mHealth is growing up
There’s something rather resilient about the English language – it does a pretty good job of shrugging off silliness. I’ve noticed a decline in geek-inflicted bastardizations, such as adding 2.0 to anything (yes, guilty as charged) and removing vowels from company names. In today’s post-crash world Twittr and Facebk would seem too flimsy. So too, [...]
Telemedicine could save the US $4bn annually
It must be true because it says so in a press release. This one in fact, from the folks at United Healthcare. Who knows, but still a nice data point: The University of Texas Medical Branch estimates that widespread implementation of telemedicine, for example, could save the U.S. health system more than $4 billion annually, and improve [...]
Key themes from Mobile Future Forward
I attended an interesting event in Seattle recently – Mobile Future Forward. The Conference was the first such one, hosted by mobile consultant Chetan Sharma, and brought together a few hundred mobile pundits and industry folk. The missing ‘gorilla in the room’ was Apple – a company that featured in practically every presenter’s discussion. I found [...]
In an accident? Quick, grab the phone
Good use case in the Washington Post for mobiles as a way to speed up diagnosis and accelerate treatment. Physicians use photos from patients’ cellphones to deliver ‘mobile health’ The other day I got hit on the head by a big chunk of timber in a garage – and having the ability to send a [...]
Location – meet healthcare
Now that Facebook is jumping on the location bandwagon expect to see more integration of location to web services. It’s about time – the most glaring gap for web services has been their lack of a clue when it comes to location. The web can’t really help you live a richer life if you need to [...]
Fitbit – keeping (f)it simple
Interesting little device I saw today (that am not affiliated with), which sits on the cusp of mobile, healthcare / wellness and data-as-a-consumer-service trend, and does it as a combined device+service, rather than just an app: Fitbit. It has an inbuilt accelerometer to measure your steps, or your sleep patterns, and spits it out to [...]
Mobiles in the classroom
Nokia has kicked off an initiative to start thinking about how mobiles can be used to improve the classroom learning experience. Together with the Pearson Foundation they are sponsoring the “Mobile Learning Institute, which delivers engaging, personalized, project-based learning right to classrooms and community centers across the United States.” It goes on to talk about [...]
Looking for videos of kids talking about mobiles
Am giving a presentation at our biggest conference of the year in December – Nokia World and I thought it’d be quite cool to open it up with a few videos of kids (which I guess is 5-20) talking about their mobiles. I guess there’d be 4 questions:- How do you use your mobile today? [...]
- Thiel on distribution. This is particularly vital in the senior market http://t.co/FgNaIFg0
- I wonder if this new gesture technology will be as big as #nintendo #wii in senior homes? http://t.co/MtTA7xfK
- I checked in at La Boulangerie Patisserie (1909 Union St) on #Yelp http://t.co/aYpnnc2d
- key to change is finding passion. but i wonder how david sobel actually got his fisherman to use his passion to deliver change? #mh2012
- "A good predictor of longevity is not just whether you're getting social support, but whether you're GIVING support" #mh2012
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Some stuff I read
- Aging in Place Thoughtful commentary about growing impact of longevity disruption
- Conrad Egusa Practical advice for getting startups off the ground
- Mobihealth News Brian Dolan’s excellent comprehensive guide to mobile healthcare news
- Quantified Self Extracing and making sense of data about ourselves
- Tim Ferris Life hacking guru, provider of the most value out of any book I’ve read, and a genuinely good guy.
- Venture Hacks Useful how tos for startups
Some stuff about me
- 2007/03 – Corporate Wikis Go Viral (Business Week) Two European companies show how the collaborative practice spreads from early adopters of wikis at work to become mainstream business tools
- 2007/03 – Recommended Reading (Wall Street Journal) Mr. Johnston is one of the brightest minds in the business of connecting people. His insights spring from working on Nokia strategy from London. The site focuses largely on the direction of the new economy and lets readers profit from the insights of some
- 2008/04 – Mobility and location (The Economist) – reg reqd MICHAEL HALBHERR was driving from Berlin to Budapest the other day when he passed what looked like an empty field. The fact that his mobile phone stayed quiet annoyed him. Here he was, speeding by the site of Napoleon’s great victory at Austerlitz, and no
- 2008/11 – Innovation in America: A Gathering Storm (The Economist) Confronted by Asia’s technological rise and the financial crisis, corporate America is losing its self-confidence. It should not
- 2009/06 – MBA Tales: Searching for Work in a Recession (Business Week) For the Class of 2009, landing a job may seem next to impossible, but for the Class of 2002, flexibility and persistence paid big dividends
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