I’ve had a great time here at the iConference; it’s been a busy few days, but very rewarding. I’ve also really enjoyed walking around UCLA’s campus, it’s one of the most beautiful I’ve visited (and the perfect weather compounds the experience).
Thanks to everyone who made this such a great experience: Jonathan Furner for [...]
Google VP Marissa Mayer has posted some more information about Google Health on the Google Blog. The first bullet point of her post deals with privacy, with the official position still ambiguous:
Due to the sensitive and personal nature of the data that will be stored in Google Health, we need to conduct our health [...]
This week, I’ll be in Los Angeles visiting my wonderful sister and attending the 2008 iConference. I’ll be attending the Doctoral Colloquium and appearing on two panels – it’s going to be a busy few days. Regular writing will return in the next few days.
P.S. – Early registration for the ASIST Social Computing [...]
With the announcement of a Google Personal Health Records (PHR) pilot program, the company adds medical records to the gowing dossier of information it collects about its consumers. CNN reports:
The pilot project to be announced Thursday will involve 1,500 to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic who volunteered to an electronic transfer of their [...]
Yesterday, I wrote about the Freakonomics blog post that asked if social network sites are good for society. I’ve had a little time to parse the responses; I don’t really have an answer to the question, but I thought I might add some observations.
The first respondent, Nicole Ellison, addresses a main issue concerning these [...]
Tune in to the Freakonomics blog to see what my friends Nicole Ellison and danah boyd have to say. They join Martin Baily, Steve Chazin, Judith Donath and William Reader in answering the following question:
Has social networking technology (blog-friendly phones, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) made us better or worse off as a society, either from [...]
In the next few weeks, Jacob and I will be running some research on influence and impression management in Facebook. If you’re a Facebook user and under 26, please consider taking this ten minute pilot survey. A pilot survey is a pre-test, and while these results won’t be used for publication, they will [...]
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