A bit corporate and simplified, but you weren’t expecting tear-downs and spectrum plots now were you? There are never too many ways to tell a good story…

Vienna VA.

Welcome to Virginia. 77 in a 65. Lame asses.

Roadwork in Georgia on I-95 is peculiar. There is nothing in sight yet they are expanding to four lanes in each direction. Maybe makes for a better fireline for the next Sherman event.

Jetblue out of JFK beats the hell out of Newark. I am at Newark.

Google Health

bijan:

I just set up my profile on Google Health.

I added my basic vitals (birthdate, weight, height) plus the date of my recent flu shot, my allergies as well as past surgeries.

I shared my profile with my wife so she now has full access.

A few weeks ago I had a routine physical including blood tests to check on my cholesterol. I still don’t have the results. It’s on my todo list to call my doctors office to get the data but thats a hassle.

I wish there was an easy & automatic way to get that data into my profile.

As I’ve said before, the family tree is missing medical history. And while it’s easy to complain about the current antiquated paper based medical records system, it’s exciting to consider where things like Google Health and other web based services are taking us.

In the future my kids (and their kids) will be able to see my medical history. It will help us stay informed.  It will help us make better decisions. As patients we will connect with others going through same issues. We can connect each other to new studies, new research, new data.

Powerful stuff to think about .

What else becomes possible once our data is available?

New York City Is Rocking For Startups!

continuations:

Here is just a small sampling of all the awesome events that took place in NY City this week (I realize I should have posted this at the beginning of the week).  Just to name a few, there was Web 2.0 Expo, the net neutrality debate on Tuesday night and New York Entrepreneur Week.   There was also the UK digital mission to New York and I am sure many others that I am forgetting or did not know about.

Last week saw the announcement of Founders Collective, a great addition to the seed funding available in New York City.  Over the last two weeks I have had meetings with some awesome folks coming out of Google and either looking for startups to join or getting ready to start their own.  Also over the last month, several of our portfolio companies have had great success recruiting from the West Coast, including tech talent (something that seemed highly unlikely a few years ago).  These are both examples of what I refer to as Google’s gift to New York.

So when I recently heard from a friend in London that he was thinking about going to the West Coast to look for startups to join there, my first reaction was to point him to New York instead.  I am really excited about everything that’s happening in the city!

P.S. If you are still looking to catch an event, I will be on a panel at 10:30am this morning with Howard Morgan, Anthony Marino and Jim Robinson at Columbia University’s Havemeyer Hall, Room 309