“If you’re a member of both lynda.com and LinkedIn, when you complete a course on lynda.com, you’ll receive an email with a link that lets you quickly and easily post your new certificate of completion to your LinkedIn profile—adding depth and breadth to your online resume.”

*This isn’t why I rejoined Lynda but I heard about it a day or so after. Believe I heard about it on the Talk Show with John Gruber. This would seem to be valuable to Lynda members and to firms looking for people with particular skills. Perhaps LinkedIn will allow hiring managers, recruiters and other people looking to hire people with skills a way to find Lynda members.

Lookingforward to seeing what happens after my first certificate goes up on LinkedIn.

Apple iPhone Privacy Changes Lead to Layoffs at Retail Tracking Startup Nomi | Re/code

by dldamoreAugust 10, 2014

Apple iPhone Privacy Changes Lead to Layoffs at Retail Tracking Startup Nomi | Re/code:

… repeat visitor information was mainly gathered by keeping track of an iPhone’s MAC address — the 12-character identifier that is broadcast when a phone is searching for nearby Wi-Fi networks. The problem for Nomi, and others in the space, is that Apple will start randomizing that number in iOS8 …

*Things change.

Fox News political analyst to speak at 2014 West Michigan Policy Forum | MLive.com

by dldamoreAugust 5, 2014

Fox News political analyst to speak at 2014 West Michigan Policy Forum | MLive.com:

“Other speakers on the agenda include Gov. Rick Snyder, author Ruby Payne and venture capitalist Brad Feld.”

*Which agressive Michigan entrepreneur will connect with Brad Feld at this event? Could see Brad writing about this 6 – 18 months after the fact. Make your own luck.

Seth’s Blog: Short term, long term

by dldamoreAugust 3, 2014

Seth’s Blog: Short term, long term:

“If you want to reward (or punish) short-term behavior, don’t do it down the road. Advances turn more heads than royalty streams do. “

*Incentives matter.

Startup Hires People On Autism Spectrum – Business Insider

by dldamoreJuly 24, 2014

Startup Hires People On Autism Spectrum – Business Insider:

“… has always believed that people with disabilities are likely to have hidden talents that others fail to notice.”

This reminds me of the book The Rare Find.

“… how to spot the ones who don’t look so good on paper but might still deliver extraordinary performance.”

Find talent and match it to the job to be done and have managers that effectively communicate with and inspire people with differing work styles.

Medical Technology Inspired by → What You Can’t Say

by dldamoreMay 29, 2014

What You Can’t Say:

“They found that even when the radiologists missed a cancerous lesion, their eyes had usually paused at the site of it. Part of their brain knew there was something there; it just didn’t percolate all the way up into conscious knowledge.”

(Via.) Paul Graham on Twitter.

*What caught my eye in this is that it might be possible to have radiologists wear an eye tracking device that measures eye movements. Pause locations would be rechecked if on first inspection the radiologist decides there isn’t a problem that crosses their arbitrary threshold.