Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category
« Older Entries | Newer Entries »
New Orleans: 18 months after Katrina
March 4th, 2007
Last week, ophthalmologist
I visited New Orleans to attend HIMSS, the gorilla of all healthcare IT conferences. The booths were more gigantic and ostentatious than ever – you would think that millions of Americans are running arms wide open to embrace these products. In reality, even some of the biggest companies are struggling to get consumers engaged.
But New Orleans itself was pretty mindblowing. Despite some of the pictures below taken in the 9th ward, the city has made a miraculous recovery. Only 1/3 of the population has returned and resettled. Everyday is a reminder of Katrina, even in the posh neighborhoods. And yet a fierce sense of community remains. We visited a charming restaurant opened by a husband and wife team. Although a cop stands outside to escort guests back to their cars, the atmosphere is warm, friendly and more welcoming than ever.
I am trying out Box.net
January 26th, 2007
Poet’s Theater at CCA
January 21st, 2007
We might laugh, buy more about but we are reformed. Since then we’ve bought a mixing bowl, urologist spice grinder, recipe salad spinner, catfish, and cabbage, the purple kind.
Small Press Traffic: creating a regular scene for experimental poetry, neurologist
avante garde cats and walking, order
talking make-up brushes since 1974.
Culinary inspiration at Steve’s Bistro
January 21st, 2007
We might laugh, buy more about but we are reformed. Since then we’ve bought a mixing bowl, urologist spice grinder, recipe salad spinner, catfish, and cabbage, the purple kind.
The Opera man of Maiden Lane
January 21st, 2007
They’ve chosen Maiden Lane, visit this I suppose for the acoustics, health care or the draw, pregnancy but whatever it is, there they are singing loudly, demonstratively, so loudly I can barely calculate my discount at the Marc Jacobs sale. Whatevrr.
Barcamp – Healthcamp: Healthcare 2.0
January 3rd, 2007
This was a highlight of 2006 and just happened to make it onto my calendar upon a chance reading of a Stanford email list. On a Saturday morning at Citizen Space near South Park, stomach a group of 30-40 people showed up of their own volition to talk about how social networking, approved online communities and web 2.0 might change healthcare. We were a multidisciplinary group of doctors, capsule engineers, business people, social scientists, advertisers, marketers, writers and even a family who had lost their daughter to a rare genetic disease. Conversations were informal and fluid. If you wanted to talk about something, you threw it up on the white board and anyone who wanted to join you could do so. You could walk in and out of discussions freely without worrying about hurting anyone’s feelings. I stayed till 4, others were there till past dinner. I tend to get downright sentimental about stuff like this – in an age of cynicism and disappointment with our healthcare system, this gathering was a little jewel of inspiration.
Billboard across from Magic Castle