December 2010
23 posts
Two most important things in Health Care IT nobody...
I wanted to put down two things that have me excited about the next year in health care that others may not have been aware of or considered important. As we have seen repeatedly over the last few years the game can and will change very rapidly in any industry. Whether it be Facebook, the iphone, Groupon, or Yelp companies or products that we seemingly can’t live without can rise to...
Unbetitelt: Firefox Friday: On life after Aza,... →
mike45stand:
The open source community shudders with equal measures of saddening loss and anxious anticipation. Mozilla Firefox, one of the most important open source projects, has lost a very big player, and no one quite knows how extensive the repercussions will be. Aza Raskin, the creative lead…
Magazine. Ipad
I was just playing around with my ipad tonight and reading National Geographic Magazine. I hit a play button and the screen turns into a video of the place I was just reading about. I wouldn’t be surprised if in a few years Apple will have the ipad emitting smells of the Saringetti when you watch a video after reading about a place.
A lack of health insurance and a benign condition... →
Watchjoeheinowski:
DESIGN MATTERS: what can it do for patient care?
UK’s CircleBath wants to change hospitals and how we know them. Founded on co-design, the physicians, staff all had a hand in it’s design. Purposely designed to support relaxation, because relaxation supports healing. Wayfinding is simplified to a level that makes signage almost nonexistent. No metrics required to verify it’s...
Some medical studies offer information that you... →
Who is Benjaman Kyle aka the Burger King amnesiac?...
Benjaman’s 23 and Me Matches
Posted on December 9, 2010 by identifinders 2 Votes
Benjaman Kyle
Benjaman Kyle is the adopted name of an amnesiac who was found near Savannah, GA in August 2004. (See his Wikipedia page for more details.) Since recovering from a severe beating that left him unconscious, he cannot remember who he is. Benjaman took a 23andMe autosomal DNA test earlier this year,...
My nomination for best two Tweet combination.
By @Lunaslave
#visa & #masterCard: KKK Is A-OK, But#wikileaks Is wicked http://t.co/PYFjNST via @Techdirt
“There are Some Things Money Can’t Buy. For Everything Else, there’s HTTP Error 408 Request Timeout”#payback #wikileaks #priceless
Wired Magazine takes the blood test out for a... →
The Point: The History behind Groupon →
cleiva:
On this article, you’ll discover how Andrew Mason decided to make a pivot on his original idea, switching from The Point, which goal was to “increase the power of people working towards a common cause”, to Groupon: ”group buying”.
Notes for myself:
Keep things simple and focus on what people really want
Fails areo’t bad, the experience you learn to improve things are priceless