From the Everett Herald The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143125478/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_M81Q4K17N2RTE3JE8RYA OMG. 6 out of 5 stars. This was intended as a fun summer read. But also, it has catapulted me into the Great Depression, WW2, Leni Riefenstahl and groundbreaking cinematography, the rise … Continue reading The Boys in the Boat (book review)
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Because of Winn Dixie (book review)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Because_of_Winn-Dixie.jpg by Kate DiCamillo, via Wikipedia I think it is crucial to read outside of one's vocation. Winn-Dixie is a supermarket chain where I grew up, in Tallahassee, Florida. Furthermore, Kate DiCamillo is a magical writer, whom my children and I discovered as they were growing up. I recently found audio books at our local … Continue reading Because of Winn Dixie (book review)
Why I read and blog about Sci-Fi. Life 3.0, Superintelligence, and the Sirens of Titan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/books/review/namwali-serpell.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Book%20Review This is a fun read. My father never understood my passion for fantasy (The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings) in middle school or sci-fi in high school (Ender's Game, entire libraries of Asimov, Heinlein, PK Dick, and countless others). I'd try to explain, (not nearly as cogently as this journalist) that science fiction … Continue reading Why I read and blog about Sci-Fi. Life 3.0, Superintelligence, and the Sirens of Titan
CHIME’s CMIO Leadership Academy in Ojai. Listen and learn.
http://chimecentral.org/mediaposts/cmio-leadership-academy-2019-images Thanks to George Reynolds and those organizing CHIME's recent Leadership Academy for existing and upcoming CMIO's. I enjoyed teaching this year with other co-faculty like Brian Patty, Natalie Pageler, Cindy Kuelbs, George, Howard Landa, Keith Fraidenburg and David Butler. The topics we covered in our Academy over 2 days included such CMIO best hits … Continue reading CHIME’s CMIO Leadership Academy in Ojai. Listen and learn.
New PIGlet? Or, interested in medical informatics? How to start…
Piglet: ie a New PIG (physician informatics group member) Are you a PIGlet? Someone interested in the field of medical informatics? One of our newest informaticists coined the term PIGlet (Physician Informatics Group member). Cute. Increasingly I'm meeting with medical students, medical residents and now physicians as well as allied health persons (nurses, physical therapists) … Continue reading New PIGlet? Or, interested in medical informatics? How to start…
Getting to Yes (Book review)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c-SUdBoD6M OK, nobody has time to read an actual book, so here is William Ury speaking at Creative Mornings about his book. Do you have 30 minutes to be a better person? Ever seen the arm-wrestle exercise? Watch the video. I've read his book several times now. At least put it on your bookshelf. My … Continue reading Getting to Yes (Book review)
Book review: Turtles All the Way Down
Five stars. John Green channels teenage angst like no one, and he parlays them, unaccountably, into riveting novels of pathos and the teen journey. He broke my heart with The Fault in Our Stars, and he did it agai with Turtles. The title of course comes from the story that some old woman was arguing … Continue reading Book review: Turtles All the Way Down
Book review: Flow (second time review)
Here we are (again)! How can I review this? An incredible landmark of a book, it has sat on my bookshelf for more than a decade, and then on my 'actively reading coffee table' for another few years. Despite its mention in almost every important other book I have read, and my repeated abortive attempts … Continue reading Book review: Flow (second time review)
Book review: Singularity Sky
Four stars. Stross's Accelerando is perhaps my favorite book of his so far. I like his writing, the ideas that he sprinkles along the way. In Singularity Sky, for example, that the economic takeover of a planet begins with a rainfall of portable telephones from the sky, and that those who pick them up are … Continue reading Book review: Singularity Sky
Book review: Artemis
Five stars. Maybe the best sci-fi book of the year? Well, it is in the running. I'm sure it is difficult for an author to follow-up a first-novel blockbuster book with a successful second novel, but Andy has pulled it off. It is NOT the paradigm-shifting story of a marooned human on Mars, but a … Continue reading Book review: Artemis