Category Archives: None of the above
Moving from the Motorola Moto X to the Samsung Galaxy S5
A short time ago I was an unwilling participant in my Moto X being dropped on a concrete floor. Over the past year or so I’ve been working with a colleague on a book about the state of automation and … Continue reading
Access to information and learning
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” ― Albert Einstein I’ve recently returned from the ASHP Summer Meeting. I learned some new things, which serves as a reminder to me of the importance of continuous learning … Continue reading
Slingshot, getting clean water from just about anywhere
I was sitting in a movie theater in Las Vegas waiting for X-Men Days of Future Past to start when I saw an interesting video about a product called the Slingshot, invented by Paul Lazarus.
On the job, six months as an independent
Through an interesting series of events over the past several months I’ve slowly transformed myself from an employee to an independent contractor, so to speak. I suppose I’ve officially become a consultant of sorts, but I’m not thrilled with the … Continue reading
Application for Wacom’s new WILL technology in healthcare
PC World: “Wacom has grand designs for a new graphical language…WILL, short for Wacom Ink Layer Language, will store pen strokes in a Stroke File Format and allow them to be streamed using its Stroke Messaging Format. The file formats … Continue reading
5 Shady Ways Big Pharma May Be Influencing Your Doctor
AlterNet: “When it comes to acknowledging the influence of gifts and money on behavior, doctors, like everyone else, suffer from self-delusion. Most say they believe it affects the other guy, not them, and many become offended at the idea that … Continue reading
Merry Christmas 2013
Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas! And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch of their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone … Continue reading
Back in the saddle again
“I`m back in the saddle again, out where a friend is a friend” – Gene Autry It was 49 days between the time I was unceremoniously released from duty as a product manager by my previous employer until I finally … Continue reading
HIPAA poses threat to innovative healthcare technology
HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was enacted back in 1996 as a way to protect the privacy of individual patients, among other things. It all sounds good in theory, but in practice HIPAA creates more problems than … Continue reading
Collecting, collating and connecting information
I am a digital pack rat. It’s better than being a pack rat in the physical world I suppose, but it definitely causes problems. I collect information at an alarming rate, which isn’t a problem in and of itself, but … Continue reading