David Lidsky's Blog, page 3264
May 9, 2014
How Highcharts Won the Enterprise Data Viz Market
Although the graphing library's probably less famous than rivals like D3, big organizations swear by Highcharts for its ease of use, thorough documentation, and zealous devotion to cross-browser compatibility.
This story contains an interview with Highsoft CTO Torstein Hønsi.
The TSA's Randomizer App Might Let You Keep Your Shoes On Next Time You Go Through Airport Security
Only pre-sceened members of the TSA's PreCheck program could waltz through security without having to remove their jackets, shoes, and belts while keeping their laptops tucked away. But that might soon change.
In its never-ending mission to suck less, the Transportation Security Administration unveiled a new app called the "Randomizer" that aims to help travelers scoot through security checkpoints faster. You might even be able to keep your Evian bottles.
Google Glass Meets Cyberpunk Light Therapy
Trick your brain into thinking it's summer: Light Therapy Glasses take on seasonal affective disorder.
Do you feel sadder, fatter, or sleepier in fall and winter? You're not alone. As many as 10 million people in the United States alone suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). A new wearable technology, created by a Drexel University student, may make SAD a thing of the past.
What Exactly Is Mozilla Asking The FCC To Do About Net Neutrality?
With the FCC days away from an announcement of new net neutrality rules, Mozilla has proposed an innovative take on the net neutrality problem.
This article contains an interview with Chris Riley, senior policy engineer at Mozilla.
How To Avoid The Curse of Creative Perfectionism
Legendary animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki can't stand to see his own creations, lest he get caught up in his own mistakes. His solution? Most onto the next project.
Creativity comes from perseverance--at least according to legendary animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, whose work has influenced the likes of Pixar and The Simpsons. In a new book about his incredible career, Turning Point 1997-2008, he describes his creative process as one of avoiding regret:
Finding The Soul Of Old Monsters In "Penny Dreadful"
Juan Antonio Bayona launched his career by directing the haunting haunted house feature The Orphanage, then let things that go bump in the dark behind--but he's reinvigorated by the horror genre with Showtime's new series Penny Dreadful.
For a guy with only two feature films under his belt, Juan Antonio Bayona has a strong directing resume: He was encouraged by Guillermo del Toro to direct his first feature, 2007's The Orphanage, (which del Toro also produced) a Spanish-language haunted house story of unusual dramatic heft. He followed that project up, not with another horror story, but with the Ewan McGregor/Naomi Watts disaster drama The Impossible, which told a gripping story from the 2004 tsunami that hit Thailand. Few horror filmmakers get the chance to oversee Oscar-bait dramas for their second feature, but Bayona is an unconventional horror director.
The Top 5 Leadership Stories, May 5-10
Don't sleep on these stories--we covered a lot of ground this week, from gender inequality to the meaning of your life.
We had our eyes on the big picture this week, from countries that put our state of innovation on notice, to emails that spark change, and how to tip the scales to have more women in charge.
The Recommender: Rebecca Greenfield, Digital Stalker
The best things on the Internet this week, curated by Fast Company employees.
[image error]Name: Rebecca Greenfield
Role at Fast Company: Staff writer
Twitter: @rzgreenfield
Titillating fact: My professional claim to fame is that Sean Parker (of Napster acclaim, for those that remember Napster) publicly called me a "digital stalker." I wrote about his wedding and he got mad and wrote a vicious takedown of me on his Facebook wall, which he paid to promote. (LOL.) Parker's message was mean and made me question myself for about one second. But I immediately loved the "digital stalker" epithet--it's a perfect way to describe a blogger's job. We digital stalk so you readers don't have to!
Why Would Apple Buy Beats Electronics?
Remember: Apple has historically been very, very bad at selling the public on streaming music.
On Thursday evening, word spread that Apple might be purchasing Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, in what would be Cupertino's most expensive acquisition ever. The story was first reported by the Financial Times, but the New York Times and Wall Street Journal soon corroborated it with their sources. In a brief video that was quickly erased from Facebook, Dr. Dre seemed to confirm the news himself in a short selfie video with his friend Tyrese, who ordained the Compton legend the world's first rap billionaire. (The video later surfaced on YouTube.)
Kaplan And AARP Team Up To Help Baby Boomers Graduate To "Encore Careers"
Could online learning help Grandma and Grandpa stay employed?
The best-known face of online learning today is a teenager from Mongolia--the "Boy Genius of Ulan Bator"--who surprised the world with a perfect score in MIT's sophomore-level Circuits and Electronics course, completed via edX MOOC. But while tech-savvy teens may have been the early adopters of online learning, education companies are now eyeing a new potential user base: Baby Boomers.
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