A question frequently asked about blogging is: How do you write a successful blog? At the NVHA Innovations Conference we heard over and over similar recommendations. A good blog is: Unfiltered by editorial oversight Honest Open to comments Has personality Is written with passion. I think Stowe Boyd has put the best phrase on the essence of blogging: True Voice. ...

Like sighting certain migratory birds, a sure sign of spring is the first appearance in Snow Park (near the California Division Office) during the lunch hour of denizens from the adjacent office towers to prostrate themselves in the sun. Pallid people unroll their blankets and fiber mats and begin the process of changing their skin tone from that of a ...

Excerpts from Technology Review: In one unusual form of biological attack, researchers are engineering viruses to seek and destroy the cells that run amok in cancer patients. After more than 10 years of lab work, researchers in the field of oncolytic therapy have reached a sort of critical mass, deploying their designer viruses in a number of human trials.

Stowe Boyd has got just the thing for us would-be bloggers: a T-shirt. (Wasn’t it inevitable?) He’s testing the market for a shirt for those with True Voices. Would you rather wear a T-shirt that says "will blog for food" that looks like it was scrawled on cardboard by a homeless guy or one penned by a draftsman? I voted ...