Author Archives: John

About John

Interested in how information intersects daily life, technology, and art. Collaboration specialist, working in social and collaborative media. Biomedical Informaticist, focusing on patient/patient, patient/provider communication.

Gamification and Satisfaction

Posted on October 3, 2011 by John

I happened upon Sebastian Deterding’s Slideshare “Meaningful Play Getting Gamification Right” (Thx Giuliano) and was struck how it resonated with Dan Pink’s talk “Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us“. Dan puts forth modern behavioral studies which show that … Continue reading →

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Internal Communities & SharePoint 2010 Discussion Groups

Posted on September 20, 2011 by John

Microsoft has baked a lot of social media goodies into the latest iteration of SharePoint (2010).  While the spot light has been on My Sites, I took a quick look at the venerable Discussion Board. While at first glance it … Continue reading →

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Hipster- General Stack

Posted on September 14, 2011 by John

I like to organize things. I also need a place to record and refer to things throughout the day. Back in the corporate world I used carry cut up pieces of blank paper clipped together in my back pocket. I … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Community Management Related Research

Posted on September 14, 2011 by John

I’m passionate about the use of online communities, with people helping each other in the area of healthcare.  Below is a  list of some of the research I have done, and put up on the web, concerning healthcare community management: … Continue reading →

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New life for Virtual World Support Groups?

Posted on September 9, 2011 by John

Login2Life is a theatrical documentary about the real and in-world lives of several people. The teaser trailer includes scenes with Alice Krueger, a tireless proponent for virtual world’s being able to help people with real life health issues. (Spoiler: 1st … Continue reading →

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Virtual World Design and Healthcare – Beyond walking a web page

Posted on September 6, 2011 by John

There are hundreds of healthcare support groups in the virtual world of Second Life, but how does one educate a visitor about them? HealthInfo Island started out with a simple list of support groups, then created a path with posters. … Continue reading →

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2 Tweets: “We’re #3!” or “We like peas, fresh now!”

Posted on August 29, 2011 by John

Is a health org’s social media a Marketing or Public Health initiative? I know I’ve seem a lot more of the former than the later. Perhaps this is a false dichotomy, you say, and indeed it may be. However, from … Continue reading →

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Desert Island Pond Sculpture

Posted on July 20, 2011 by John

Floating in a half-barrel is a desert terrarium.  The terrarium has several cacti as well as a small bone, snake skin, and a lava rock for additional effect. I have several goldfish in the barrel and water lilies. This is … Continue reading →

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Folders Vs Metadata – Document organization

Posted on June 23, 2011 by John

Moving from the familiar desktop metaphor, with it’s storing files in folders, to metadata can be difficult, if not traumatizing for those used to the more spacial way of putting things in context.  To help introduce and explain, I came … Continue reading →

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Technology Adoption and Crossing the Chasm

Posted on June 20, 2011 by John

Projects fail, promising technologies are put in place but never adopted, IT rolls out another application that only a few business people use.  Where’s the disconnect? How might things be improved upon?  Here’s 10 well considered ideas from an expert.

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