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Entries from October 2007

Apparently, I live in Geek World

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Every so often I am reminded of the vast array of experiences that are possible even within a relatively homogeneous group of people such as graduate students in a particular research program. A colleague asked last night, “What’s a TED Talk?”

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Tags: Media · Technology

The Standards vs. The Individuals

October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

I ran into Hans Oh at a meeting last night. A few years ago he blogged somewhere between agreement and disagreement with a presentation I gave at eHealth 2005 in which I argued that trying to make one-size-fits-all eHealth applications is, at best, wasted effort, and at worst, harmful. That topic came up again last [...]

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Tags: Research

Spin

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

I attended a conference about prostate cancer this weekend. It was great — conferences are time-consuming, but it’s useful to hear what’s new in the field and to connect (or reconnect) with researchers from other areas and locations. I got a really lovely compliment from someone whose work I admire, and that, as well some [...]

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Tags: Media · Ph.D. · Research