True story, with some (potentially) interesting implications –I recently spent some time in the emergency medical system, and got to see some of the benefits and foibles of electronic medical records. Some of it was great! But other parts gave me pause – I’m interested in your experiences. In December, I suffered what turned outView Full Page…
Facebook as your single password on the Internet? January 6, 2011
A recent blog post by Simson Garfinkel (of MIT Technology Review) raises an interesting possibility – that Facebook may be positioning itself to be your pathway to a myriad of other Internet sites, so that you don’t have to manage a plethora of user IDs and passwords. Interesting, strategic, potentially scary – lots of wordsView Full Page…
Beyond black and white for eReaders? March 17, 2010
Following on to my notes about the iPad, there was a recent article in the IEEE Spectrum magazine about new technologies for the displays for future eReader devices. Noting in a separate commentary that the “perfect” display is always 10 years away, it’s still true that displays continue to get incrementally better. The iPad’s displayView Full Page…
Apple’s new (and not quite yet available) iPad February 12, 2010
Kindle-Killer? Future giant iPhone? Probably neither, but there are some interesting things to consider in Apple’s new iPad.