In the midst of the health care debate, here's a small story about Dr. Jay Parkinson, a Williamsburg, Brooklyn doctor, whose revolutionary approach is inspiring his colleagues and any of us who use social media.  (Special thanks to Jordana for telling me about this guy.)

 
Dr. Parkinson began his practice in NYC on September 24, 2007:
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A few months ago, SomethingBurning dared my colleague and friend Peter Kay (rocket scientist by day, John Cage/Brian Eno by night) to compose music for the last corner standing of Thomaston State Prison in Maine. Here's a photo I took of the architectural ruins that inspired the challenge…

Peter accepted the challenge and composed this.
Yesterday, [...]

Today I got to hang out with a new hero of mine, Jamie Tworkowski.
You know Jamie, right? He founded TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS, a non-profit movement "dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly [...]

Aging advertising agency blowhard standing in front of the room lecturing how social networking works on the worldwide interweb and how you trick Millennials to care about your brand by getting them to talk about you in concentric circles….
"Thanks, guy," I think to myself, as I sit on my hands to prevent them from [...]