December 2011
1 post
August 2011
2 posts
My main Blog has moved. →
July 2011
1 post
CURIOUSITY KILLED THE READER: Confession #112 →
nm-confessions:
In between, A Story of a Doctor, her patient, and a metal rod
In California, While at the Clinic for a check up. I explained to the Nurses that I get my period 3 times a month. Yes, you read it right. I get my period 3 times in a course of 1 month. How? Well, on the first week that I start my…
June 2011
3 posts
Just when you think you got everything covered,...
This should go down as one of the weirdest moments I have had in private practice.
Toward the end of my day at Care Practice I had a patient that needed a simple Intramuscular injection. I gave her the shot and all was well. About a minute later she complained of feeling a little light headed. I had the exam table all set up perfectly and sat her down so she was comfortable and laying down...
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
4 posts
Family Medicine Outpatient Encounters are More... →
MNpublius: Schumer says Senate Dems will defend... →
mnpublius:
This is a hopeful sign - Chuck Schumer says if Republicans want to bring health reform up for a vote in the Senate, Democrats will force a number of votes on provisions the American people support.
“Mitch McConnell has the right to offer an amendment,” Schumer said of the Senate Minority…
January 2011
15 posts
4 tags
Watch
Massages can increase seratonin, reduce the symphatethic nervous system and activativation of the parasympathetic nervous system
Unheard Voices Project
We’re calling it: The Unheard Voices Project: An Oral History of the War on Drugs & the American Criminal Justice System.
There will be a premiere screening party in San Francisco next month. Each of you will receive an invitation, and I hope to see as many of you there as is possible.
As with all projects of this scope, not everyone I interviewed will make it into the first film...
Tragedy Strikes
This brutal death and shooting in Arizona brought me right back to the sudden and shocking moment I learned of the death of one of my closest and dearest friends Tom Lapic and Senator Paul Wellstone back in 2002. They both were two of my biggest supporters and favorite people. It makes me realize how much I miss them now and how much I wish they could be here with us.
Why Design Matters? Wesabe vs Mint.com
This is a little blurb I pulled out off a year end article. I thought it was a great example of how a better designed concept that was very similar to Wesabe arrived and just dominated it almost immediately. It seems so arbitrary why one does well and one doesn’t, but in this case it was more clear. In no small part it was because it had a phenomenal name, elegant design, and a...
WatchBrilliant discussion of bad science.
Ben Goldacre Talks Bad Science (by PopTech)
Watchgeneric1:
San Francisco’s Happy Meal Ban
After San Francisco bans toys from Happy Meals, Aasif Mandvi introduces kids to the brand new Crappy Meal.
sfgate:
Mayor Gavin Newsom and his staff were enjoying barbecued meats sent as part of a World Series bet by the mayor of Arlington, Texas when the crew popped in to ask if they could interview Newsom on camera. Newsom, a lover of the...
December 2010
23 posts
Two most important things in Health Care IT nobody...
I wanted to put down two things that have me excited about the next year in health care that others may not have been aware of or considered important. As we have seen repeatedly over the last few years the game can and will change very rapidly in any industry. Whether it be Facebook, the iphone, Groupon, or Yelp companies or products that we seemingly can’t live without can rise to...
Unbetitelt: Firefox Friday: On life after Aza,... →
mike45stand:
The open source community shudders with equal measures of saddening loss and anxious anticipation. Mozilla Firefox, one of the most important open source projects, has lost a very big player, and no one quite knows how extensive the repercussions will be. Aza Raskin, the creative lead…
Magazine. Ipad
I was just playing around with my ipad tonight and reading National Geographic Magazine. I hit a play button and the screen turns into a video of the place I was just reading about. I wouldn’t be surprised if in a few years Apple will have the ipad emitting smells of the Saringetti when you watch a video after reading about a place.
A lack of health insurance and a benign condition... →
Watchjoeheinowski:
DESIGN MATTERS: what can it do for patient care?
UK’s CircleBath wants to change hospitals and how we know them. Founded on co-design, the physicians, staff all had a hand in it’s design. Purposely designed to support relaxation, because relaxation supports healing. Wayfinding is simplified to a level that makes signage almost nonexistent. No metrics required to verify it’s...
Some medical studies offer information that you... →
Who is Benjaman Kyle aka the Burger King amnesiac?...
Benjaman’s 23 and Me Matches
Posted on December 9, 2010 by identifinders 2 Votes
Benjaman Kyle
Benjaman Kyle is the adopted name of an amnesiac who was found near Savannah, GA in August 2004. (See his Wikipedia page for more details.) Since recovering from a severe beating that left him unconscious, he cannot remember who he is. Benjaman took a 23andMe autosomal DNA test earlier this year,...
My nomination for best two Tweet combination.
By @Lunaslave
#visa & #masterCard: KKK Is A-OK, But#wikileaks Is wicked http://t.co/PYFjNST via @Techdirt
“There are Some Things Money Can’t Buy. For Everything Else, there’s HTTP Error 408 Request Timeout”#payback #wikileaks #priceless
Wired Magazine takes the blood test out for a... →
The Point: The History behind Groupon →
cleiva:
On this article, you’ll discover how Andrew Mason decided to make a pivot on his original idea, switching from The Point, which goal was to “increase the power of people working towards a common cause”, to Groupon: ”group buying”.
Notes for myself:
Keep things simple and focus on what people really want
Fails areo’t bad, the experience you learn to improve things are priceless