WorldCat – Two Billion and Growing
It is a privilege to be able to participate and contribute to various boards. Board service is a way to learn new things, meet interesting people, and gain new perspectives. That has certainly been the case since I joined the board of OCLC in 2009. Fifteen years ago some pundits — myself not included — were saying that libraries […]
DACS 21
On May 7th, the Danbury Area Computer Society will hold it’s monthly meeting, and it will be my honor to give a talk there about The Future of the Healthcare and the Internet. This will be the twenty-first year in a row that I have shared my thoughts with this fine group. The meeting will be open […]
The World Wide Web
It is hard to imagine that the World Wide Web has been there for us for twenty years as of this week. See the original text-only web page of The World Wide Web project. Tim Berners-Lee had great insight and we all owe him our gratitude for creating something that has changed the world for the […]
Upcoming Lectures on April 25 and May 7
On April 25, I will be speaking at the Constantine S. Macricostas Lecture Series at Western Connecticut State University. The event will be in the state-of-the-art, 122,000-square-foot science building on the Danbury campus at 181 West Street (see directions to the campus). My topic will be about healthcare in the Internet age. The dawn of the Internet age […]
Synthetic Vaccines
A fellow student in the healthcare doctoral class I am currently taking — Community Health and Epidemiology — posted some thoughts and research about flu vaccinations. His post reminded me of my 2 years, six months, and 22 days in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971 during which time I received many vaccinations. (I […]