Akash Goel
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Dash's Triad: 3 Steps to Successful Blogging from a Creator of New Media
Big Think had the chance to sit down this week with Anil Dash, Chief Evangelist of Six Apart, the developers of the influential and pervasive blogging platforms Movable Type and TypePad. Dash talked about technology's influence on culture, New Media, internet pranks and boy bands. … Read More
July 27, 2009 | In Media & Internet
Perhaps We Were Wrong: DART and the Way We Treat AIDS
Antiretroviral drugs are perhaps some of the strongest drugs given to patients, so it was almost unheard of that these drugs would ever be administered without routine laboratory tests monitoring side effects as well as the individual's immune system. Now, recent studies indicate that these costly lab tests, which add $900 to one's treatment over 5 years, are cost-ineffective at best and potentially superfluous in resource poor settings. … Read More
July 21, 2009 | In Health & Medicine
A study published today in the journal Stem Cells and Development renders the male gender, evolutionarily speaking, unnecessary. … Read More
July 8, 2009 | In Health & Medicine, Science & Tech
Forming Democracy, One Social Medium at a Time
Alec Ross is changing diplomacy. The Senior Advisor on Innovation to Secretary Clinton studies the distribution of power from government to the people. And he's noticed something about the relationship between the Web and traditional channels of power. … Read More
July 7, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
From a live webcast this morning at the Personal Democracy forum, Mayor Bloomberg announced five new initiatives the New York City government is using to make government more accessible. … Read More
June 29, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
