Two New Books
Two new books arrived this week that may be of interest. Naked Conversation – How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel is very timely with all that is going on in the world of blogging. I know Robert from Microsoft. He has been active in evangelizing […]
Genographic Project – Update
Within ten minutes of posting the story, I got an update from Kris Lichter at IBM. Kris is program director for the Genographic Project at IBM’s Healthcare and Life Science Solutions group. The genographic project hit 100,000 kits purchased by the public on December 18th. Kris, says "That was our five year goal, and it […]
The Genographic Project
One of the subjects I know the least about is genetics. Some day I will read some books and learn how the human body’s 50 to 100 trillion cells combine to form our tissues and organs. One of the most interesting aspects of the body is how the genes inside each cell comprise the "blueprint" […]
News Update
There have been a number of interactions with the press in the past couple of months. An email exchange with Keith Ryan, Managing Editor at Caspian Publishing in London resulted in a story called Beyond Blue Skies. A podcast by by John Furrier was called Time-Machine 1995 and appeared in “Always-On“. Finally, Worthwhile Magazine ran […]
Disasters And The Gift Of Knowledge
Natural and unnatural disasters have been happening for all of recorded time. The common element to all disasters that I can remember has been the incredible outpouring of assistance from not only immediate neighbors of those affected, but also from strangers thousands of miles away. The assistance comes in the form of money, people opening […]