Fix health care by keeping records private

By rickColosimo / February 17, 2009 / Comments Off on Fix health care by keeping records private

The President’s new healthcare record digitization plan is fraught with good intentions. Making healthcare records easier to exchange, analyze, cross-reference, maintain, and update. No one seriously doubts that particular issue. However, there are serious problems with the President’s plan that show the intrusion of big-government thinking over individual freedom. There is no reason why the…

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Why I work to prototype ideas – C2B

By rickColosimo / February 9, 2009 /

A recent NYT Bits post describes Genius Rocket, a website that fits my early recognition of C2B (customer to business) business models as a likely future for the Internet. The first incarnation of thoughtstorm.com was for a business that, in modern terms, facilitated the crowdsourcing of advertising ideas for companies and ad agencies looking for…

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Zero-based exercise – stand on the subway

By rickColosimo / February 7, 2009 /

The next zero-based exercise tip takes no time and close to no effort. When riding the subway or a bus for a reasonable distance, stand rather than sit. Our bodies use 17% (I’ll find a reference soon) more calories standing rather than sitting. That may not be a lot, but for zero effort, it’s great!…

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Zero-based exercise/diet tip series

By rickColosimo / February 7, 2009 / Comments Off on Zero-based exercise/diet tip series

The zero-time exercise series is a set of short tips on ways to exercise or diet that either cost nothing or take no time. The first tip reflects something I’ve seen only in New York City, and not in any other city in the US or elsewhere: walking up escalators. Sure, walking up the escalator…

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