A small rebellion is being incited on Scott Gilbertson’s Compiler blog on Wired News. He’s been calling for open social networks. When you join a social network site you go to a lot of work to put in all you personal info and all you friends, music, etc., etc. If you then want to join [...]

Yesterdays Wall Street Journal had and interesting article by Rachel Silverman about the new generation of Philanthropist that uses blogs and social-networking sites to solicit for there favorite causes.  At the same time startup and seasoned charities are producing profiles for social-network Webb sites.
While young people are snubbing traditional ways to fund charities, they and [...]

Having taken a look at the emerging effort by Google and others in "user generated healthcare," my mind starts to turn over what some of the longer-term prospects might be. A few personal hunches about the future have crossed my mind.
The really big information utilities are being drawn in by the knowledge that health is [...]

I received my copy of The Multicultural Economy–Minority Buying Power in 2007 today in the mail from the University of GA’s Selig Center. And it confirms what I think we already know….ethnically diverse communities are key for any business! Here are a few gems:

The states that have the greatest Black buying power are New York, [...]

Wikipedia has become a major source of information for many people. Therefore it makes sense to have the American Cancer Society listed on all languages that Wikipedia offers. Right now the Society is just listed in one language. For example, the English entry of the Society is rather good but still needs some work, see [...]

I’m too young for  this.

Electronic health records are
in the second twenty year phase of development and implementation. Hopefully,
the second phase will finish successfully ten years early. Perhaps expediting
this process, Google has entered the personal health records sector of the
healthcare industry. This bodes well for the individual taking initiative in
managing their (and their family’s) health.
It could benefit providers, too, by [...]

Since "Web 2.0" became a big buzz, we’ve heard a lot about user-generated…everything. Blogs, YouTube and on and on. Well, that now extends as an attitude about health and health information. Some of the biggest heavies in the info-space are getting into the act. There’s a good article in the NYTimes today about Drs. Google [...]

There’s an interesting article in the Washington Post about whether it’s a good thing or not for young people going off to college for the first time to retain the close social network they had back home through social networks. Some say it keeps them from making new friends and getting independent. Others think it’s [...]