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IBM, North York General Hospital Collaborate on Health Care Data Aggregation, Dashboarding

North York General Hospital in Toronto will use IBM’s InfoSphere and Cognos applications to aggregate medical data into a standard format and a user-friendly dashboard view. – NYGH (North York General Hospital),
a multisite teaching hospital in Toronto,
will become the first Canadian hospital to integrate both IBM’s data aggregation software and a dashboard tool.

Big Blue has optimized its InfoSphere Clinical Analytics application
to process the data-intensive workl…


JamBase Internship Available Now Information Aggregation Position

Information Aggregation Internship

IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU LIVE OR WILL BE LIVING IN THE BAY AREA

Position ideal for full time college students seeking course credit. No phone calls please.

Deadline to apply: NOW

About JamBase

JamBase is the world’s leading source of live music and concert information. Our convenient search engine at www.jambase.com includes tour dates from over 40,000 artists performing in over 50,000 venues around the globe. Established in 1998, JamBase has grown into a community of passionate live music fans over half a million strong. Our grassroots family of writers and photographers help us publish original concert reviews, artist interviews and music news in many popular media formats.


JamBase also provides top brands with music marketing and data syndication solutions capable of reaching live music fans anywhere. JamBase works closely with leading concert promoters and record labels like Live Nation, AEG-Live, Warner Brothers Records and Universal Records. Equally important is working closely with the best independent promoters, venues and labels worldwide. Music lovers deserve to decide who they see, and when and where they see them. Come find it at JamBase.

About the Information Aggregation internship

This is a four month unpaid internship program located in South of Market, San Francisco. The program is broken down into 2-3 days a week (15-20 hours). The interns’ goal is to increase the efficiency and scope of our day to day operation. Please send resume and cover letter to intern@jambase.com.

Who should Apply

  • Someone who is highly motivated, detail-oriented. Passion for live music is a big plus.

  • JamBase is located in San Francisco, CA and only Bay Area residents or those moving to the Bay Area should apply.
  • College students strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities for the Information Aggregation internship (will include, but not limited to)

  • Tour Dates – Fast/accurate data entry both by hand and with internal tools. Researching new potential data sites as well as working with our established sources. (Need to be familiar with Excel.)
  • Venue Reconciliation – making sure our venues have all accurate information and are only listed once in the database.
  • Maintenance of artist profiles – includes adding band’s bios/photos/links and communicating with the artists.
  • Festival Guide – keeping our guide up to date and accurate.

Must have own transportation; our office is located in South of Market in San Francisco.


Why local-news aggregation is useful information, not information overload

My post on the Washington state linking project focused on the awesome innovation involved and on the benefits of collaborative linking in general. But the project also shows why this kind of news aggregation is so useful for a local audience.
The biggest danger with news aggregation is that instead of acting as a filter, it [...]

Explaining the Financial Crisis: Continuously Updated News Aggregation in Action

Scott framed his previous challenge to news sites in general terms: like Drudge, any site could use continuously updated aggregation to become a “destination for links to news of what’s going in the world.” But this kind of aggregation can be just as powerful when applied to specific stories or topics.
For example, you might have [...]

Why Every News Site Should Put a Continuously Updated News Aggregation on the Homepage

My post on Drudge beating all other news sites on engagement was an aha for many, which is interesting because the lesson of Drudge has been around for a decade. But the lessons of web publishing are all so utterly counterintuitive that I suppose they take a while to sink in.
That said, a number of [...]