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Integrating the Experience across Desktop and Mobile with Pushbullet
Posted by Charlie Hope in Cloud Services, Collaboration & Productivity, Connectivity & Integration, Digital Futures, Information Management, Innovation, Mobile Collaboration, Technology, Tools on November 19, 2014
I recall that Pushbullet appeared on my recommended apps in Google Play for a while.
Now that I've had it installed on my mobile and in the Chrome Browser, I wish I had done it sooner.
Pushbullet does a number of remarkably simple things really well to generate a more unified experience across Desktop and Mobile.
When the desktop | tablet device & mobile are connected via Internet access (not necessarily the same Wireless access point)
- Mobile App Notification are Pushed to the desktop (via browser or desktop app)
- Send and receive SMS messages via desktop | browser UI
- Share | Transfer files between Mobile | Desktop devices
For example, we are now all fairly familiar with some multi-factor authentication techniques that involve delivering a temporary code to a mobile handset, which then needs to be entered into a validation field on a web page. While not terribly arduous it does mean accessing two devices and a couple of screen to 'port' that code between the mobile and the web page.
So where Pushbullet makes it so much more easy, you receive the same message in a notification box on your desktop, making it very simple to copy the code and verify it, on a single screen – almost side by side if you wish.
The Unification of Communication through Pushbullet – considering it is a browser extension is quite tremendous. It almost rivals some Enterprise UCC services for features and seems rather more transferable across devices. For example:
- You receive SMS messages that you can also send back a reply
- Create SMS message direct from the browser
- You get notification of a call connection, with the contact details displayed if available from your contacts list.
Moving files and images from a mobile has normally involved USB cable direct connections, though of course there are several file sync services that offer a holistic synchronisation service (those are normally orientated around the Mobile to Cloud pathway). Pushbullet allows you to quickly grab an image or a file and Push it across very rapidly – great for receipt images etc.
It also enables you to
- Interact with Shared contacts in Pushbullet
- Subscribe to a Pushbullet news | topics channel
Have you tried Pushbullet ?
If so what do you like or enjoy about it?
How Google is Useful
Posted by Charlie Hope in Cloud Services, Connectivity & Integration, Digital Culture, Digital Futures, Google, Information Management, Mobility, Time Management, Tools, Vendors on July 31, 2014
Recently I blogged about Orientating around Android Devices. While I did mention the use of applications and services in that post, I didn't call out any in particular.
However, this screen shot, demonstrates one really useful service, I have become increasingly fond of and reliant upon.
That service is Google Now
As a reasonably frequent traveller the information provided is succinct, timely and ultimately useful in assisting me plan, and schedule my actions.
As it covers a number of topics, including sport, useful local information, etc, and it is available on the desktop too – it is a pervasive, multi-device digital assistance.
Certainly in terms ecosystem and service, lock-in and increasing consumer dependency, I think Google Now, leads the field.
What do you think?
Orientating around Android devices
Posted by Charlie Hope in Collaboration & Productivity, Connectivity & Integration, Digital Futures, Google, Information Management, Mobile Collaboration, Mobility, Technology, Tools, Vendors on May 27, 2014
At the start of May I received a replacement for my broken Blackberry 9300 Curve. I am very glad to say it wasn't another Blackberry, instead I received a Sony Xperia M – a reasonably modern Android phone running Android 4.3.
Moving to an Android based phone, has been a boon for me as it will nicely compliment my Nexus 7 tablet. In fact the commonality of Google and Android is the basis for an almost complete repetition and synchronicity of many of the applications and services I use. I still use a Windows operating system on my laptop, but is not a conflicting factor, as many applications and services are also accessible via the Google Chrome browser.
While of course the Microsoft Windows desktop operating system is still very dominant in terms of usage in the laptop | desktop space and more so with Windows Surface tablets. Having such good quality access to applications and services on two Android form factors (phone and tablet), has made me question the necessity of remaining on Windows as the operating system of choice for the laptop device.
Already core Windows Office suite applications and services (Outlook | MS Word, Excel) etc. are already or being made more tablet or browser compatible. Think of the Office 365 service, and the Office Web Apps functionality, so further diminishing the requirement to have an actual application installed onto a Windows operating system as a necessity.
While most enterprises can't consider abandoning Microsoft Windows as a device platform altogether, I think the personal consumer and many SME/ SMBs could strongly consider the possibility of an entirely Android (and here I stretch the term a little to include Google Chromebooks) based device eco-system. Google Chromebooks are now a maturing and full featured alternative to the Microsoft Windows based device.
