https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*oALaeTQNfyGFtRwebjacDg.jpeg https://medium.com/swlh/misinformation-goes-viral-1aad951e4492 This article "Misinformation Goes Viral" from the Medium is written by a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, working now in Neurobiology at the University of Utah. Worth reading, and forwarding. I agree with his well-written article and his sound reasoning, as a Professor of Medicine at … Continue reading Viral Misinformation vs Actual Virus (Medium.com)
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Social Distancing: This is Not a Snow Day (Medium)
I support this, carefully written by a primary care physician and public health expert. This is a meme worth spreading to combat fear and the virus. Stay safe out there. CTL I know there is some confusion about what to do next in the midst of this unprecedented time of a pandemic, school closures, and … Continue reading Social Distancing: This is Not a Snow Day (Medium)
NYTimes Magazine travelogue photos (Shinrin-yoku, and take a breath)
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2019/09/20/mag-voyages-new/assets/images/29mag-airport-07-2000.jpg from NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/24/magazine/adventure-archive-photos.html Is this goofing off, or is this about personal resilience? Like the idea of "forest bathing" (youtube) or shinrin-yoku, I seek out opportunities during the day to pause and reflect, and walk where there are trees. Sometimes this ends up being an online article with lots of nature photos 🙁 . … Continue reading NYTimes Magazine travelogue photos (Shinrin-yoku, and take a breath)
I’m excited to for 50th grade! (Re-inventing myself, via NYTimes article)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/opinion/im-so-excited-for-40th-grade.html This is brilliant. Kids re-invent themselves each school year. As a parent, I see my kids reinventing themselves every school year. They’ve gone through their Lego phases, their sporty phases, their drama phases, their communicating-only-via-eyerolls phases. Mary Laura Philpott, NYTimes Why not, us, as adults? What a great way to encapsulate the neuroplasticity of our … Continue reading I’m excited to for 50th grade! (Re-inventing myself, via NYTimes article)
Time management regret? (NYTimes) Work-life (im)balance? Start now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/smarter-living/overcoming-time-management-regret.html?fallback=0&recId=1KjEgxqEMZ43DlRilKDiGr0pGin&locked=1&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=CO&recAlloc=home&geoCountry=US&blockId=home-living-vi&imp_id=295343041&action=click&module=Smarter%20Living&pgtype=Homepage We can all benefit from reminders. And self-forgiveness. And taking a single step, (or creating the "next action") as David Allen says in his book "Getting things Done (book summarizing video)." Atomic Habits (book summarizing video) is another book with similar suggestions. There are a growing number of books, articles, videos dedicated to this … Continue reading Time management regret? (NYTimes) Work-life (im)balance? Start now.
Why we still love tech… (WIRED)
Detail of a Monet. Captures the wistfulness of this post... https://www.wired.com/story/why-we-love-tech-defense-difficult-industry Paul Ford is CEO at PostLight and recently wrote an impassioned "Proudshamed" reflection on his career growing up with tech. I resonated with a lot of it, as CMIO with responsibility to improve the digital lives of our patients and our physicians.
737 Max software lessons – a critique for EHR (IEEE news)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/how-the-boeing-737-max-disaster-looks-to-a-software-developer Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images from original article above I watch the airline industry as both a beacon towards safety culture, and also as a cautionary tale of "there but for the grace of God, go I." This article from a software developer with intimate knowledge of engineering, software and design principles, rips the 737-Max … Continue reading 737 Max software lessons – a critique for EHR (IEEE news)
Are you pro-friction or anti-friction? (NYtimes: Is Tech Too Easy to Use?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/technology/tech-friction-frictionless.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ct_20181213&nl=technology&nl_art=5&nlid=166306emc%3Dedit_ct_20181213&ref=headline&te=1 I love articles like this that challenge long-held assumptions. For decades, "everyone knows" that technology is too hard to use, and we have spent countless hours designing "frictionless" interactions. Look at books like "Don't Make Me Think." As a result, we're so enamored of our devices, that we prefer to answer the 'buzz' of … Continue reading Are you pro-friction or anti-friction? (NYtimes: Is Tech Too Easy to Use?)
Seeing a black hole (NYTimes) is astounding
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/10/science/event-horizon-black-hole-images.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article We are all involved in our little lives, our noses at the grindstone, making a living, trying to make a difference. Sometimes it is worth looking up ... wayyyyy up, and see that fellow scientists are hard at work expanding the edges of our knowledge. We have known, based on Einstein's theories, about black … Continue reading Seeing a black hole (NYTimes) is astounding
If you want to get better, ask yourself these 2 questions (HBR)
https://hbr.org/2018/11/if-you-want-to-get-better-at-something-ask-yourself-these-two-questions Ask yourself these 2 questions (from Harvard Business Review): Do you want to get better? Are you willing to feel the discomfort of putting in more effort and trying new things that will feel weird and different and won’t work right away? CMIO's take? Read the article. It is inspiring, true, and worth repeating … Continue reading If you want to get better, ask yourself these 2 questions (HBR)