A Health Wake-Up Call How my father's heart surgery changed my perspective on health The simple act that might have prevented my father's heart surgery How This Experience Changed Me I played some basketball in school, but once I got into the corporate world, exercise—like a lot of things—took a back seat. Today I got scared straight, let me tell you. The Toll of Medical Crises My dad is doing well, but he had one...
Someone will tell me their symptoms and I will come back after 2 minutes and tell them what my diagnosis is for them. I went to a doctor here in the Bay Area a few years ago at a local clinic, but before I did, I made sure to Google and Yelp for reviews. He then sat down and asked if he minded if he drank a 5-Hour Energy and then pounded it right in...
Unearthing web files from 1997 on forgotten floppy disks I finally decided to throw out all my old floppy disks after cleaning out a closet last weekend. Before I threw them out, I had to go through them all to see if there were still any files left on the disks. To my surprise, there were still a few files I found which was like going back in time. A web hosting research page from...
CMMA E-Visions Newsletter | Summer 2012 Building connections across Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials Our Social Platform Initiative At work, we are building out an internal social application that combines some of the best features of Quora/Stack Overflow/Yahoo Answers (Q&A), Twitter/Facebook (Microblogging), and Bit.ly (link analytics). The thought process behind building the platform is to provide an online community for employees to connect, learn, and grow. The Push vs. Pull Communication Challenge The...
Lessons from Bruce Lee on How Communication Should Flow I have always enjoyed being around the ocean, especially in warm locations. If you do a search on my site for "beach" you will see pictures of a very happy Jeremy. OK, so before I bore you with how much I love the ocean, I have to get to the point of this post. Communication is how I have made my living for almost half my...
How Apple's co-founder revolutionized our understanding of what design really means Steve Jobs examining a product with his characteristic intensity and attention to detail In a world obsessed with aesthetics, Steve Jobs stood apart with a more profound understanding of design. The Apple co-founder and visionary didn't just create beautiful products – he fundamentally reimagined what design meant in the context of technology and consumer experiences. Jobs, in an interview with Rob Walker for a...