Survivorship is Not a Phase | Part III
“As we approach the eighth #PowderedDonutDay, this coming Sunday, Father’s Day, I am beginning to realize that Maureen wants me to architect a new skyline. Her love will permeate every aspect of my blueprints for the future. I am a survivor, and I am no longer afraid.” I wrote...
The People Geography of Healthcare | Human-Centric Thinking (Part 2)
Is it more important to have the right answer or to ask the right question? After the past few weeks interacting with our healthcare system, specifically its oncology components, it has become abundantly clear to me we are asking the wrong questions. A few years ago, at TEDxAustin, I...
What is the Next Mosaic Moment for the Internet?
About a year ago, Susannah Fox “penned” another one her thoughtful posts, this one was about health data, “Thinking critically about Big Data and health care” in response to an article in the New York Times, “Sure Big Data is Great. But So is Intuition.” I drafted a View...
Penang Monthly | Gary Thompson on the Internet’s CLOUD-y Future
On October 12, 2013, CLOUD co-founder, Gary Thompson, had the privilege of starting his TEDx World Tour at TEDxWeldQuay in Penang, Malaysia in tribute to his honored hero and daughter’s classmate, Kethan. Following his talk at the Whiteaway Arcade, Ch’ng Chin Chin from Penang Monthly caught up with Gary...
Trophic Cascades, A Human Ecosystem, TED, Love and Cancer
Before I talk about the trophic cascade, I need to provide a little locational context. I am sitting next to the woman I love. Let me repeat that, I’m sitting next to the woman I love. Unfortunately, we are at Seton Central hospital after some outpatient day surgery. This...
Building the Digital Fabric at the Heart of the Knowledge Navigator
Gary Thompson, is not only the curator of The End of Linearity, but the co-founder of CLOUD, Inc. CLOUD – Consortium for Local Ownership and Use of Data – will be the manifestation of much of the thinking embodied by the End of Linearity. Those posts that relate more...
A View from the CLOUD – Has Communication Really Changed? (Part 2)
There was a wonderful show in the late 1960s and early 1970s called Laugh-In. As a young child at the time, it was my first memory of watching television with my mom and dad. I can’t remember if it was shown on the same night as the Muppet Show,...
Reweaving the Fabric of the Internet
Weaving is an art practiced since ancient times. Fragments of fabric dating to 5000 B.C. mean this art pre-dates the fabrication of papyrus in 3000 B.C. in Egypt. The art of weaving, its cultural and economic ecosystem, and the tremendous volume of innovation over the centuries that stems from...
Set the Default to Open
Nowhere is the end of linearity more important than our individual rights, and Set the Default to Open takes a new look at this issue from both a legal and technology perspective. From the introduction to the article in the forthcoming Texas Review of Law and Politics, Volume 14,...
WIRED | Is Online Privacy a Generational Issue?
By Ken Denmead October 1, 2009 | 9:00 am | Categories: Electronic Geek “It seems like every time I talk to people about privacy, there’s a feeling that younger users of online tools simply don’t care about the issue. Often, I am asked why privacy advocates like CDT push government and industry...