Billy’s Other Downtown Diner — Not Your Ordinary Diner
There are quite a few stories on patrickWeb about the Trike. It was a sad day when I sold it, but I am happy the person who bought it from me on eBay is a fine gentleman, and he and I and a friend of his got acquainted at Billy’s Downtown Diner in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania last summer […]
Reflections on Bitcoin – 9
Bitcoin continues to gain momentum. There are different estimates of how many merchants accept BTC, but there are thousands. Coindesk said that innovative merchants have been installing bitcoin payment-processing services in their stores and integrating it into their POS and ordering systems. Coindesk points out that bitcoin is a great way for merchants to appeal to […]
My Doctoral Journey – Part 9
A number of readers, and the university, have asked me if I would recommend University of Phoenix. It depends. I had searched for an accredited, online, healthcare-related doctoral program. U of P was the best one I could find. The structure of the program, with 25 online courses and three 7-10 day residencies in your choice […]
Ridgefield
I feel very fortunate to live in Ridgefield, Connecticut. A few weeks ago, Geoffrey Morris, President at Morris Media Group and publisher of Ridgefield Magazine, and I had a chat about the future of healthcare and the Internet (see Ten Minutes with John Patrick). The following week, I gave a lecture at the new Ridgefield Library on the […]
The Future of Healthcare at the New Ridgefield Library
Ridgefielders are quite proud of their new library, and I am honored to be able to give a talk there. I stopped by the new program room today to check out the audio/video. The room seats 100+, there are multiple high-quality speakers in the ceiling, and the screen is huge. The program manager expects 75+ […]