Archive for April, 2012

Aza Raskin’s health revolution handbook

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By Julia James On April 23, 2012 In Speaker Profiles With 1 Comment Permanent Link to Aza Raskin’s health revolution handbookPermalink

In 1979, human-computer interface expert Jef Raskin took an unwieldy and esoteric piece of information technology – one that seemed to be the exclusive domain of guys sporting suspenders and beards – and began re-imagining it as a true consumer appliance.

Now Raskin’s son, Aza, is working to bring the same interface design revolution to health and wellness. He co-founded Massive Health in 2010 and promised “beautiful products” that would sit in users’ pockets and give them “deep insight” into their own health-determining behaviors.

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How to grow a healthy social network

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By Julia James On April 10, 2012 In Shining the Light, Speaker Profiles With 1 Comment Permanent Link to How to grow a healthy social networkPermalink

While Brian Loew was involved in technology strategy at the Washington Post, the paper launched an online political forum. It was an early attempt to harness the dynamic and democratic potential of the web, and it didn’t go entirely as expected. Some readers behaved so badly, editors felt compelled to turn off the commenting system.

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