Author Archives: John

About John

Interested in how information intersects daily life, technology, and art. Digital Marketing - marketing ROI in healthcare Collaboration - working in social and collaborative media. Biomedical Informaticist - focusing on patient/patient, patient/provider communication.

KnohOh RIP (Goodbye Lively)

Posted on November 20, 2008 by John

Google is pulling the plug on their virtual world, Lively.  I jumped in early, was not impressed, and spent my time in Second Life instead.  However, lately I’ve been back and have been working on a room.  I’ve come to … Continue reading →

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Stepping into Being a Panelist

Posted on November 14, 2008 by John

Earlier this October I had the priviledge of being a panelist for the Stepping into Virtual Worlds Conference – Health.  It was a great time, especially having to summerize big parts of Second Life experience on the fly!  While I … Continue reading →

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Statistics for Second Life Support Groups

Posted on October 19, 2008 by John

I informally gathered some data about Second Life and thought I’d share some findings.  I am in no way a statistician, and my data is not complete, so take this all with a grain of salt. Towards the end of … Continue reading →

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Online Support Group’s Introduction to Virtual Worlds

Posted on September 16, 2008 by John

If you run a healthcare support group online (be that a message board, forum, IRC,  etc…)  and are wondering about jumping into virtual worlds, I hope the following paper is helpful. If you are running a face to face healthcare … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration / Community, Medical Informatics | 14 Comments

Hipster (hPDA) Podcast

Posted on August 20, 2008 by John

A podcast in your back pocket? Here it is. But really… this is demonstrating the ability for paper to carry a digital file.  The free PaperBack application (sorry, Windows only) allows one to translate digital data into an image and … Continue reading →

Posted in Hipster PDA | 5 Comments