Kent Shaffer

Investing in big data for collective impact

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Evie Shaffer launched a free Framer website template designed for female founders. https://t.co/UcGwpy8Ask

Too many website templates skew masculine in their tone and aesthetic, so I love the growing trend of design for women, by women.

#FemaleFounders #Framer

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“It’s easy to come up with new ideas. The hard part is letting go of what worked for you 2 years ago but will soon be out of date.” - Roger von Oech

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Now almost 600 years later after the printing press, voice technology is shifting us back into orality. Some futurists speculate that Generation Alpha will choose technology like Amazon Alexa over written forms like email and texting. https://t.co/6gwm0umVao

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If a city has more pickup trucks than sedans, it's more likely to vote Republican. You can predict income, race, education, and voting patterns fairly accurately based on the cars detected in Google Street View. https://t.co/PTlGmffYYk

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It turns out that artificial intelligence is racist & sexist sometimes. https://t.co/4zRz7vebZX

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At our current consumption rates, humankind needs 1.7 earths to produce what we consume. https://t.co/Bis6Sp3gTG

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The Vatican rules that gluten-free bread is invalid for Holy Communion. https://t.co/VgEAn3B1lg

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A city that's 10x larger = 17x more innovative. And 50x bigger = 150x more innovative. - Steven Johnson via "Where Good Ideas Come From"

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Dan Rather reminisces on the Great Depression's culture of empathy. "Fate had the potential to slap any of us." https://t.co/AnXnkCwa4a

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A fascinating glimpse of warehouse robots reducing the workforce by 70%. https://t.co/wwOhg0yzES

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“If you don’t like change, you are going to like irrelevance even less." - General Shinseki

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A terrific info-comic on how automated trucking won't necessarily put drivers out of work. https://t.co/LqtpfWbfcY

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American Airlines is banning overhead bins for basic economy passengers - https://t.co/GuQboWV1P3 - which is why I travel with one bag.

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Amazon wins patent for a flying warehouse that will deploy drones to deliver parcels in minutes. https://t.co/5Dn3IhkP3d

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@spulliam In all fairness, Siri is only 5 years old.

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@michaelaterndru One way is to add pics to Unsplash, Pexels, or Pixabay & send us a link to your profile so we can review them.

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Toys R Us in the UK stopped the music and dimmed the lights as a quiet hour for autistic kids. https://t.co/jta1mtrWTa

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When choosing the color of your clothes, think about color as a social, emotional, and artistic language. https://t.co/rD62HpTxMU

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A Syrian's guide to living/surviving in Aleppo. https://t.co/7z9ZOBVINL

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Research suggests poor people are better at interpersonal relations than the rich are because they have to be. https://t.co/sl36lMkDYt