June 2008
78 posts
Tips for Surviving Residency (from the Wall Street... →
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The Wall Street Journal Health Blog interviewed Dr. Sean Glasgow, a surgical chief resident, in Six Tips for Surviving Medical Residency: Here are a…
Today’s Apple cube is blue-green with the glint of a nearby television light.
“You know my previous post about the rule of three? Well, I just took care of two...”
– UroStream: Apprehension
“Widespread misuse is diluting the word “irony” to meaningless...”
– Twitter / Remiel
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Other physicians sometimes ask me which books and products I’ve found helpful. Here’s a selection: Amazon.com Widgets
Amazon.com…
Tip: if you’re having a heart attack, don’t take the subway to the hospital.
A resident, who’s been a fan of Kidney Notes for 2 years, shadowed me today.
(In patients with kidney disease, at least.)
Please no one prescribe glyburide or atenolol. Please?
Brain Toniq has arrived.
Hey, were you aware you can ask Google “How old is X?” and it will actually answer? Try Sylvester Stallone, for example.
100 Ways to Relax, Unwind and Loosen Up | The... →
Every time the Doctor Anonymous show is on I have to work in the hospital until, like, 10:30 PM. I swear.
I’ve been so busy all day I haven’t watched the news since morning. Does everyone carry guns now?
Deadline day. Shutting off nonessential inputs.
Walking my eerily intelligent french bulldog.
Clinical Cases and Images Discusses Twitter →
Clinical Cases and Images: Why I Started Microblogging on TwitterIt wasn’t until Joshua Schwimmer launched his combined feed of physicians-twitters that I started to think about using…
Tech Medicine Links for 6.26.8 →
Image via WikipediaAn article in JAMA suggests that radiofrequency identification devices (RFIDs — pronounced “AR-phids,” like a type of insect) can create hazardous electromagnetic interference….
It would be useful if Google Reader could show me my *least* read feeds.
41 Secrets Your Doctor Would Never Share |... →
“Evernote, a web service with full-featured desktop and mobile clients designed...”
– Evernote: Now Open to Everyone
Days like this a MISSION CRITICAL list helps.
I’m going to start tracking days / disposable fountain pens.
I can hear it now. “Days per pen? Ha! Try pens per day.”
… message me with any questions. (re: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/doctors)
By the way, I have 20 invites to Evernote — which I love — if anyone wants one.
New York City Hospital Ratings on Google Maps →
(Interesting mostly for how far the ratings are from reality.)
Experimenting. If you’re a doctor/medical student, please go to http://friendfeed.com/rooms/doctors and add all your feeds. Message me w …
The New 3G iPhone, the App Store, and Doctors →
Posted on Tech Medicine: What follows is a brief list of potential applications on the iPhone for doctors. Some have already been announced for the iPhone, are available on other…
A pale morning, with central park trees reflecting in the fogged glass cube of the apple store.
“President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers,...”
– J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement : Harvard Magazine
Give your résumé a face lift →
I’m about to ditch Kodak Gallery for Smugmug. Much better Aperture integration and slideshows.
Most Doctors Aren’t Using Electronic Health... →
“It’s 4pm on a Friday. You want to keep cranking through stuff (at least...”
– Simply GTD with Kelly: @BrainToast
The New 3G iPhone, Doctors, The App Store, and... →
I’ve taken a long break from writing about the iPhone, and you might be sick of hearing about it. But be prepared — in less than a month, things are about to get very interesting. Why? Not only will…
“Brand new doctors are graduating this week! HalfMD wrote a good-bye to his old...”
– Rural Doctoring: The Top 7 Reasons Why It s GREAT to Be a Doctor
Information Foraging: Why Google Makes People... →
It’s profoundly weird that Alex, the synthesized Mac voice, pauses occasionally to *inhale.*
“To a worm in a horseradish, the whole world is a horseradish.” —Yiddish Proverb”
– From Susan Parker: A Worm, a Horseradish and a Bespectacled Monkey. Category: News from The Berkeley Daily Planet - Tuesday January 20, 2004
“Because what Howard did, is he fundamentally changed the way the food industry...”
– TED | TEDBlog: Malcolm Gladwell
Metaforix@: The automated message you hear while... →
Today, however, I encountered my least-favorite automated voice menu, one time too many. It belongs to a medium-size medical practice and takes well over a minute to endure. Longer, if you press the…
Playing with a completely blind Boston Terrier, but you can’t tell, since he sees with his nose.