Of course Apple also offer a very compelling set of devices, coupled to a very well integrated operating system and application set. So both Google and Apple offer opportunities upon which to orientate or consolidate on to bring more common device harmony into a business. We should not discount the option to consider a more explicit Linux based desktop system, such as Ubuntu or Linux Mint etc., though having tried them for a while, I believe they will always remain a more niche player in the desktop | laptop space, especially with such dominant competition from Apple, Google and Microsoft.
This brings in a further opportunity to consider moving away from device centric applications and data, and how the virtual desktop (VDI) and application virtualisation options also need to be considered along side the choice of device eco-system.
Other aspects to factor into these considerations include
- Data and content storage and delivery – will this all be cloud based – e.g. Google Docs or Microsoft O365 – or are there other factors to be considered?
- Do certain use cases necessitate the use of a local application and data set? (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project)
- Device management strategy – patching and updates – how will they be managed and delivered
Having also tried a Google Chromebook, (having used one while on a holiday break), I can see how it could easily cater for 85% of the work and processes and I engage with as an Information | Knowledge worker. Only that I need to work with and build fairly complex spreadsheets (using Microsoft Excel) is keeping a Windows based operating system as a necessity. I do also wonder how well a device such as Google Chromebook caters for multimedia activities consumers need around managing and connecting with peripheral devices like cameras and editing videos etc.
More and more frequently I've seen the Apple Macbook Pro (or the Osx UI – via web meetings) appearing, and presume those users are benefitting from a harmonised device experience between the Apple Mac and their iphone device.
Of course Microsoft also offer their Windows Phone based devices, which also offer a similar integrated operating system and application set. However, the application ecosystem for Windows Phone devices, doesn't offer the same breadth of application support and availability that Apple and Android devices users have at their disposal. Which for me is a detractor for opting to orientate around a complete Microsoft Windows device ecosystem. Though in terms of UI design and strategy, I think both Apple, Google and Microsoft offer are continuing to recognise the need for distinct and yet harmonious and cohesive UI across all their device form factors.
As both device manufacturers and application developers, build services that accumulate pertinent personal data sets (photos & videos, music collections & playlists, quantitative data (location & travel, health & exercise metrics)), so increasing data transfer inertia or lock-in. I think consumers will need to seriously consider which particular eco-system and device arrangement makes sense for them, as it look likes it will turn into a long term affair, and with not insignificant hurdles to overcome to move or transfer across manufacturers.
- Do you share this view?
- Have you already made a considered choice around a particular device set or eco-system?
- What were the determining factors for you?
Visual Magic with Word Lens
Posted by Charlie Hope in Connectivity & Integration, Digital Culture, Digital Futures, Google, Mobility, Tools, Vendors on May 23, 2014
Google recently acquired Quest Visual – the developers of Word Lens – the incredible language manipulating app, that translated language in real-time while using input from the mobile device's camera.
The app is currently available for free via Google Play.
To see how amazing it is – have a look at the video
It is currently available for Andriod, iOS and even Google Glass
For any traveller or language enthusiast this has a must have app.
And for Google this plays very nicely into the Language and Translation service portfolio e.g. Google Translate
- Have you used Word Lens?
- What other mobile language tools would you recommend?
Music Streaming – Time to go with the flow?
Posted by Charlie Hope in Cloud Services, Connectivity & Integration, Digital Culture, Digital Futures, Mobile Collaboration, Technology on December 13, 2013
Spotify grandly announced (on Dec 11th 2013) that Led Zeppelin's albums are now available on the popular music streaming service.
Having such a globally recognised musically brands as Led Zeppelin, in addition to recent additions such as Pink Floyd, Metallica and The Eagles, in the Spotify stable has demonstrated the weight and momentum behind the music streaming service model.
Though a number of popular artists still hold out such as: AC/DC, and the Beatles though as these articles point out on-line distributions and sales services (such as iTunes) are being patroned.
I think is significant that these bands which initially held out against music streaming services such as Spotify, Rhapsody, Rdio etc., are now coming on board. While there may be real concerns and issues in terms of payment arrangements | terms to the artists (see BBC article "Spotify reveals artists earn $0.007 per stream") – other services from Google Play (All Access) not forgetting Youtube, Apple (iTunes Radio) and Amazon (Cloud Player). Admittedly that may be a considerable shrink in terms of pay per stream instead of pay per song (9.1 cents (per song) – via wikipedia (don't believe everything you read!)) – but the comparison of music streams to actual physical albums sales are subject to drastically different economic models and trajectories. And certainly from these charts, someone is making money from this.
