Richard Chennault
Today’s activities are: 1. Enjoy a good Dim Sum lunch at Golden Island in Milpitas. 2. Stop by Costco to pick up some vitamins. 3. Stop by ToysRus for some buy one get on free action on Leapster cartridges. 4. Stop by the Nishihiras for some free cookies. 5. Sort out the donation pile for … Read More “Daily Blog Sunday Dec 28, 2008” »
It is Halloween, it is rainy and I’m sick. Thanks to a change of season and some unnecessary stress at work I’m now sick with a cold. Hopefully it is minor and I can get back to my cheery self soon. One thing I won’t be doing is calling into any health related telephone numbers.
It appears that a true user centered identity management solution for the healthcare market is on the cusp of reality. In June Microsoft with little fan fair incorporated OpenID into the PHR HealthVault. A health care company and Microsoft recently demonstrated (or at least attempted) their joint collaboration of PHR/EMR interoperability between the electronic medical … Read More “OpenID, Microsoft and health care” »
I was having a random conversation today where one conversationalist complained that TV today lacked the family wholesomeness of yore. I thought about it for all of two seconds and quickly disagreed. Lets take a closer look at some of those old shows. First up the Partridge Family. Now who wouldn’t admire the gumption of … Read More “TV ain't what it used to be…” »
I am off to the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco tomorrow. Lucky for me I live in the area and I will be taking Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to the event. I’ve finally finsihed a paper at work about Web 2.0 and I’m interested to see if my opinions and conclusions remain the … Read More “Web 2.0 or bust” »
I must confess a bit of emotionalism when I posted the entry about fighting the Wikipedia editorial cartel. For some absurd reason I had invested a lot of emotional energy into a rather small Wikipedia edit. I think my expectation were different than what I encountered. After calming down a bit and making another attempt … Read More “Editorializing about the Wikipedia Cartel” »
I just finished leading my second tour of the facility. It was a small group of information technology folks and thus there were fewer questions. This place is quite amazing and I even learn new things as I give the tours. It is thrilling to be a part of corporation that is driven by optimism … Read More “Touring the innovation center” »
I was the first person to work today.  I know for many people that is not a blog worthy post. But when you work for a company of 160,000 or so employees you get used to someone being at ‘work’ before you and after you. You are really never alone even if all you … Read More “First to Work” »
Things to blog about: 1. Why the poster for reporting corporate fraud depict a twenty something blue-collar worker stealing toilet paper vs. a sixty something white collar executive flying to Aruba to learn new management techniques. 2. Social Media in the regulated corporation: The truth no one wants to address. 3. What ever happened to … Read More “Before I forget” »
I began my ordeal all for the want of the use of five minus read and write digital versatile disc (DVD-RW). You must understand I am not preternaturally obsessed with minimalism as is my enlighten sonofapigfarmer friend Lance. I am however heavily influenced by his and my wife’s own desire to conserve. But … Read More “Linux log part duex” »