Thursday, May 29, 2008

Is This a Can of Sardines, Or a Motorized Rickshaw? - WSJ.com

Is This a Can of Sardines, Or a Motorized Rickshaw? - WSJ.com: "YDERABAD, India -- Mohammed Usman used to cram as many people as possible into his motorized rickshaw -- up to eight adults, twice the legal limit.

But not anymore. 'If I put more than one extra person, I know I'll get a ticket,' he says. 'The risk is too high.'

Tiny, tinny three-wheel taxis, known as autorickshaws, are ubiquitous in South Asia. They are nimble, cheap and popular: A ride costs just pennies."

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Google Helps Organize Medical Records - WSJ.com

Google Helps Organize Medical Records - WSJ.com: "Google Inc. unveiled its health service, which allows consumers to manage their medical records and receive health advice online.

The new service lets users create an electronic health profile by pulling together medical records imported from organizations such as pharmacies and lab testing companies. Users also can enter some information themselves. They can then elect to share that information with their doctors and other providers and use a range of online tools to do things such as track the risk of a heart attack or connect to a specialist for a second opinion."

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Monday, May 12, 2008

From Wikinomics to Government 2.0

Information Age - WSJ.com: "You don't need to have a Facebook account, or to have edited a Wikipedia entry, to understand that the Web is in another highly disruptive period. Online tools under the rubric Web 2.0 are changing how information flows, with social networks letting people communicate directly with one another. This is reversing the top-down, one-way approach to communications that began with Gutenberg, challenging everything from how bosses try to manage to how consumers make or break products with instant mass feedback"