Clippings

Visualizing Medical Data

Just saw this via Lucien Engelen but can't digest it fast enough. This is a whole new way to approach medical care—actually could make conversations with a doctor more practical and less of a black box. There's potential for helping users see what they're doing to their bodies and the effect their behavior is having on their health. Even though this seems like an application for the future, it looks like the developers have already made public demonstrations. They claim that this kind of visualization of personal medical data can actually lower the costs of health care.

A Sure Sign of Spring

Forget the 80-degrees, the flowers, the cherry blossoms, the lawn mowers that have been running, and even the barbecue grills that have scented the neighborhood. Today we picked up our first crop share of the season, from a new market this year. Among the goodness—spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onion, zucchini, and white potatoes. It's gonna be a tasty summer!

Potholes, again!

@FastCompany returns to the pothole theme.I'm intrigued by the willingness of Canada to encorage drivers to report potholes by offering a reporting championship. Mostly I wonder how to encourage the same kind of engagement with citizens in Fairfax County, Virginia. Most of the time when I report a road problem here, the reponse I usually get is VDOT is reponsible (AKA it's not my problem. And VDOT is the most unresponsive agency I can name!).