Consulting in Mobile Tech / Connected Health / Informatics/ Product Strategy / Business Development. Consider donating blood @RedCross. Views my own, of course.
Ann Arbor & Detroit
Joined October 2012
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Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) retweeted
I was laid off from Twitter today. I was the designer in charge of our new rebranding to X.
I learned so much in my 2.5 weeks at the company but I’m excited to see where I land next.
If you’re hiring a self taught, junior designer please DM me. Graphic design is my passion!
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This tweet, while an obvious joke, was stolen from a different account and edited slightly to appear as if it were the author’s own attempt at humor. The original poster directly addresses the act.
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Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) retweeted
With construction “season” in full swing, sign up to receive road closure notifications at a2gov.org/roads.?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=ap_0yesswxsoj The city also provides road closure notices to WAZE, a free app.
Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) retweeted
“The lesson here is that traffic is not an inalterable and irreducible quantity dictated by nature; it’s actually very dynamic and elastic. People readily change their travel behavior in response to the availability of road capacity.” 💯
@CityObs.
usa.streetsblog.org/2023/06/…
First up…EPA AIRNow washingtonpost.com/technolog…
Most people don’t know much at all about HIPPA, except as a term that broadly refers to an expectation of patient privacy. Amazon is intentionally misleading people using the Business Associate status to dodge the regulation to gather the data. Good work @geoffreyfowler
Amazon has a new low-cost health service called Clinic.
But there's a hidden price: Your privacy.
Before you can sign up, you have to sign away some of your HIPAA protections to Amazon.
You agreed to what?
I investigated @washingtonpost: wapo.st/3nbJ26B
Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) retweeted
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.
Via @StreetsblogUSA
usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/…
FBI warns consumers of malware threat to phones from public charging stations Always carry your own plug. theguardian.com/technology/2…
Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) retweeted
Electric Cars Will Not Save Cities. Bicycles, Trains, Trams and Buses Will. isglobal.org/en/healthisglob…
Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) retweeted
This is infuriating. 😡
Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.
“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”
The inside story 🧵
Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) retweeted
I've spent weeks learning about vision insurance, and my conclusion is the market has 4 core distortions that mess everything up
I went through broker brochures, cut up claims data myself, etc. to get to the bottom of it all - it's a super weird market
outofpocket.health/p/is-visi…
Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) retweeted
100% agree: "underappreciation of the support needed to create and maintain the software that underpins scientific advances could cause stagnation, lead to insufficient maintenance and stifle innovation." @AdamWilsonLab @bjenquist @ecomodeler @ndimhypervol doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-0…
After the first of 5 days without power, my Apple Watch didn’t get charged. I was glad to remember how easily we get along with a sturdy wristwatch. I’ve had this Swiss Railways piece 15 years and it works brilliantly. #applewatch #mondaine
We are in Day 4 of a power outage due to ice and @DTE_Energy being an awful utility. But as we shiver in the cold and dark it’s great to remember we reside in the No. 1 Place to Live in America!!!! Yay!!!! #AnnArbor #ice #blackout #stupidrankings mlive.com/life/2023/02/michi…
Ann Arbor residents without heat, power find relief at warming centers mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/202…
In the middle of a 5-day power outage, and without my ISP, I’ve realized how utterly horrible @TMobile’s network is where I live (and work). WiFi Assist has been doing all the work. @TMobileHelp. Looking at switching asap.
I hate this Google sign-in box that now turns up on every website I visit. Here's how to turn it off. You have to do it in your Google account so the change applies to all of your devices.
It's been out there a while, but just 'found ' me. howtogeek.com/735152/how-to-…
Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) retweeted
If you claim that adding road capacity is a solution, you are part of the problem.
(The fundamental problem of the bottleneck. From page 56 of 'Movement: How to take back our streets and transform our lives': blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pr…)
