Dec 08 2009
On Wednesday, December 9th, at 6:00 MassInnovation is throwing a party for MA innovators. A number of cool companies will present there.
MassInnovation Throws us a Party
Here is the list:
Yup, we are there, and we are hope to you there too.
Here are the directions: http://massinnovationnights.com/event-rsvp/google-map
Dec 08 2009
NYC BigApps - SmartSymbols
This morning we have submitted our entry for the NYC BigApps Competition; you can also get to the entry directly here.
The premise of the competition is simple: use data provided by NYC DataMine (government data feeds) and use it the best way you can. Naturally, we felt that SmartSymbols would be a good fit.
We used a DataMine data sets to for 3 examples:
1. The NYC Public Library
2. Department of Transportation
3. Map demo with a Library symbol set
It was somewhat surprising how much interesting data produced by the City of NY produces which is essentially hidden from the locals and the visitors: from tree locations to exhibitions at the library to traffic reports, to low bridge information. Hopefully we will be able to bring this information out in a visible and easy-to-access way.
In addition, we combined a number of data feeds from the city with the usual set of web buzz - Twitter, blogs, etc. - the usual set of information we add to the symbol set.
There is a number of interesting apps participating in the contest, take a look when you get a chance.
Dec 07 2009
“Sweet Poison: Why Sugar Makes Us Fat” is a book by Australian author David Gillespie. The book is an interesting research into how sugar contributes to the wight problem, as well as to the overall health problem. David has done a lot of research and has been interviewed by many news organization on the subject. He has Facebook fan pages, Twitter followers and up-to-date blog.
We are fortunate that David chose to use SmartSymbols for book promotion on his blog: http://www.raisin-hell.com/, he uses the vertical version of SmartSymbols because it fits neatly into the sidebar of his blog platform.
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Hover over the icons to see more information. This is from the reviews section: “What’s impressive about Sweet Poison is that Gillespie turns complex research on what happens to food inside our body and its relation to weight gain into a good read.” — Sydney Morning Herald — |
An interesting side-story has emerged while we were working with David’s book information. It turns out that it is not easy to buy his book in the US, but at least we can benefit from some of his research if we listen to his interviews and read people’s comments on various social networks - SmartSymbols presents this information in one place in an easy-to-find way. “Sweet Poison” also a has personal side to it, but I don’t want to spoil it here. Check out David’s blog and his book site, and of course - explore SmartSymbols to learn more about “Sweet Poison”.
