Inaugural address for the “What’s the Big Idea?” lecture series, at the Bundeena Bowls Club in Bundeena, a small community (pop. 3500) just south of Sydney in Royal National Park.
Thanks Mark. Enjoyed your talk at the Bundeena Bowlo last night.
Particularly interested in your mention of patientslikeyou website – as I have a daughter who has been diagnosed with coeliac disease. When searching for diagnosis I visited several doctors who were unable to diagnose her condition. My family doctor had only ever seen one other case in 30 years and misdiagnosed and mistreated her several times. The power of sharing using web (including sites like patientslikeyou) facilitates the sharing of information about symptoms / treatments etc directly from sufferers of similar conditions – a great resource! Thanks for visiting Bundeena!
[...] are being put into one great online digital blender. As Mark Pesce says during his presentation on The Power of Sharing, the only thing that a network can do is share (and it’s happening in ALL [...]
June 10th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Thanks Mark. Enjoyed your talk at the Bundeena Bowlo last night.
Particularly interested in your mention of patientslikeyou website – as I have a daughter who has been diagnosed with coeliac disease. When searching for diagnosis I visited several doctors who were unable to diagnose her condition. My family doctor had only ever seen one other case in 30 years and misdiagnosed and mistreated her several times. The power of sharing using web (including sites like patientslikeyou) facilitates the sharing of information about symptoms / treatments etc directly from sufferers of similar conditions – a great resource! Thanks for visiting Bundeena!
June 11th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
[...] are being put into one great online digital blender. As Mark Pesce says during his presentation on The Power of Sharing, the only thing that a network can do is share (and it’s happening in ALL [...]
August 26th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Very interesting information about the basis upon which human being share.
Nice work.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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