SweetSpot

Eating your way into diabetes guilt

One of SweetSpot’s advisors, Michael Fulop, and I were giving a talk titled ‘Nag, Shame, and Blame: not working for you?‘ We had all the ingredients needed to keep it interesting, and not necessarily in a good way: it was at ... Read more

May Newsletter

Hello everyone! We have started a blog: yes, another company blog is on the internet!  Yippee.  But hold on, we’ll be doing things a bit differently.  We’ll cover a wide range of topics about dealing with diabetes, startups, and policy chit-chat. ... Read more

Morally bankrupt for not being revolutionary?

Umair Haque has written a poignant essay titled “An Open Challenge to Silicon Valley“. His main concern is that Silicon Valley is throwing money after incremental improvements under the guise of being ‘revolutionary.’ He calls out these self-proclaimed techno-leaders as ... Read more

Tech-babble: RESTing with CouchDB

A warning for those of you who aren’t tech-crazed.  My wife mentioned that reading this was like having a bucket of gravel dumped on her brain.  I wish I could interpret that to mean she is in awe of all ... Read more