I was excited about Obama from before the primaries got started. Now his administration is getting off to a fairly rough start and it will be a true test of the man to see how he deals with it. It seems pretty unfair to me that some folks are already loudly proclaiming their disappointment. Given what’s going on in the economy (and the world), it seems unrealistic to me to expect everything to go smoothly. So I for one am willing to wait a bit to see what kind of course corrections take place...

I was excited about Obama from before the primaries got started. Now his administration is getting off to a fairly rough start and it will be a true test of the man to see how he deals with it. It seems pretty unfair to me that some folks are already loudly proclaiming their disappointment. Given what’s going on in the economy (and the world), it seems unrealistic to me to expect everything to go smoothly. So I for one am willing to wait a bit to see what kind of course corrections take place...

Bijan has a post relating his recent overnight hospital stay to some of the big issues with healthcare today. Bijan rightly complains about how hospitals are a black hole for patient data. The stimulus package (PDF) contains a section 9202 titled “Investment in Health Information Technology” which states:The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall invest in the infrastructure necessary to allow for and promote the electronic exchange and use of health information for each individual in t...

Bijan has a post relating his recent overnight hospital stay to some of the big issues with healthcare today. Bijan rightly complains about how hospitals are a black hole for patient data. The stimulus package (PDF) contains a section 9202 titled “Investment in Health Information Technology” which states:The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall invest in the infrastructure necessary to allow for and promote the electronic exchange and use of health information for each individual in t...

Yesterday I wrote about how it feels to me like the economic crisis is accelerating the transition to the information society. I believe that the government stimulus can play an important part here by investing in networks as the infrastructure for the information society. The two key networks are high speed Internet and the electrical grid (see also Sam Palmisano’s Op Ed piece in today’s Wall Street Journal). Our existing electrical grid is in a dismal state because regulation for many years...

Yesterday I wrote about how it feels to me like the economic crisis is accelerating the transition to the information society. I believe that the government stimulus can play an important part here by investing in networks as the infrastructure for the information society. The two key networks are high speed Internet and the electrical grid (see also Sam Palmisano’s Op Ed piece in today’s Wall Street Journal). Our existing electrical grid is in a dismal state because regulation for many years...