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Michael Roberts
@michaelwroberts.bsky.social
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Cycling, comics, medtech... yeah, let's start there. For medtech, check out HC.show
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I have a transcript out of Dropbox that was one block of text, with no paragraph breaks and no labeling of who was speaking. I exported it into a text file and uploaded it to Claude, asking the system to make it more legible. It's making it worlds better. So much time saved. #AI #usecase
Love this marketing question from @markwschaefer.bsky.social :

“How do we break through the info-obesity of the modern world?”

— Audacious: How Humans Win in an AI Marketing World by Mark Schaefer
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I should have done a better job promoting this, but tomorrow at Noon ET (9 AM PT) we're going to be doing an #HITsm chat here on Bluesky.

Details: www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/01/17/f...

If you can help us reach out to the various health IT poeple you know, that would be appreciated. #ViVE2025
First #HITsm Bluesky Chat - ViVE 2025 Conference Preview
The #HITsm chat is back!  Well kind of anyway.  We thought it would be fun to bring the healthcare IT social media community together again on Bluesky this ti
www.healthcareittoday.com
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hey remember that time Vangelis -- the synthesizer pioneer who did the soundtrack for Blade Runner ...

... recorded hours of music to be played during surgeries?

so the surgeons could just, like, chill out?

Item #2 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free here: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
I am hearing similar issues in #medtech. Very difficult for early stage startups to find funding anywhere.
I’m disappointed to see that #grannyflex isn’t trending on BSky
My new use case for AI tools like Perplexity & ChatGPT... correcting AI-generated podcast transcripts with surgeons.

SO many branded and technical terms
Yay that someone is helping out.

Yikes that this is the state of healthcare.

"We are leveling the playing field in the AI arms race between payers and providers."
Alyssa Huffman predicts that more physicians will drive key changes in the coming years. With frustrations building over the current industry norms, physicians may be the key to addressing unmet needs in the market.
#medtech
Trying to build a connection between a few applications using Replit... realizing that the much-more-mature-than-expected Zapier might be the right answer for what I'm trying to do.
Did you say “call-lee-flower”?!
I’m inordinately excited about a new spice rack in the back of our pantry door. Everything is alphabetized, and all is right with the world.
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Here's an uncommon view in medtech: the product is the third most important thing in the surgery.

The first two?
1. The surgeon
2. The patient

Makes sense, but this big dose of humility isn't the current standard by any means.
My view for part of the morning.

I don’t think it’s really fair to call what I did mountain biking, but I feel safe calling it trail riding.
One of my favorite conversations this year: companies that try to appeal to everyone cannot resonate.

The companies that pick a narrower audience and really work to solve their problems are the ones that can be useful.
Hugs, Jim.

How special to share this big moment with your dad.

I pray you get some time to be still in the midst of all this.
Congratulations! That’s so awesome
I don't remember subscribing to any of these newsletters I'm starting to receive. I don't even have an account there that I'm aware of.
Anyone else suddenly getting bombed with beehiiv-powered newsletters?

Spam by newsletter is no fun.
Hosted a podcast episode today where the two guests were legitimate fans of one another: one a startup CEO and the other a startup board member who advises several companies.

It was a really fun dynamic. Two leaders bringing their respective strengths to bear.
Remember how Zoom shot up to become THE way people do online meetings?

I was on a Zoom call yesterday, and the person on the other end was really struggling. She only uses Teams and was really having trouble adapting.

Market dominance is such a fickle thing.
There’s a long way to go, but it’s cool to see companies actively moving in this direction.