I admit it.  I am a geek.  Ask me about Star Trek.  Include me in discussion of pixel sizes and bit rates.  And please, please, please let me futz around with the latest tech toy that you got.

John Lynn recently let his geek flag fly, as he used new voice recognition software on his phone to create a blog post, while waiting for a flight.

I’m stuck on the tarmac in JFK airport thought I’d try see how the voice recognition work today to input on a mobile phone.  Amazing thing is this is the first time I’ve used voice recognition on the Android S3 phone. It seems like a pretty good experience so far with voice even with a soft voice in an airplane it’s turning out quite well

As you are reading this, you can practically imagine John as his 13-year-old self, jumping in his seat to try out his new toy, as he talks his way through a blog post about the very dictation software he is using to create the post.  A meta-moment McLuhan would relish.

Although it was well past my 13th one, I recently purchased a Kindle Fire HD  for my (number-mumbled-hastily-under-my-breath) birthday and am just as giddy as I was back in the day when I got a component stereo system from my folks.  While a laptop is always within reach, I find myself using the tablet more, consuming more content on it, and much to my wife’s and bank account’s chagrin, purchasing more content.   I have become an App addict.  I know I have a problem, because I check for new free Apps two, three times a day.  I download apps I know I won’t like just so I can go in and “clean up” my apps, clearing space for new ones.  This is not sane behavior…  

I am starting to notice which apps are well designed for a tablet vs. a phone, which apps look great but function poorly, and which ones will keep both me and my 8-month-old occupied (Agent P to the rescue).  The apps I like the most are the ones where it is clear that design and functionality are focused on equally throughout their production process.  I have been particularly impressed with Reuter’s news app  in the formats and methods used to keep me informed on national and global news.  And with each day of usage, I become more and more convinced the “mobile”-i-zation and “app”-i-zation of healthcare will profoundly change the way patients and providers interact.

The usability of apps in a mobile healthcare setting will be a point of discussion at the upcoming HIMSS Virtual Briefing, “The Mobile User Experience, Usability and Design: Impact on Chronic Care.”   Andre Black, Chief Creative Officer at Medullan, focuses his presentation on the usability of medical apps, including a discussion of a recent whitepaper, “Selecting a Mobile App: Evaluating the Usability of Medical Applications,” produced in partnership with mHIMSS.

So, fellow geeks, what technology are you geeking out on now?  And more importantly, can I borrow it for a little bit?