Giraff Plus
Conventional wisdom points to a shortage of nurses in healthcare. The number of elderly is climbing and so is the number of retiring nurses. The Wall Street Journal this morning reported that one percent of chronically ill patients consume 22% of healthcare expenditures. Elderly patients get shuffled back and forth to multiple providers resulting in […]
Significant Changes
The 5S will be my eighth iPhone and I can’t wait. I got up at 2:55 AM last Friday to place my order online. When I got to the very last step, a message appeared saying “Your carrier has a policy that shipments of the iPhone can only be made to your billing address of […]
Remembering 9/11
Click image to enlarge This steel beam from the World Trade Center was brought here by the people of Ridgefield, Connecticut and stands to honor the memory of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. It is dedicated to those who fell and those who carry on. May we […]
Bionic Eyes
I read “The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology” by Ray Kurzweil seven years ago. I have to admit that this was a difficult book to read. It is a bit hard to summarize, but basically the singularity is how Ray describes the merger of biological humans and machines. He makes a strong set of arguments, […]
Apple iPhones Five
As usual, the Apple management team did a great job in presenting their new products at yesterday’s keynote. As happened after the launch of the iPhone 4S two years ago, CNBC and others gave the company a lukewarm reaction saying there were no breakthroughs, but rather minor tweaks to what existed. Consistent with my view […]