Archive for April, 2008
Visualization of My Genetic Similarity to People Around the World
Here is a cool visualization of my genetic similarity to groups of people from around the globe. The longer the bar the greater my genetic similarity to people from that region.
As you can see, I'm most similar to people from Northern Europe in the 23andMe visualization.
Here is how my genetic similarity to different global regions [...]
Venture Capital-Startup Meetup in Santa Rosa. More Please.
I was just perusing my local paper The Press Democrat and I came across an article covering a startup/venture capital meetup that took place April 29-30 in Santa Rosa, CA at the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country Hotel.
The event went by the highly descriptive title "2008 Venture Vineyard Early Stage Conference and Santa Rosa Innovation [...]
How Heart Attack and Other Four Star-Rated Topics Relate to My DNA, Part 2
23andMe's Gene Journal let's you see how your DNA data "relates to ongoing research in health and physical traits".
They provide their own 1-4 star rating beside each Gene Journal topic letting users know how much research backs each specific topic and how much the general scientific community has accepted the research.
For instance, Heart [...]
I’ll Probably Regret Not Taking Max Ventilla Up on His Job Offer
About a month ago, Max Ventilla the CEO over at The Mechanical Zoo sent me an email wondering if I'd be interested in a position at their stealth startup. He gave me a brief description of what they were working on and told me about all the cool people on their team.
What are they working [...]
Evolution of My Personal Music Discovery
Its fascinating to reflect on how my music taste has changed over the years. Bands and artists I've liked. And, singles I've played over and over. Some stuff I've continued to like since I was little kid, like #1 below, and some artists I've discontinued to listen to, like the artist in #7 below.
Even [...]
Spam in My Gmail Inbox. That’s Blog-Worthy.
I can't remember the last time spam made it to one of my Gmail inboxes. That's what made this afternoon such a surprise. I got some spam.
It's almost refreshing to get spam nowadays (in some odd way). Not only refreshing, but blog-worthy.
I remember back in the day when I used to get tons of crap [...]
Parikrma: 360-Degree Education Model for Poverty Alleviation
Shukla Bose and her team are trying to accomplish big things in India.
They are tackling poverty in India by providing extremely impoverished children top-notch education at no cost. Parikrma accepts slum children into their schools whose parents make less than $30 per month and provides them with an education from age 5 until they [...]
Fun with Y Chromosomes: Exploring my Paternal Ancestry
On my dad's side of things it appears that I belong to the R1b1c haplogroup, which is the most common haplogroup in western Europe.
If you want to get more specific, it looks like I'm part of the R1b1c9a branch.
23andMe says,
"Today R1b1c9a is found mostly on the fringes of the North Sea in [...]
I Finally Get Twitter
I know, I know, what a latecomer, right?
Before I get to what my post title alludes to, I need to provide some background info.
First, I have to admit that I'm an avid reader of Techmeme. I read it every day.
What's Techmeme? In short, it tracks technology conversations (blog posts etc) happening online in [...]
Look Ma, I’m in Newsweek
Make sure you pick up a copy of Newsweek this week.
The one with this cover (April 21, 2008 Issue):
Claudia Kalb did a great write-up of all the new-fangled personal genome services that have been popping up lately, like deCODEme, Navigenics and 23andMe (that's the one I did), and how they're being marketed.
The article is [...]
