Silicon Valley Musings

An outline of my thoughts on the scope of Rajendra’s project can be found in this
Word Document.

Jonathan Schell appeared on the Charlie Rose Show last night. He was discussing his recently published book, The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People.

Notes from my email conversation with Dr. David Green.
October 13th Q&A
> SW: I read you are using SMS messages to remind TB patients to take their
> medicines. I was wondering how this relates to the WHO’s DOTS program.
>
> I was wondering why the DOTS approach was not feasible or appropriate
> for the patients for which […]

found this recent article (and rebuttal) interesting and may be relevant to all those intending to used Linux as your server OS.
Emma has been running around installing the most recent XP security patches. I noticed my personal PC has done close to fifty OS patches since March.
It lead met to wonder how many Linux patches […]

I can’t believe it has been a month. It has gone by so fast. The first couple of weeks have been orientation, introductions, and settling in at Stanford.
For those who don’t know, the Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship Program is open to anyone who wishes to submit their project proposals. Reuters pays the housing […]

www.sipphone.com ? cheap set of SIP phones that plug into router and leverage a DSL line to make free long distance calls.
I have bought a pair, but haven?t tested them yet. I?ll bring them in next week.
www.vonage.com ? new phone service that is getting a lot of press. One of the Reuters Studio members has […]

Participants included Professor Dan Schwartz, Stuart Gannes, Heather Ford, Steve Wilhelm
Professor Schwartz biographical information is available here.
Much of Professor Schwartz?s current work can be found at AAA Lab.
Suggested we look at NetLogo (http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/). NetLogo is a simulation platform that allows people to build models to teach certain concepts. In particular, the Wolf Sheep Predation model […]

The terms Compliance and Adherence are used when talking about getting patients to complete their medical regimes. Here are some companies that provide adherence technologies or services:
Adherence Technologies
On-Cue
AARDEX, Advanced Analytical Research on Drug Exposure

Bill Davidow met with the fellows this week. I provided some background and opening remarks.
I presented this quote from NY Times article, http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/biztech/articles/25digi.html.