Tales of Hoffman

Magical Thinking

Jacob's strategy seems to be working. (at least at the time of this posting).

iTunes 4.1

Just downloaded it. I had a mere half hour to do get it as the puppy went into his crate. (btw, it really is like having another kid, yikes!). I haven't had much time to check it out, but I can tell you my son is already on my case to set up an allowance (gee thanks, Steve Jobs). I do think it's great that people using a PC can now enjoy what I've been enjoying for months now. I also like the headline on the Apple site..."Hell freezes over". Nice.

Rangel on Rush

Chris has a very well-reasoned take on the Rush Limbaugh drug story...

I'm Still Here, Just Tired

So here's the reason why I haven't been able to post since Friday. Jeez, getting a puppy is very tiring, isn't it? In the great tradition of Apple, "Say Hello to Buster."

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What's Good about Medical Blogs? This.

Another example of the amazingly compelling writing going on at "Shazam's" website about her resident training in a rural trauma center. You have to be reading this stuff...

I've been around long enough to know that when a nurse says, "We need a doctor," that you go to the room quickly without asking any questions because there's trouble in there...

BloggerCon or Laptops -- Que es mas macho?

Both Dave and Jon Robb cited thisBryan Bell pic of the Day 1 meeting room at BloggerCon today. I was pretty amazed (during Day 2, when I was there) at how many people were concentrating so hard on their laptops while the conference was going on.

This is exactly why I came with only a pad and a pen. If you are not going to give your full attention to the speaker and the other attendees, why attend? If you are going to treat the session you are in like I do the television every night (e.g., some nice background while I blog, answer email, etc.), then what are you truly getting out of it?

Medlogs: The Sequel

Jacob has apparently started work on re-organizing Medlogs.com. It's looking better already!

Two Great "Meets" from BloggerCon

Met a lot of folks considering I was only at the Day 2 session for a total of about 5.5 hours. Two highlights:

Enoch Choi, MD (Medmusings) -- I've been reading Enoch's blog for some time now and it was great to put a face to the name. A very sharp guy (and I'm not just saying that because he used to work for Medscape's old sister company) and nice to boot. Hopefully, he'll be able to serve as a good sounding board for future Medscape features, particularly having to do with Blogging.

Lisa Williams (Learning the Lessons of Nixon) -- For the longest time, I couldn't figure out why someone as smart as Lisa would become so enthralled with Medical Weblogs! ;-) Seriously, here's someone who is not a Doc who I think really grasps the value of Medical Blogs for both physicians and patients (or I should probably say "just plain people").

You should visit both of these people's blogs often. They're smart. They're entertaining. And they have stuff to say.

Gateway Connected DVD -- Close, but no cigar

Via PVRblog,Gateway's Connected DVD player looks really cool. A progressive-scan DVD player that can hook up to your wi-fi network and stream music, pictures and video through to your tv and stereo. BUT, I look at the documentation and see all these hooks into Microsoft-based networks and Windows apps. Decidedly not meant for out-of-the-box hookup to my nice Apple machines. Oh, I'm sure someone will figure out how to make it work with iTunes, iMovie and iPhoto, but will it be worth the effort? How about it Apple? Give me a box that does this -- without the hacks.

BloggerCon Medical Session Archive Live

The BloggerCon folks have posted the achive stream of the Medicine and Weblogs session. I haven't even had the chance to sit through it (and I should, since I missed the first hour!), but I can tell you that if the rest of the session was a thoughtful and on topic as the part I saw, you ought to take a look. I was just sorry we couldn't get more docs and other providers there to be a part of it. More thoughts on the part I was actually present for later...