Jen McCabe Gorman

Someone should do an Old Spice "I'm an entrepreneur" spoof. Chris Sacca, consider yourself hereby nominated... Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

Patients who take advantage of secure patient-physician email options offered by their doctor are more likely to experience healthy outcomes, according to a recent study published in the journal Health Affairs. In a study of their own electronic health records system, Kaiser Permanente researchers found that patients suffering from diabetes and hypertension who emailed their doctors had higher quality of care scores than those who do not use such technology. A similar study, published simultaneously in Health Affairs, found that primary-care physicians must improve their communication skills in order to deliver "patient-centered care." Read more: Patients who email their doctors are healthier, Kaiser study finds - FierceHealthIT http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story... Subscribe: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/signup......... - Jen McCabe Gorman

Note to guammies: do these on a springy gym mat. My nostrils kissed the floor more than a couple times. Sent from my iPhone See and download the full gallery on posterous Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

Click here to download: IMG_8106.MOV (2979 KB) If you don't use your own app on a regular basis, who the heck are you building for? Try something new today. Something small. How long has it been since you did a somersault? Touched your toes?Walked barefoot in fresh early- summer grass? Move. Today. Your body will thank you. So will I. Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

via pbfcomics.com Note to self: Reconceptualize the mundane. Each microcosmic moment of life can feel like an adventure. Now excuse me, off to figure out how to make a shower fun... Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

Click here to download: IMG_0026.MOV (8266 KB) It was a long day, after we pulled an all-nighter. What can I say ;).  Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

Thanks to the DotCloud and Padmapper boyz for joining Team Contagion, plus the founder of Subtle Influence and Limedaring.com, for this awesome summer repast. Good food, good fun, good friends and founder talk. So grateful to be exactly where I am, doing exactly what I'm doing. I'll feed you guys anytime ;). Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

The online users are connected to each other via links of trust and utilize the features of the OSN to interact and communicate in an easy socio-technical way. Hence these virtual networks of social relationships have a high potential for influential decision-making and the word of mouth spread of information, but also for spreading fads, rumors, and erroneous information. The power of these new forms of social networks is also recognized by service providers, marketers and vendors of consumer goods. They would all like to (mis)use these existing communication channels to spread product placements, advertising and promotions directly to the connected users. However, just like the old economy businesses, not all attempted marketing initiatives are successful. Most of them fail or do not reach the desired audience. via papers.ssrn.com SSRN-Spontaneous Diffusion of Information in Online Social Networks by Chris Russ. Read it here:... - Jen McCabe Gorman

via 20x200.com Perfect summary of how Get Up and Move works. Art at www.20x200.com. This print by Austin Kleon. Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

You and your cofounder show up at Stanford, buy a bike from a Craigslist post, stuff it in the trunk, realize you have no string, and "borrow" tape from a kid who is moving out to-literally-tape the trunk shut like a giant present. Sent from my iPhone Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

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She was *not* happy with being my partner at the Strolling of the Heifers. Maybe it was the ears... Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

Setting up for live #getupandmoves onsite, Brattleboro, VT. Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

The spot from which many good things will originate this summer.... New team Contagion live/work space. Desk is a stainless steel impenetrable fortress of happiness and motivation. Gift to myself, courtesy of Craigslist and a great couple with excellent taste who are moving back to Sweden. They carried the desk up two flights of stairs and wished us well with Get Up and Move. Thanks Eugenie-we'll make you proud ;) Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

But Foursquare’s deal with Starbucks points to an inconvenient truth about scaling a check-in service: for check-ins to have real value, they need to be incentivised. And real incentives come through partnerships laboriously hashed out by a strong biz dev team. That means it’s going to take more than snappy engineers, pretty badges, or even tons of users, for a company to win the war for check-ins. It’s going to take a strong salesforce that can offer users lots and lots of coupons and making checking-in worth their while. via blogs.ft.com From: "Foursquare keeps up the buzz | Tech Blog | FT.com." The irony of a scalable, viral social app that requires an enterprise team to close revenue is thoroughly enjoyable to anyone who's lived/worked through a Valley startup and heard echoing down the corridors of Sand Hill Road: "Yeah, but will it scale?" or "Don't worry about revenue, just get users." I'm looking forward to the day when startups (some, not all, the old early 2000's model of... - Jen McCabe Gorman

The road less traveled, off Ravensbury, high in the Los Altos hills. Have you moved today? Sent from my iPhone Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman

Because as Lee explains, the "check-in" is going to be a commodity in a matter of months -- everyone will have a "check-in" feature, ranging from the likes of Foursquare to Facebook and Google. It's what happens after the check-in that is going to be valuable, Lee says, and he and Booyah plan to use location data specifically to make games. via sfgate.com From: "Booyah! Foursquare Rival Raises Huge $20 Million Round From Accel (AAPL)." Geolocation and personal identification combined = 'here I am,' or a 'check in' format. However, if you're a Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite, or MyTown user, you may have found that after the honeymoon period of seeing yourself show up on a map or leaderboard wears off, there's little incentive to continue broadcasting your location. Also, constant check-ins, like constant micro-blog updates via Twitter, may serve to highlight for some of us the banality of our everyday routines. How can the places we go become a game? An asset? How can a list of the... - Jen McCabe Gorman

Eating our own #getupandmove dog food, post-dinner at Cracker Barrel. 11:16pm. 15 mins down the hatch. Permalink | Leave a comment  » - Jen McCabe Gorman