I am a Spotify subscriber, so I'm not out to rip-off artists, in fact my subscription to Spotify is my way of supporting the music industry. I now pay something every month, rather than occasionally buying a CD. For me as consumer the model has great benefits, primarily being no longer limited to the physical copies I have to hand (actually purchased and own). So I am able to enjoy and sample a immeasurably wider spectrum of music than I ever had before (even the radio stations play 'carefully selected' playlists)… whereas with Spotify I can enjoy the full range | catalogue of an artist as I wish. Also I can't lose or break the copy of the music I have, it's there when I need it.
Certainly with digital stores and streaming services, the model of distribution and marketing for artists has changed irrevocably, and while it may not be as fair or mature enough in the commercials; I think it's fair enough to say 'the tide has turned' – music streaming (and media streaming for that matter) is here to stay.
For example look at the new digital service from the BBC "BBC playlister"
The new digital service allows listeners to tag any piece of music they hear on the BBC and listen to it later.
At a launch event, senior executives from YouTube, Spotify and Deezer explained why the music streaming companies have decided to collaborate on the service.
Do you agree?
Do you use streaming service – or stay away?
Updated Spotify Discovery View with Audio Preview– Big Data in Action
Posted by Charlie Hope in Connectivity & Integration, Digital Culture, Digital Futures, Information Management, Technology, Visualisations on June 14, 2013
Spotify the online music streaming service has updated their client discovery page, with a Pinterest-like scrolling magazine view with an audio preview function built-in.
The click and hold Preview action as shown above, makes easy to sample a recommendation and discover more artists and their music, with the slick UI and making it simple and straight forward to move through the recommendations.
Behind the scenes it shows that Spotify are paying attention to the usage profile of their users, and displaying recommendations and suggestions based on tunes played and playlist content. While an individual users' play history and playlist settings may be quite small digitally. As Spotify has millions of subscribers to the service, cumulatively this must equate to a significant data-set and require Big Data hosting and analytics services behind that to drive recommendations and observe other trends within their user base.
For further information on the Spotify's analytics set-up see this blog post from Spotify Labs
Some quotes from that post:
At the heart of Spotify lives a massive and growing data-set. Most data is user-centric and allows us to provide music recommendations, choose the next song you hear on radio and many other things. We do our best to base every decision, programmatic and managerial, on data and this extends into the culture.
Most of our recurring data is added to our analytics pipeline by a set of daemons that constantly parse the syslog on production machines looking for messages we have defined along with the associated data for each message. Matching data is compressed and periodically synced to HDFS. Typically data is available in our Data Warehouse and Dashboards within 24 hours, but in some cases data is available within a few hours or even instantly through tools like Storm.
So there you go, Spotify bring music, culture and Big Data together. I for one appreciate this useful combination.
Have a look at Spotify through their looping video here.
Do you use Spotify, what do you like about it?
When Google Replies– Voice Activated Search
Posted by Charlie Hope in Cloud Services, Digital Culture, Digital Futures, Google, Information Management, Innovation, Technology, Tools, Vendors, Voice on May 29, 2013
Google has had voice enabled search services on multiple devices (mobile, desktop, laptop, tablet) for a while (see >> "search by text, voice, image").
However, at the recent Google I/O (2013) they announced a "conversational" search experience which has been extended to the browser and desktop experience.
This means Google search responds to an audio search request with an audible answer.
Voice search starts with a click on the microphone icon in the search bar.
giving the "Speak now" prompt
and then the "Listening…" prompt
it captures into text the voice request spoken…
The search result returned show all the usual feature giving and provides an audible voiceover of the summary text from Wikipedia (where possible).
It also often says "Here is some information about [request]".
Often the request is not picked up or understood correctly and the following appears:
Interestingly, the voice accent and gender are different for different Google domains.
e.g. (google.com – female voice with an American accent, google.co.uk – male voice with an English accent)
At the moment I find it a little flaky and error prone but I presume it will continue to improve as more people engage verbally with Google.
Have you started making use of this service?


