Google Wave is Making Waves!

Posted on August 26th, 2009

I was reading my eWeek this week and I read an article for a new product from Google called Google Wave.

After reading the article, I was confused.  What was it supposed to do?  It looked like an email system with extra features.

After sitting through the demo, I finally got the concept.  Google Wave is a new service that blends email, instant messaging, file sharing, and software collaboration into one giant messaging center.

In other words, this is Google’s vision of what collaboration should look like in 2009.  And I must say, im pleasantly impressed.  From a single application, all of your daily communication tools are combined into conversations called “waves”.  You can even have your own “wave” server because Google has made the technology open-sourced.

I believe this will be the future of collaboration as we know it.

Google Wave Screenshot

Google Wave Screenshot

Beagleboard – Initial Impression

Posted on January 31st, 2009

I was using StumbledUpon today and came across a FANTASTIC website today; Beagleboard.org!!  Everyone that knows me knows that I am a technology junkie and this product is right up my alley!

The Beagle Board is an ultra small, linux project board for the low low price of $149.99.  A fantastic deal.  Furthermore, there is a companion product that features a tiny video projector.  Both products can be purchased from Digi-Key!

I will be posting followup articles on these products as I receive them.

Use of Patient Focused Social Networks

Posted on November 30th, 2008

As many of you may or may not know, one of my long term interests for many years has been to write a software application that will allow patients to manage their own healthcare record. The product to do so has been namely called, PatientAssist.

Today, I was reading an article on Manhattan Research, which concluded that more than 60 million Americans are using Health 2.0 type applications. For myself, this is absolutely perfect timing. With the new healthcare agenda for President Elect Obama, and general social trends, I feel that this is a great opportunity to release PatientAssist formally to my readers. Its ability to allow patients to communicate to several outlets makes it a truly innovative platform. Ill be posting more information here as well as the PatientAssist website.

Assisting Entrepreneurs to become Real Executives

Posted on May 31st, 2008

As im sure many entreprenuers would attest to, starting a business is much like life in general. You must “grow up” and you learn best from your own experiences and the experiences of others. As you may have read in my previous post on the importance of a good mentor, often good mentors are hard to find and looking for that needle in the haystack is often very time consuming.

There are many websites that help the young business professional gain exposure, such as LinkedIn, and many others. However, where would a young professional go to gain valuable knowledge and and share that knowledge with others? This need has led me to create StartUp Endeavors.

The concept behind StartUp Endeavors.com is to provide entrepreneurs their own personal portal designed to harnest information from multiple sources and place them on one easy to use platform. Its more than just a forum, its more than just another bloggers website; its a place where entrepreneurs get things done.

Multi-Touch Screen Interfaces

Posted on March 9th, 2008

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk politics with a group of colleagues. We were watching one of the 2008 Caucuses on CNN when I noticed something that intrigued me. No, it wasnt the debate over who would come out of the primaries or whether Democratic or Republican views would ultimately prevail. Nope, as a techie, it was the multi-touch screens that were being used by the CNN analysts. Referred to as the “magic wall”, this system allowed the analysts to interact with oversized screen in similar fashion to the users of the iPhone. Check it out below:

So this set me out to find a way for me to have my own “magic wall”. Technology like this, particularly in my line of work, would allow for more powerful presentations and brainstorming sessions. The technology that powered the magic wall came from Jeff Han at Perspective Pixels. There is also use of this technology by a company called Smart Technologies, makers of the SmartBoard. And of course, not to be outdone, Microsoft and its Surface product. However, even with all of these choices, I sought a more cost-effective solution. That was when I came across the Wii Whiteboard Project. For the low cost of programming time and a Wii Remote, I could have nearly the same results as with the other multi-touch product offerings!In an upcoming post, ill showcase a video of my use of the Wii Whiteboard as well as some of the projects and sourcecode used during my trials. Until then, please have a look at the project from Johnny Lee.

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