Tag: design

[Steve Jobs’] role isn’t that of a designer, but rather Chief Design Advocate. This means: – he makes it clear that products should be “insanely great” – he recruits a top design team, and protects them from competing goals – he is willing to spend money, adjust technology processes, all for the goal of highly desirable products – he convinces financial analysts, industry pundits, etc. … Continue reading

Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH

Absolutely awesome infographic produced by GE about the actual costs of common chronic diseases at various ages. This is the kind of information you as consumers need in order to understand how to best spend your healthcare dollars. Should you get a high deductible or a traditional plan? Is it better to pay more for a faceless entity to manage my healthcare usage or should … Continue reading

Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH

Urban sprawl is not mindless at all. There is nothing inevitable about its development. Sprawl is the result of zoning laws designed by legislators, low-density buildings designed by developers, marketing strategies designed by ad agencies, tax breaks designed by economists, credit lines designed by banks, geomatics designed by retailers, data-mining software designed by hamburger chains, and automobiles designed by car designers. The interactions between all … Continue reading

Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH
External link to Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability

Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability

smartercities: earlyadaptor: Owen, a staff writer for The New Yorker, makes a convincing case that Manhattan, Hong Kong and large, old European cities are inherently greener than less densely populated places because a higher percentage of their inhabitants walk, bike and use mass transit than drive; they share infrastructure and civic services more efficiently; they live in smaller spaces and use less energy to heat … Continue reading Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability

Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH