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This is the user page for Peter Frishauf.
I have been a Wikipedia enthusiast since being introduced to the phenomenon in 2002 by usability expert Mark Hurst, founder of Creative Good and the GEL Conference. Thanks, Mark!
I am best known as the founder of Medscape in 1995. Although I have no affiliation with the current owners of Medscape, WebMD, I continue to write for the site, and contribute articles and video editorials. In 2005 I wrote a history of the site.
I live on the wonderful island of Manhattan, in the world's greatest city, New York. I enjoy life here with Katharine Rice, my best friend and companion since 1972, and furry feline, Jamie.
Professionally, I work as a medical information consultant, but also spend considerable time helping start-up entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations, including VisionHero, Inc creators of VisionHero a Vision Zero education program, The Alumni & Friends of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, nycwireless, a community wireless organization, Transportation Alternatives, a pedestrian and cyclists advocacy group, and New York City Health Business Leaders. Companies I have been involved in with are Crossix Solutions, MedPage Today, Context Matters, Wellthie, Vitals, and Osmosis [1]
I am intrigued by the potential of a Wikipedia for easier location-based wireless content. If portable devices know where we are, why can't we access information about our location, and edit/contribute to it, on the spot with Wikipedia? In the future, perhaps such nomadic content will be accessed and edited as frequently as Wikipedia is today.
I'm interested in the social impact of computing, and empowering individuals through the Internet. Wikipedia does that. I think it's the most important thing to happen on the Internet since the Web itself! I support it financially, and as a user. And I hope everyone who reads this page does the same. Just click here.