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I presented today at the National Volunteer Health Assoication Conference on User Generated Content so I didn’t have a lot of time to post about it. However Elle Waters tweeted the whole thing so here is quick re-cap of the conference from her. ======================================== listening to talk on muscular dystrophy association online chat rooms, in existence since 2000, wow! way ...

Well, our cancer data/disparities map mashup didn’t make it into the winner column at the NetSquared competition. But 21 other interesting projects did. Congratulations to them. I’ll go pout now.

It’s rather stunning how the perspective on matters can change pretty quickly. Technology Review has an article about how 23andMe has an amazing take on genetic variation: it may be a new basis for common social  identity and, hence, social networking. "I think the idea of social networking has untapped potential," says George Church, a pioneer in genomics at Harvard ...

Enjoy us doing some futuring about Volunteerism at SXSW with our friends from NGS and March of Dimes. Please leave us comments of what you thought. The video is around 45 minutes. Click To Play