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Last week, I traveled with 19 of my closest family members kids and grandkids back to Missouri for an extended family reunion. My grandmother is the matriarch of the bunch at 95 years old and our week-old grand baby was the youngest, spanning five generations.
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tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-30:1769502 I look for joy in a strange place... from the back of a bar, from afar... lisa_thecat 2012-11-07T16:29:02Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-30:1769502:469393 congratulations and two good things 2012-11-07T16:29:02Z 2012-11-07T16:29:02Z public 8 Congratulations, America! And by this I mean only the Americans who voted for Obama. For the others:

Of course, I am not very optimistic about the future policies of the US, especially in what concerns the Middle East. I wonder what promises Obama made to what lobby groups to get reelected. But, compared to the total ignorance about what is going on there and absolute trust in Netanyahu's decision that Romney seemed to display, I feel a bit relieved. We'll live and see what happens.

Now the two good things. First, somebody luuuuves me! YAY! The proof is a message I have received on my fic LJ

Awww... a shy spam delivery robot! I've always had a weakness for those! I am amused they used a generic manga face icon, because it's genderless and anybody can imagine anything they want.

The second good thing - I am brilliant! Well, technically, I was brilliant and only at a certain point in my life when I was writing funny slash parodies that I have rediscovered today, due to the "love" message. It kinda depresses me to see that I have become a much sadder character and nothing excites that much that I just have to express myself in a creative way. I am old, soon I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled...what else to expect?

 comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-30:1769502:468720 a beautiful Saturday 2012-11-03T12:20:23Z 2012-11-03T12:26:15Z public 5 It's such a beautiful day - the kind I thought we'd never see until next spring! I suspect there's 20C outside, sunny, no wind. I can even hear birds chirping. Whatever birds are left after the migration to warmer places...

We went to the farmer's market to buy some flowers. The pretext is that tomorrow we're going to the cemetery for a little sermon thing at the family grave, like we do every year for All Saints Day. Since the flowers we had planted there died all during the heat of the summer, we're planting new ones to look pretty for a day. I suspect they'll be gone the next day and probably back on the market being sold to other people... Unfortunately that's how it is. I bought two little bunches for the livingroom. Nothing fancy, it's not like in those flower shops with their sophisticated flower bouquets. These ones aren't even completely in bloom, but they're still cute and I felt compelled to take a pic.

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Disposable Income + Retail Tactics = Cyber Monday
Black Friday, Cyber Monday…what will retailers think of next to coax you into buying more stuff? These retail tactics seem to be working quite successfully. Especially since, everyone is talking about how online sales have increased suddenly – an increase of 16% according to Vator News. There's a nice looking graph in this article that breaks down spending by week and year in the millions.
Not only are people shopping online, they're shopping via mobile apps!
There are entire websites devoted to shoppers (including myself), who avoid the malls around this time of year like the bubonic plague, tailored to Cyber Monday, like http://www.cybermonday.com. (Maybe I'll get a coupon for the free promotion?)
This made me think about how NPR listeners' online/mobile shopping habits have shifted over the past two years. The use of mobile and smart phones for the aid of shopping is on the rise among NPR listeners, but this is a slow and steady change. Online shopping, which is no longer a shiny and new concept, also shows a steady rise since spring 2009. I can't quite tell you why Shopzilla.com isn't doing so hot by comparison, other than maybe it's not NPR listeners' cup of tea.
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Let's face it: After School is Cool. When your child stays with us after school, he or she will get a snack and have time to complete homework. In addition, our after school kids have the opportunity to participate in different structured lessons each day.
We provide transportation from Kenwood Station, Camden Station and Crestwood Elementary to All About Kids Oldham County! If your child's school is not listed, but you are interested, please call our office at 365-1386!
General Information
- Grades: K – 5
- Time: Parents pick up at AAK by 5pm, Monday – Friday
- Activities: We will have structured play time each day as well as provide homework time and a snack.
Monthly Billing – including a 20% sibling discount!
- $240 per month
- $100 extra per month for Late Pick Up (5:00 – 6:00pm)
"After School is Cool" tuition is billed every month to a credit/debit card on file. We must have 10 days notice to cancel or make changes. We must have a minimum of 5 kids per school to transport. After School Care is only offered on days OLDHAM COUNTY is in session. Parents must notify school of transportation arrangements.


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EPPC Briefly: Good Catholics, Good Citizens
George Weigel and Stephen P. White on faith and citizenship; Henry Olsen on Donald Trump's faction; Ed Whelan on the Obama administration's radical transgender agenda in public schools; Peter Wehner on civility; and much more.
EPPC Briefly: The Bathroom Battles and Transgender Ideology
Mona Charen, Mary Rice Hasson, and Ed Whelan on the latest front in the culture wars; highlights from EPPC's 40th anniversary gala; transcripts from the recent Faith Angle Forum; Yuval Levin on the next conservative movement; and much more.
EPPC Briefly: George Weigel on Amoris Laetitia
George Weigel on Pope Francis's new apostolic exhortation; a new video about EPPC's Faith Angle Forum; Henry Olsen on whether a conservative reformation looms on the horizon; and much more.
EPPC Briefly: Yuval Levin on the Perils of Religious Liberty
Yuval Levin on what religious freedom really requires; George Weigel and Peter Wehner on the hope of Easter; Roger Scruton on the life of the mind; Mona Charen on how Cruz can win; Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry on Hillary Clinton's litany of scandal; and much more.
EPPC Briefly: The Party of Reagan Is No More
Peter Wehner and George Weigel on Donald Trump; Stanley Kurtz on Ted Cruz; John Mueller on an American catechism; Jim Capretta on a notorious Obamacare provision; audio from the most recent Faith Angle Forum; and much more.
EPPC Briefly: The Anti-Trump Republicans
Yuval Levin, Peter Wehner, Mona Charen and others on the rise of Donald Trump — and the efforts to stop him; Ed Whelan and George Weigel on Justice Antonin Scalia; and much more.
EPPC Briefly: Remembering Justice Scalia
EPPC scholars reflect on the legacy of a "supremely great justice"; George Weigel's on a Lenten journey; Jim Capretta on President Obama's budgetary deceptions; and much more.
EPPC Briefly: Is Pope Francis Anti-Modern?
The latest issue of EPPC's journal The New Atlantis includes a collection of essays examining the moral, political, and economic implications of Laudato Si', Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical on the environment and the poor.
U.S. Senator Ben Sasse Reads Peter Wehner's Comments Into Congressional Record
U.S. Senator Ben Sasse reads selections from EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner's Commentary piece "Certitude and Seeking the Truth" into the Congressional Record.
EPPC Briefly: Conservatives, Trump, and the 2016 Race
Henry Olsen, Yuval Levin, and Peter Wehner on the GOP primary; EPPC supports Little Sisters of the Poor at the Supreme Court; Mona Charen on 13 Hours; George Weigel on liturgical innovation; and much more.


