la Station Spatiale Internationale, le Télescope Hubble et bien d’autres satellites. Il est possible de suivre jusqu’à 5 satellites sur la même carte.
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L’évolution du blogging en 1 image
“Early on, internet forums gave individuals a way to communicate with each other on a variety of topics allowing users to create threads between one another and exchange information. Since then, these forums have transformed into blogs and the people responsible for writing them into bloggers. With the internet being such a powerful tool, being able to reach so many people with the click of a mouse, bloggers are now a household name. Here’s a look at their evolution..”
