A profile of Mr. Ramsey, who is refreshingly humble, down-to-earth and has a grounded and pragmatic opinion on most things.
Example?
“What I’ve learned from the human race this week is we still ain’t got it right.”
Amen to that. Here’s hoping for more Charles Ramseys out there in this world and that they stay humbled and grounded despite what life throws at them.
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Stop Optimizing For Social and Learn SEO
scottbritton:
When I first started blogging, I didn’t use keywords and paid no attention to SEO. I WANTED FOLLOWERS BABY!
Eventually I learned basic SEO and started employing it on everything I created.

Now organic search from long tail keywords make up more than half of my traffic. Twitter makes up a little more than 5%.
Learn SEO. Then get good at it.
Nice succinct post and fair argument in terms of balance between social and SEO.
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neaato:
For those in LA we are bringing the film to you for the VC Film Festival next Thursday 5/2. Tickets are almost sold out so secure yours now! This is our only planned LA screening until our distribution. For those not in LA signup for our street team to help us bring Linsanity to your town: http://bit.ly/XsMYrp
Yes please.
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Every dollar spent at a locally owned business generates two-to-four times the economic development impacts as a dollar spent on an equivalent non-local business.
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Forbes piece on the amazing power of spending locally. (via poptech)
It’s not only healthy for you to eat fresh and local food, it’s healthy for your neighborhood’s economy.
And speaking of a healthy community, I’m speaking tonight at an event in Williamsburg that’s raising awareness about asbestos removal at the Domino Sugar Factory. It looks like there are some very shady removal tactics happening at the site putting the community at risk of breathing more asbestos fibers than we should be. The local issues in your immediate neighborhood where you work and play are by far the most important issues to get involved in.
(via
jayparkinsonmd)
Yes! The (positive) economics behind supporting local businesses.
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amprog:
Healthcare costs are growing slower now than any point in past 5 decades. via The Washington Post
Interesting data on healthcare spending. I’m betting there will be an uptick though in the next 3-5 years though as the economy stabilizes and consumer confidence increases.
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miketrap:
Cover of today’s Chicago Tribune Sports section. THANK YOU CHICAGO!!! Pure class.
Couldn’t agree more. Still a lot of drama to unfold but appreciate sister city empathy and support.
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marksbirch:
Historical Views of Mott Street, Chinatown, New York City
Got to thinking about how Chinatown has evolved over the decades after my recent visit to MOCA.
Great pictures and reminders of the past. Was just in the neighborhood yesterday for an early birthday dim sum brunch. Thanks Mark for sharing. And for those who have not been to MOCA - take time to visit and get more deeply immersed in Asian culture and history here in America.
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rudolphmd:
From the March 26th, 2013 The New Republic article by Leon Wiesletier (link to full article below):
“’With the help of big data,’ Mayer-Schönberger and Cukier continue, ‘we will no longer regard our world as a string of happenings that we explain as natural and social phenomena, but as a universe comprised essentially of information.’ … The religion of information is another distorting totalism, another counterfeit deliverance. In some ways the technology is transforming us into brilliant fools… in which we presume to believe that eventually we will know everything and longing will come to seem obsolete and merely ignorant…”
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112734/what-big-data-will-never-explain
Great read in terms of our society, generating more and more data, and the collection, synthesis and application of it all.
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A little social media & tech humor. Although I wonder if this transaction should be updated to be shown virtually or via Entelo, BranchOut or TalentBin instead of IRL. Might be reality in the not-too-distant future!
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jayparkinsonmd:
Moves is disrupting Fitbit, the Fuelband, and all those other nonsensical gadgets.
I’ve been using Moves for about 2 weeks now and I really, really love it. It’s an app that essentially functions as a pedometer and runs in the background tracing where you’ve been throughout the day and measuring your steps.
It is not some goofy thing I have to wear on my wrist or on your bra. It’s not something I have to remember to charge. Fire it up once, and it’s on for as long as you have an iPhone. It may not be as “good” as a Fitbit or Fuelband, but it works just fine, it’s available to everyone with an iPhone for free, and it runs in the background of your life. And, most importantly, I haven’t noticed an impact on my iPhone’s battery.
It’s a classic disruptive innovation.
I bought a Fuelband a few months ago, synced it with my iPhone, and connected it to Facebook. Facebook said “You have 37 friends with a Fuelband. Click here to see how many people have live data in the past week.” I clicked and saw 2 people. I immediately returned it to the Nike Store. I knew that goofy thing would be in some drawer in a month after the novelty wore off. And I don’t like to throw away money for gimmicks.
My iPhone is not a novelty. And Moves now runs in the background of my life letting me know how active or inactive I’ve been that day. Interesting, motivating, and exciting stuff. Congrats to the Moves team. Y’all are killin’ it.
Disruptive innovation in #mhealth quantified self tracking? Definitely will check it out since Jay is one sharp guy in technology and health, but I’m not 100% certain the sector is mature enough at this point to declare entrenched dominant winners who are at risk of disruptive innovation (see HBS Prof Clay Christensen’s work on disruptive innovation at his site: www.claytonchristensen.com). In another 3-5 years? Perhaps. But onward and upward for available and affordable technology to improve health and fitness.
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When robots and automation do our most basic work, making it relatively easy for us to be fed, clothed, and sheltered, then we are free to ask, “What are humans for?
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Great Wired article on the future of robots, artificial intelligence, automation and their impact on human workforces. It’s really fun (and necessary) to think about this stuff and how it will change not just our economy but our sense of purpose as a species. We live in some interesting times. (via chriskurdziel)
Great read.
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US #healthcare - broken down into dollars & (non) cents.
Needless to say, our costs and outcomes per dollar spent are not sustainable.
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