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ANOTHER roaring success – there is no other way to describe the Asean Para Games that ended yesterday. The overall champion title may have eluded Malaysia but our para athletes put up a good fight to the end to challenge eventual winner Indo-nesia.
THE news about Islamic State (IS) group militants planning to target non-Muslims on home soil has made Malaysians sit up. After all, this is peaceful Malaysia and threats of this kind will certainly draw some serious attention.
ON Aug 10, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced Malaysia's gold medal targets for the SEA Games and Asean Para Games.
ON THIS day 54 years ago, the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo (now Sabah), Sarawak and Singapore came together to form Malaysia. It was more than just the merging of four entities as it also was a melting pot of cultures that further enhanced an already culturally diverse country.
A PRIMARY or secondary school is a children's place of learning. Especially in the daytime, when classes are being taught, it is neither a public space nor a venue for activities that will not benefit the students. We can all agree on that.
THERE is a new government agency with a big assignment – have a hand in selling Malaysia to the world, and at the same time, help ensure that the country has a soul.
CORPORATE heads who dismiss the Government's policy on gender diversity as mere lip service will soon find out how wrong they are. For some of them, their folly will be exposed in a very public way. But they cannot say they have not been warned.
LEGENDARY American DJ the late Casey Kasem would conclude the video programme America's Top 10 with his vignette of life advice, "Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars."
FOR almost three weeks, we were focused on 111. It was a magic number on which we pinned our hopes.
LATELY, we have been seeing many photographs and a lot of video footage of handcuffed men and women in orange T-shirts bearing the words "Lokap SPRM".
IT IS always good to be among the best. But it is not just about bragging rights and a sense of accomplishment.
A HAUL of 111 gold medals might seem like a tall order, but according to Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, this projection is based purely on the current form of our athletes taking part in the 29th SEA Games, which officially kicked off yesterday.


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Veterinarian Melanie Summers has opened Prairie Ridge Animal Hospital at 12506 W. Kellogg. It is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The phone number is 316-201-6292. The website is www.prairieridgeah.com.
KETCH, a nonprofit organization serving adults with developmental disabilities in the Wichita area, named Noodles & Co. Outstanding Business of the Year for hiring individuals through the KETCH Employment Services program.


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Self-described as a cross between Ed Sheeran, Judah & The Lion and Jon Foreman, up-and-coming US artist Jordy Searcy is a huge talent. Today I'm sharing his latest single 'Almost Friends' (which has over 120,000 combined Spotify streams); a great showcase of Jordy's potential. Classic pop songwriting with a modern twist, incredible vocals and a lovely chilled vibe makes this track one of his finest, and what's better is that this is the live version of the song! It just sounds so good. I say this a lot but I totally mean it – I'm SUPER excited to watch this guy grow into a worldwide star!
More Jordy Searcy:
SP – https://open.spotify.com/artist/0AV5z1x1RoOGeJWeJzziDz
FB – https://www.facebook.com/jordysearcy/
DL – http://apple.co/2uLqDMZ


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THESE DAYS, CARDIOLOGIST CLEVE Francis is following his heart: After 13 years of running one of the largest cardiology practices in northern Virginia, he hopes to shed his lab coat for the spangled duds of a country music star. Now that his first major-label album, Tourist in Paradise, has hit Billboard's country chart, he reckons he's making the right choice. "When I started out in cardiology, I couldn't wait to see the next patient," says Francis, the only black country singer signed to a major label (Liberty Records). "Now, there's not that much excitement in this. But I think with my music I can bring just as much joy into people's lives as I can with pills and medicine."
Though Francis, 47, still sees patients, the prognosis for an eventual career switch is excellent: In 1990, Country Music Television fan—requests propelled his self-financed video, Love Light, into its Top 10, and now a cut from the album called "You Do My Heart Good" is close to breaking into country radio's Top 40. Francis, who took a month-long sabbatical in April to promote his album, has appeared on CBS This Morning, the Today show and on Good Morning, America, and last week he sang in Nashville at its annual star-filled gala, Fan Fair. "Boy, I like this guy's voice," says Tanya Tucker, last year's Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year. "He's an entertainer and a song stylist. I'm a fan."
For all of that, success, whether in medicine or music, has never come easily for Francis. Born in the town of Jennings, La., he was the only boy among the six children of Cleveland Francis, a janitor, and wife Mary, a maid. "When you're poor, you entertain yourself a lot," says Francis, who remembers listening to blues-guitar jam sessions on the porch. "Music was part of the landscape."
As a boy, Cleve made himself a guitar from a cigar box and wires pulled from a window screen. In 1953, Mary used her savings to buy him a Silvertone guitar from a catalogue, but she got him to promise he'd always spend more time with his books than with his music. "She believed the only way we'd escape poverty was through education," he says.
Cleve kept his word. In high school he discovered an aptitude for science, but he always managed to strum and sing with church and school groups. In 1963 he enrolled at Southern University, a mostly black school in Baton Rouge, on a government loan as a premed student. Soon he was giving his first concert on campus. "What I heard was tremendous," recalls Dr. Huel Perkins, then chairman of the music department. "Nobody taught him. The ear was just there, the feeling was there."
In 1967 the guitar-toting would-be doctor entered the medical school of the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Va. In addition to earning money as a teacher's assistant, he sang for $25 a night at a local coffeehouse. "Most guys would get summer jobs in the hospitals as nurses' aides or phlebotomists, drawing blood," Francis says. "But I'd head back to the coffeehouses and hang out with my musician buddies. That's where I felt at home."
During his grueling years of internship, residency and fellowship at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., Francis kept up his double life-turning out two narrowly distributed albums while mastering the fine points of EKGs and heart murmurs. When he completed his fellowship in 1978, he discovered that no one wanted to hire a black cardiologist-no matter how well he could sing. Starting his own group practice in Alexandria left him little time for private life; his childless eight-year marriage ended in 1978, and he is currently without a steady.
Now Francis is readying himself for what may be his biggest challenge. The doctor himself is typically confidant about his chances for making it in Nashville. "I think I'm going to be a superstar in two years," he says.
His mom, however, is a bit more sanguine. "After all, it's not as if he doesn't know anything," says Mary Francis, 63. "If something goes wrong, he can always go back to medicine."
SARAH SKOLNIK in Alexandria


