Gregory Schmidt, MD

Ep 13. Elon Musk's leaked internal e-mails collected into one place. This post summarizes the leadership and management themes in the emails.

See the original article for the full email collection

Original Article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/the-musk-emails-major-themes

Ep 12. iPhone offers different camera modes. Users should be able to customize this sequence.

Original Article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/customize-iphone-camera-modes

YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/LZfjJ-gpp84

Ep 11. Will participation in full genome sequencing become unavoidable and mandatory?

Full article http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/mandatory-participation-genome-sequencing

Social media started as an 'optional activity' or luxury, but is participation in social media becoming mandatory. How long will genomic sequencing remain an 'optional' technology?

Part 1: reviews US Gov't proposal to collect social media profiles of VISA applicants.

Original Article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/mandatory-social-media

A red 'record' light means the camera is on. But on Lenovo's monitors it means the camera is off.

Original article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/record-light-mixup

Everyone knows that buying in bulk is cheaper. So why did my friend's client insist last week that they will pay more to purchase higher volumes of the product/service? Shouldn't it be the other way?

In this atypical contract the buyer pays MORE for purchasing higher volumes, in order to incentivize growth in their supply chain.

Original Article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/catalyst-contracts

Create express lifts by re-assigning some elevators to travel between only two floors. This will raise people faster up the tower closer to their destination as the elevator does not stop at the floors in-between.

For instance, an elevator could stop at Level 1 and Level 12. In order for people to get to their final designation, they can walk up/down the extra stairs.

A four quadrant exercise to map the unintended consequences of machine learning projects

Original Article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/the-four-quadrant-exercise

The 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos has 5.5hrs of healthcare conversations available online.

Original Article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/world-economic-forum-2018-healthcare-videos

These podcasts will be based off blog posts from www.gregoryschmidt.ca