Before you read this post, think of a time when you had a crush on someone. Think about that swirl of emotions, the highs and the lows. That’s where I was a couple weeks ago, except it wasn’t about a person. I fell hard for Watson, IBM’s hot new outboard brain. I’d heard he was […]
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“…asking ‘who owns the data?’ is a meaningless, time-wasting, and shallow conceptualization of the issue at hand.”
– Fred Trotter, in an article about patient data that reminded me of Daniel Solove’s A Taxonomy of Privacy
Unpacking self-tracking
One of the “top tweets” of this week’s Health Datapalooza was one I dashed off on my way to the event: 1 in 4 U.S. internet users track their own health data online – @pewinternet pewrsr.ch/khtiMB #healthdata — SusannahFox (@SusannahFox) June 5, 2012 It was great to see how this research tidbit was treated like […]
“Sometimes there isn’t an obvious silver lining to cling to, so you have to try and create your own.”
– Kristen Cerabona, mother of a girl living with CLOVES Syndrome, writing about what it’s like to be a “marathon parent.”
Networked
Lovely capture by Alex Howard (@digiphile) on Instagram. The book, by Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman, opens with an unforgettable health-related story — how a community rallied around a beloved (and very networked) couple. It’s a must-read for those who crave evidence and new insights about our changing communications landscape.
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