Month: April 2012

Took My Kid To Work

Steve & Neil at Cerner

Almost forgot to take a picture of us together! I got this as we were leaving and I’m impressed with myself with how good it came out. First shot, self-portrait!

Blogsy? What kind of a name is that?

Blogsy

When I set up my blog to use my personal WordPress installation, I did a lot of experimentation to see what the best way was to post from my iPhone and iPad. I ended up simply using the WordPress app for really quick posts on my iPhone and I just use the web interface on my iPad. Seems to work fine.

But somewhere in that experimenting I bought an iPad app called Blogsy. It has a bit of a learning curve, but also has some very nice features. The developer keeps improving it, so I thought it was time to give it another try. Here I am using it to do a post.

It works pretty well. The main problem I had before was with how it handled picture sizing, but I think I may have just been too picky. It has a web browser built in, making it super simple to drop in pictures and links. You can edit in either rich text form, dragging pictures around as desired, or switch to straight HTML.

It’s certainly the best thing I’ve seen on the iPad. Recommended.

 

Hey, I Work For That Guy


This weeks Forbes cover story is all about the company I work for and our CEO, Neal Patterson. Nifty. (I’m not sure how long that link will work.)

I’ve been with Cerner for nearly 20 years (even through the infamous parking lot memo talked about in the article) and I love it. I feel that we’re working on things that are actually useful for humanity, and that’s refreshing.

Towards the end of the article you’ll see this:

A new type of patient record is quickly and automatically searchable, even if the data go back decades.

That’s a reference to something that started with the little 5-person team I work on.