I’ve been using Foursquare for almost two years now, and have amassed nearly 2000 checkins, 40 badges, and (at my peak) nearly 20 mayorships. As a result, Foursquare knows where I’ve been, how often I go out to bars, my favorite restaurants, where I work, and what I do for fun. It knows more about [...]
http://john.mn/2011/09/health-care-meet-foursquar/
HIV rates have increased over 300% in the last 5 years. Syphilis rates have increased 87% in the last year (PDF). The traditional approach to addressing these problems has been to run a media campaign, remind people to use condoms, trace contacts of partners, and maybe hand out a brochure. These are the same approaches [...]
http://john.mn/2011/09/redefining-how-you-have-sex/
One of the three high schools I attended (don’t ask) is apparently jumping on the Web 2.0 bandwagon with the help of the U of Mn. Roosevelt High School is somehow integrating Twitter and other social media websites with their English class to help engage students. Very interesting idea. Perhaps most interesting for me was [...]
http://john.mn/2010/01/high-schoolers-on-twitter/