If you don’t know Joyce Lee, you should. She’s a curator, design thinker and a firecracker thinker. And she starts things. This weekend she is birthing a brilliant event called the We Make Health Fest. We Make Health Fest is a maker faire celebration dedicated to health. Joyce has assembled grassroots makers who embrace the democratization of design. Centered at ... Continue Reading about We Make Health Fest
How Twitter has Changed
On a recent Stanford MedX Google Hangout I was asked how Twitter had changed since I began using it in 2008. Initially it was relatively private and consisted of a patchwork of organic microconversations for those who chose to sign on. It seemed to be more conversation than curation and sharing. It felt edgy and raw in terms of subject matter. The only people ... Continue Reading about How Twitter has Changed
ReelDx – Video Learning for the Digital Age
We’re excited to have ReelDx as a sponsor of 33 charts. I remember as a pediatric resident studying the famed Zitelli Atlas of Pediatric Diagnosis to understand how disease looked. Rashes and physical findings were best understood visually. We still learn by seeing. But what we look at has evolved. New, networked media represent the next iteration of the ... Continue Reading about ReelDx – Video Learning for the Digital Age
Mama Doc Medicine – The Unpackaging
It's here. Mama Doc Medicine: Finding Calm and Confidence in Parenting, Child Health, and Work-Life Balance by the incomparable Wendy Sue Swanson. I captured the unpacking of my pre-release copy so that you could see it in the wild. Get yours March 4th. But a word to the wise....pre-orders are apparently going very fast. Go now and get your copy here. Full ... Continue Reading about Mama Doc Medicine – The Unpackaging
Will CVS Stop Selling Potato Chips and Soda?
What’s more interesting than the CVS decision to halt tobacco sales is the social chatter holding CVS up as a champion of better living. But to be a health organization, it takes a broader position than the proscription of cigarettes. Wander the aisles of CVS and see how their nutritional offerings fit within the framework of an organization pitching health. I ... Continue Reading about Will CVS Stop Selling Potato Chips and Soda?
33 shift
33 charts will be undergoing a major facelift in the second quarter of 2014. Look for a shift in content, a compelling interface, a more focused/functional design, and a fresh affiliation. It’s part of a move in my public presence. It's time to turn it up. While I’d like to believe that the identity and brand of 33c is driven by what I make, it’s all about what ... Continue Reading about 33 shift