Upon2020 (archive)
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Six Apart: Open Social Graph Project Announced
Finally, the rather intriguing social graph aggregation project that Brad Fitzpatrick and David Recordon have been working was announced publicly on Six Apart’s blog today by David. Go ahead and read the long post; also compare the more technical paper they wrote earlier. Let me first say that I have no idea what Six Apart’s…
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Today’s Health 2.0 Conference is a Great Success
The room is packed. Many more attendees than expected. And the discussion on the panels is rather good, too. This Health 2.0 conference is the right event at the right time, and the uptake shows it. Obviously, many health technology startups are here, some VCs, but also many of the large health provider and insurer…
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Kaliya is at it again: Is She Geeky! ;-)
She writes: I am producing an (un)conference for women working in technology called She’s Geeky in October…Please pass the word along to women working in tech that you think might enjoy attending the event. She’s Geeky www.shesgeeky.org A Women’s Tech (un)conference October 22-23 in Mountain View, CA. This event is designed to bring together women…
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Rapleaf: Growing Pains of Identity-Driven Services
Rapleaf seems to have inadvertently stepped into a hornet’s nest of privacy issues that first came to light when some journalists dug a bit deeper in how the Rapleaf business is supposed to work.
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Can the RHIO model work? Where is the business in the exchange of personal information?
Very interesting article titled "The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange:What Happened?" published by Health Affairs. The subtitle summarizes it all: Lack of a compelling "value proposition" for potential investors was the main cause of the Santa Barbara Project’s demise. To recall: The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange was once one of the most…