There is some confusion. I cannot change my written testimony. I am -not- going to read what I wrote. my spoken testimony will be very different.
If you comment -on my blog- not here, then I will refer to you comments in my talk. Everything posted by mail is useless to me. Please post to my blog. -ft On Tuesday, April 28, 2009, Adamson, Alesha <alesha.adam...@misys.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Fred, > > 1st - break a leg. > > 2nd - please forgive the terseness; I'm multi-tasking. > > 3rd - these are my opinions and thoughts, no one else or anything else is > responsible for them. I am assuming your audience is not technical, are in > fact beauracrats, and want to understand your perspective. > > - there is a lot of Jargon. Need to define: GPL, Underground Railroad, Best > in Klas. > - explaining the word Hacker and Hacktivist is like me trying to "fix" the > use of the word "lady". Hacker got screwed down in the last century, this is > not the time to try and fix it, leave more time for questions. Hacker is a > word that scares a lot of people. Does the value of this part of the > discussion outweigh the potential benefit? > - when you describe technologies "I love web 2.0 ..." and mentioning SQL/OOP; > my experience is that this type of talk alienates my non-tech audience and > causes some to think I am hiding behind my profession. Others just dismiss me > for being out of touch. You can say the same thing wothout the Jargon. > _ when you start talking about "specs" spell it out "requirements > specifications." Do not assume they know SDLC. > _the first paragraph in the clearhealth mirrormed section is totally > confusing to me. Do not assume they know that a code base can be shared, do > not assume they know what "code base" means. > - when you call out sage and assert their market share would be improved with > GPL, you are speculating. Your sage callout may generally be misplaced and > this may not be the right time for it. > -you mention the modern hcare article but do not say what was in it. You jump > right into attcking the author. > - re/consider pointing and calling people "beauracrat". You are there to > influence beauracrats a.k.a. People who will vote on/define legislation > - by saying the only people worth listening to are U.Railroad card holders > you do two things: 1. Minimize your value as a self identified novice 2. > Suggest only a handful of people get it, that the next generation is > un-teachable, the humans cannot evolve, or add value, and so on > - phrases like "babbling about" are derisive, maybe that's what you want to > express? > - you do a drive-by on Mumps, does it have value in this way? More time for > questions? Or explain the Mumps question. > > I wish I had the time to be more involved - I certainly have more thoughts. I > do not intend to play arm-chair testifier :) I am wishing you clarity, > conciseness, and efficacy! > > .alesha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: open-ehealth-collaborat...@googlegroups.com > <open-ehealth-collaborat...@googlegroups.com> > To: openhealth@yahoogroups.com <openhealth@yahoogroups.com>; > hardh...@googlegroups.com <hardh...@googlegroups.com>; > open-ehealth-collaborat...@googlegroups.com > <open-ehealth-collaborat...@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tue Apr 28 10:05:53 2009 > Subject: Meaningful use testimony is up > > > Well I am here in Washington D.C. Waiting to testify this afternoon. > > I have stayed up all night rewriting my testimony. I have not > practiced my talk enough but I have already posted my written > testimony on fredtrotter.com > > I consider you my constituents here if you are not satisfied with my > testimony post something to my blog and I will try to approve anything > reasonable before my testimony. 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