Friday, November 23, 2012

Hey Republicans: If you want to cut ObamaCare, try wellness programs

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Few people will have noticed new rules around corporate "health-contingent wellness programs" (emphases mine): Administration De...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Baumol's disease and the demographic transition: Productivity asymmetry means children are increasingly expensive

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There have been a flurry of articles lately on the cost of raising an American child, including a NYT blog post . This old news to students ...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

Corporate growth and the unexpected triumph of central planning

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The American Economic Review tells us large corporations are taking up a larger share of our GDP ... The American Economic Review, Vol. 21...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

The Right will drop Climate Change Denialism within the next six months

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My prediction for 2013 - the American Right will effectively drop Climate Change Denialism by April of 2013. They'll never admit it of c...
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XMind: Impressions and comments on the mind mapping market

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It's been two years since  I first looked at XMind . During that time I used MindManager at work and experimented with MindNode Pro at ...
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iOS 6.01 Podcast app: Die, Apple, Die.

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I had to update to iOS 6 sooner or later, and I knew that meant the Podcast app. Still, a small part of me hoped that that it wasn't as...
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Thursday, November 08, 2012

Post-election reflection

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I don't often pull down my posts for a rewrite, but this one was up for a few hours before I took it down for a rework. Here's the r...
Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Apple drive replacement program notification error sends blogger over edge

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Update: I got an unexpected Apple email requesting I send a scanned receipt and bank information to get my iMac drive replacement refund. I ...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012

MacBook Air vs. iPad: waiting for the keyboard

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When I travel for business I want to have a personal device with a keyboard and 1024+ horizontal resolution i n addition to my obligatory c...
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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Minor things that drive me nuts: iCloud is not an improvement over MobileMe

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In an otherwise uncontroversial rant about Apple's net service reliability failures I came across a glaring bit of conventional stupidit...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Usability of electronic health records: test cognitive cost first

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Obama raised mileage standards for my industry. Ok, so it wasn’t him personally, and it’s not mileage, and I don’t exactly own the health c...

The Chameleon Candidate

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Now he's pro-choice: Norm! | TPM Editors Blog Romney surrogate Norm Coleman caught on tape assuring Ohio voters that Roe v. Wade is s...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Minnesota's Coursera eviction will be reversed

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A few weeks ago Minnesota got some app.net attention. Alas, it was because we looked a bit silly ... Minnesota Gives Coursera the Boot, Ci...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

How and when will Apple give up on Siri?

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I usually wait for my iPhone upgrades, but I was an early 4S adapter. That meant I used Siri when she worked . She didn't work for ver...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

Canada travel: Activating a Rogers paygo SIM for your iPhone or other unlocked GSM phone (voice only).

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I realized this should have been on my tech blog, so I reposted an updated version there .