After completing a residency in pediatrics and one in preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins, I started a practice for my neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn in September 2007. People would visit my website; see my Google calendar; choose a time and input their symptoms; my iphone would alert me; I would make a house call; they'd pay me via Paypal; and we'd follow up by email, IM, videochat, or in person.

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  • superamit: caro: Nice. Yep…good work Foursquare. I’ve been checking in at my gym every time I go so I can keep track of what I’ve been doing. Essentially 2 button presses and I’ve documented my workout sessions. I AM the mayor of Maxim Fitness. Anyone up for challenging my mayoral status? And therein lies one major step forward in the fight against getting off my ass. Add some games and competition to getting me off my ass that I can use against my friends in my neighborhood. And then add in some monetary rewards for winning the competition (like a free drink around the corner at Destination? All of this could then be tied in to my insurance company (or maybe even my taxes?) so my premiums go down as a result of my healthy lifestyle? Damn…wouldn’t it be nice living in the future in an ideal world?

    superamit:

    caro:

    Nice.

    Yep…good work Foursquare. I’ve been checking in at my gym every time I go so I can keep track of what I’ve been doing. Essentially 2 button presses and I’ve documented my workout sessions.

    I AM the mayor of Maxim Fitness. Anyone up for challenging my mayoral status?

    And therein lies one major step forward in the fight against getting off my ass. Add some games and competition to getting me off my ass that I can use against my friends in my neighborhood. And then add in some monetary rewards for winning the competition (like a free drink around the corner at Destination? All of this could then be tied in to my insurance company (or maybe even my taxes?) so my premiums go down as a result of my healthy lifestyle?

    Damn…wouldn’t it be nice living in the future in an ideal world?

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    1. rickwebb reblogged this from jayparkinsonmd and added:
      Jay - I know Toby, our CTO, is trying to overtake you for your Mayorship of the Gym! SO DON’T GO SOFT.
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      I had been wondering when this was coming. It seemed like a pretty obvious step (I even included the idea of it in a...
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      I’m still waiting for my mayoral slice at mission pie! foursquare, get on this!
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      Krucoff = punch in the nuts! Btw, this is the round of foursquare promos that we’re explicitly calling attention to....
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      It would be supernice if we could do the same for civil engagement. Get people off their butts and involved. This...
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      Yep…good work Foursquare. I’ve been checking in at my gym every time I go so I can keep track of what I’ve been doing....
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      This is big, like bigger than big. Game-changing, even. (It’s not, but c’mon, have some fun.)
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      Someday, I will be mayor. Someday.
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