by Russ Ward (@russcward)
Can science be crowdsourced? Can medicine take advantage of the knowledge of the masses to leapfrog to advances? Can we use social media tools to cure disease?
These are (increasingly specific) questions about the utility of digitally shared intelligence to improve healthcare – sometimes called “citizen science” (similar to “citizen journalism”). While nobody is [...]
Tags:Communities·crowdsource·crowdsourcing·FoldIt·Health·Health care·health tracking network·healthcare·John Mack·patient·Pharma·Pharmaceutical industry·science·SETI@Home·Trends
As we come to the end of 2011, we also come to the end of our year-long Defining Moments series. Once a month, all this year, we’ve looked back at the biggest events from exactly 12 months prior, and noticed how we can relate what’s been changing our world to what we can do in [...]
Tags:arsenic based life·communication·defining moments·digital strategy·Education·innovation·media·process·research·science·science and medicine·scientific journals·scientific research·technology·year in review
The Defining Moments series looks back at the biggest events of 2010 to see what we can learn from them here at P&P, to work better in our calling, in 2011 and beyond.
By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)
In May 2010, two of the biggest players in one of the biggest and most controversial industries joined forces. United [...]
Tags:airlines·change·competition·continental united·controversy·digital agency·drug discovery·finances·industry·maneuverability·merger·Mutiny Worldwide·network·pipeline·potential·prank·research·resources·savings·science·SoDA·strikes
By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)
Whoa, that’s like…so meta, dude.
A 5-minute walk on any college campus will reveal that “meta” has become the 21st-century version of “groovy.” It’s a word used to describe content that talks about itself – like writing a song about writing a song. That’s deep.
Of course, being self-referential isn’t always a good thing. [...]
Tags:business·capitalism·case studies·conference·drug development·Facebook·failure·friendfeed·learn·media·meta·practical·reputation·science·self-reference·social media·state of pharma·success·the social network·theory·trials·Twitter
By Sven Larsen (@zemoga)
I think it’s a fair claim to say that Pixels & Pills has been to practically every Pharma-healthcare-digital-social-media event since 2009. Our goal, after all, is to deliver thought leadership from the frontlines of technology and new media. What better breeding grounds for this information than conferences that gather together different voices [...]
Tags:breakfast·competition·conference·coverage·Digital Pharma East·event·grant·innovation·presentation·press·science·session·speakers·Thought Leaders·unconference·unNiched
By Russ Ward (@russcward)
Imitation is the best form of flattery. You’ve heard that cliche, right? We’re going to talk about that a little bit today. But it’s actually about more than imitation – we’re going to talk about assimilation, and how you need to be doing it.
When the word [...]
Tags:assimilation·drug·Facebook·HTML·HTML5·research·science·Social network·technology·Twitter