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Local Activities
Blues-Brews-BBQ - May 27-29, 2017
The summer season at Beaver Creek kicks off each Memorial Day weekend with the annual Blues, Brews and BBQ Festival. This signature summer event serves up delicious barbeque fare cooked by visiting chefs from across the country, as well as Vail Valley favorites, complimented by microbrews from a variety of national breweries.
Culinary Demonstration Series - June
Watch as Chefs from local restaurants give free culinary demonstrations at the Culinary Experience tent in Beaver Creek Plaza. This event takes place every Friday and Saturday throughout the summer. Learn culinary secrets of the chefs and sample exquisite dishes at the end of each demonstration.
Red, Whites & Brews Festival - June
The spirit of Colorado and summertime come together at this annual June festival featuring amazing craft brews, local high-country food, boutique wines and incredible live music all in Avon's Nottingham Park.
Beaver Creek Rodeo Series - June 22 - August 10 (Most Thursdays)
The Beaver Creek Rodeo features the full line up of classic rodeo events – Bronc Riding, Team Roping, Barrel Racing and of course, Bull Riding! Get in on the rodeo action by signing up for the Calf Scramble, Mutton Bustin' or Burro Racing. Bring the whole family for pony rides, face painting, mechanical bull rides, and a wide range of food options offered by local high country restaurants beginning when gates open at 5 p.m.
Salute to the USA Fireworks Celebration - July 3, 2017
The 31st annual Salute to the USA will take place on July 3, 2017 in Avon's Nottingham Park. This family-friendly festival features live music, local food, family activities like face painters, fire jugglers and magicians and the largest fireworks display in the state of Colorado!
Independence Day Celebration- July 4, 2017
Celebrate the birth of our nation under the blue skies of Beaver Creek on July 4th with live music and fireworks on the back lawn next to the Centennial Express Lift. Bring the whole family and enjoy the outdoors by day with activities such as scenic chairlift rides, guided hikes and thrilling mountain bike rides and by night enjoy musical performances followed by a brilliant fireworks display.
Vilar Performing Arts Center - Beaver Creek Music Experience- July - August
July 3 - Bruce Horsnby and The Noisemakers
July 4 - The Wailers
July 19 - Diana Krall
July 24 - Trace Adkins
August 1 - Peter Frampton
Oktoberfest - Labor Day Weekend
Beaver Creek's annual Labor Day celebration of Bavarian culture, featuring beer gardens, live music, great food, kids activities and more!
Man of the Cliff - October
This non-profit event features rugged outdoor activities that are modified to fit all strength and ability levels. Taking place in Nottingham Park, this event is a benefit for local non-profit First Descents.