February 2010
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Watch“Computers & Medicine” from a 1991 episode of Computer Chronicles.
Other than the obviously cozy nostalgia that this video conjures up, I was actually really impressed with the designs of the medical hypercard program (2:00 mark, roughly). The constraints of the format back then sure created a singularity of focus. I actually think a program that simple would be quite useful today...
“You get one ride around the planet. And then you die and then the worms eat you...”
– Jason Calacanis, one of my favorite CEOs, in a great classroom discussion with Penn State.
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“The growth is coming from the 90 percent of the population who are not...”
– Tim Chang (Norwest) in an informative interview he gave Venture Beat last fall. I just found this tonight and thought it was pretty useful as I’m trying to learn more about virtual goods and economies.
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Watch- “Everything Fall Apart” video by Yoshi Sodeoka, one of my favorite digital artists who used to run the sublime Word.com and then the digital studio C404, which I had the pleasure of visiting one day about ten years ago.