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Sunday, April 27, 2008 7:38 AM

King of the Road

My Dad was a big runner for most of his adult life. When I was pretty small, I stood at the Boston Marathon finish line watching him come into sight -- he had this wobbly-armed gait that was unmistakable even from a huge distance. These days his knees
Posted by seannol | 1 Comments
Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:16 AM

Totally Wicked

Having lived away from Boston now for about twenty years, I've slowly lost most of my Boston habits. I signal when I change lanes, and even caught myself calling Fluff "marshmallow creme" the other day. But the one thing I've never shaken is an affinity
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 7:34 AM

And Now for a Little Usability

It took a lot of people coordinating a whole bunch of different efforts to get the first release of HealthVault out the door. On top of the core platform, we were creating an SDK and developer experience, integrating with the LiveID system, building a
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:20 AM

You let marketing host your blog?

OK, this is not my shining moment. But yes, when we set up Family Health Guy, the HealthVault marketing team offered to get it going, and I was kind of busy. So everything got put together and I happily posted away for a couple of months ... until this
Posted by seannol | 0 Comments
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:48 AM

Springtime in Seattle: check out the 2008 HealthVault Solutions Conference!

Way back when I was a Microsoft intern working on a precursor to the Jet database engine , my then-girlfriend-now-wife came out from Florida to visit for a few days. This was a big deal as I was hoping to convince her that Washington would be an "awesome"
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:47 AM

My New Playground

I'm proud to say that quite a bit of the HealthVault codebase still traces its roots back to the stuff that Johnson, Jeff and I wrote back in early 2006. But the truth is, that's less and less the case every day (at least for me -- Johnson and in particular
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:42 AM

All Three Things

Have I mentioned that we've got a lot going on over here? So... well, we could really use some help getting it all done. Eric beat me to the punch with his recruiting post , but I thought I would follow with some thoughts of my own as well. One of my
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:33 AM

Sharing data using HealthVault

There are always folks out there ready to beat up on Microsoft -- and sometimes it's well-deserved. But not always -- Fred Trotter in his most recent post makes some claims about HealthVault that are simply incorrect, so I wanted to spend a few minutes
Posted by seannol | 0 Comments
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:27 AM

Everybody Loves Devices

One of the real strengths of HealthVault is the seamless connectivity that we have with personal monitoring devices. Using the HealthVault Connection Center , I can sit down at my desk, put my arm in the cuff of my Omron blood pressure monitor , wait
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Monday, April 14, 2008 9:00 PM

Welcome to HIMSS

Well, here we are in Orlando and things are a-hoppin'. The sheer size of this conference is unbelievable to me -- the Microsoft booth is about as big as my house. It's a pretty surreal atmosphere as everybody tries to sell everything to everybody else.
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Monday, April 14, 2008 8:54 PM

Opening up the Vault

I've been looking forward to writing this entry for quite awhile. We have been frankly thrilled by the reception that HealthVault has enjoyed since our launch just a few months ago. We've taken a few legitimate lumps over "v1" usability issues (fixes
Posted by seannol | 5 Comments
Monday, April 14, 2008 8:47 PM

Momentum: Connectivity and "Direct-to-Clinical"

Data connectivity is key to HealthVault's ultimate success. Before people can do great things with consolidated health information, they have to have consolidated health information. Many great consumer-focused efforts in health fail -- not because they
Posted by seannol | 2 Comments
Monday, April 14, 2008 8:15 PM

Getting Started

First off, who am I, and what am I doing here. My name is Sean. I'm thirty-eight years old, weigh more than I should, have a remarkable family, try to visit Disney theme parks at least twice a year, tend to vote Libertarian, and cried (just a little)
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