Monthly Archives: February 2010

What the Oscars teach us about voting

Posted on February 27, 2010 by ben

This year, the voting process for the Oscars has changed. Rather than indicating a single choice as they have done since 1946, members of the Academy will provide a first choice, a second choice, etc.. potentially ranking all 10 nominees … Continue reading →

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For deniability, faking data even the owner can’t prove is fake

Posted on February 26, 2010 by ben

I was speaking with a colleague yesterday about Loopt, the location-based social network, the rise of location-based services and the incredible privacy challenges they present. I heard the Loopt folks give a talk a few months ago, and I was … Continue reading →

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Taxing Human Transactions – Part 1

Posted on February 18, 2010 by ben

The worst part of my job is dealing with the mess of document formats and coding systems in healthcare. The acronym soup is insane: HL7, CCD, CCR, CDA, Green CDA (which I just heard about from John Halamka’s blog but… … Continue reading →

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Buzz Kill

Posted on February 13, 2010 by ben

Everyone is talking about the privacy disaster that was the Google Buzz launch, and oh my goodness it was. I’ve never been so thankful that I don’t use gmail. I’m frankly surprised that they didn’t do a smaller beta first, … Continue reading →

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