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Yi-Tan Call 342: Creating a Health Space

Even though we try to solve them with analytic, divide-and-conquer approaches, diseases and well-being are multi-scale phenomena. They operate at genomic, cellular, immune system, body/mind, family, community and global scales simultaneously. Tom Munnecke has been wrestling with these issues for a long time, from his years helping architect what is now WorldVistA to current efforts to define a Health Space that integrates these issues. He’s inspired by the Eames’ famous Powers of Ten short, whic...

Sep 05, 2011

Yi-Tan Call 341: Securing Health Information

The Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA) brought with it some new health information regulations that extend HIPAA. The new rules have many implications for US health care delivery. As a result, the health care industry is likely to undergo traumas and transformations. Feisal Nanji of Techumen has been pondering these outcomes. With Feisal, let’s discuss: What changes does the HITECH Act bring; how will they affect the industry? What opportunities does the Act open? For whom? Where might health care go, ...

Aug 29, 2011

Yi-Tan Call 339: Mission Asset Fund

Picture the many waves of immigration that constitute the United States. Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. When do they feel that they’ve “arrived”? What achievements or signifiers help them feel this way? What obstacles are in their way? That’s what got José Quiñones to found the Fondo Popular de la Misión, also known as the Mission Asset Fund . With José, let’s discuss: What’s do newcomers experience? desire? have? How is MAF set up to help them? Where are such support services headed?...

Aug 08, 2011

Yi-Tan Tech Call 338: Cannes Advertising Gala

The advertising business has come a long way online since the first online banners back in 1993. Simulmedia CMO Brian Wieser is just back from an annual ad festival in Cannes . With Brian, let’s discuss: What’s happened to advertising since the Net and mobile phones showed up? How are ad-industry players positioning themselves? Who has the most leverage now? Where is the industry headed? Who are the harbingers? Some of Brian’s articles as background: The Ad-Supported Video Industry : A Consumer ...

Aug 01, 2011

Yi-Tan Call 337: Your Big Questions

Between new service launches , IPOs , country IPOs (Initial Public Outcries?) and a bit of voicemail hacking, there’s been plenty going on lately. Surely all this raises some questions for you. We’d love to know what they are. Together, let’s discuss: What questions would you love to have answered these days? How are you endeavoring to answer them? Where are your best sources of insight now?...

Jul 25, 2011

Yi-Tan Call 336: Managing Semi-Structured Data

Last week we talked about Google+ , which with Facebook and a torrent of other sites is raising the volume of unstructured data in the world. At the opposite end, for highly structured data, we have databases. What about what’s in between, especially when communities of practice are collaborating to curate it? One nifty answer is Wagn , a platform that is more structured than wikis and less structured than straight-up databases. We’ve been migrating Yi-Tan onto Wagn. (You can see the list of all...

Jul 18, 2011

Yi-Tan Call 335: GooglePlus

A UFO landed in everyone’s yard this week: a social web-thing with Circles, Hangouts, Sparks and Huddles. It’s like Facebook, but not like Facebook . Though invites aren’t openly available yet, Google+ (or GooglePlus, if you prefer to write it out) got a great reception this week. Dan Gillmor gave it a B+ ; the Journal seems to like it . Together (and perhaps a special guest), let’s discuss: What is Google+? How does it fit in the platform firmament? How are users finding it useful so far? Pleas...

Jul 10, 2011

Yi-Tan Call 334: Rebuilding Detroit

Few cities are as iconic of America’s industrial and civic fall as Detroit . Dewayne Hendricks grew up in Detroit and left. Recently he returned, to see where and how he might help revive his city. If we can sort out what’s wrong in Detroit, he figures, we may sort out larger issues, too. To start, as part of the upcoming Maker Faire Detroit , Dewayne is bringing James Burke’s Connections notions to the vast collections of The Henry Ford Museum . With Dewayne, let’s discuss: What kinds of initia...

Jul 03, 2011

Yi-Tan Tech Community Call 333: The OODA Loop

To help US fighter pilots win the Korean War in the air (and to help US fighter plane developers design fighters that weren’t inferior to their opponents), Air Force colonel John Boyd invented the OODA Loop : Observe, Orient, Decide and Act (more here and here ). Whoever gets through this loop the fastest wins. It’s called getting inside the opponent’s OODA Loop. This turns out to be a useful analytic framework for assessing who’s ahead in business competition, too. Just think of Apple’s positio...

Jun 28, 2011

Yi-Tan Call 332: Brazil, Curitiba and Change

Brazil has had its ups and downs, including dictatorships and hyperinflation. Now, though, it seems to be in a solid upward cycle. I’m just back from a trip to Brazil, with stops in Sao Paulo and Curitiba , a city that has become a popular case study of urban reinvention (my photos and videos are on Flickr here and here ). It was an eye-opening trip. With Ricardo Doria , co-founder of Aldeia Coworking in Curitiba, let’s discuss: What did Curitiba do that got so much attention? How has Brazil fac...

Jun 20, 2011

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