The more social evolves, the more we communicate the same. At least that’s the way it looks after reading today’s post by danah boyd. She tells the story of a young girl, Carmen, who after breaking up with boyfriend wanted to find a way to express her despondency without freaking out her mom. Carmen’s mother is her friend on Facebook and follows her ... Continue Reading about Social Steganography – Old Tricks, New Medium
Places – Facebook’s Social Experiment
Last week Facebook launched Places, a service that allows users to check-in to specific locations and feed that information into their stream. But that’s Foursquare, you say. Yes. But the difference is that Foursquare has mayors, Places has 500 million citizens. Until now, location apps like Foursquare and Gowalla were adopted by a pretty narrow niche. Either ... Continue Reading about Places – Facebook’s Social Experiment
Doctors, Mosques, and the Limits of Transparency
Yesterday morning I watched two physicians on Twitter carry on about mosque real estate in lower Manhattan. Each took opposing sides and the dialog was just what you’d expect. It wasn’t flattering. The unfortunate thing is that both are pretty visible physician figures. I’m guessing they’ll never relate to one another quite the same way again. Such stark ... Continue Reading about Doctors, Mosques, and the Limits of Transparency
Before You Start a Hospital Blog
I have a friend who works in marketing at a local hospital. He asked me for a little input on what to think about when starting his hospital’s blog. Over the past year I’ve served as a sounding board for a handful of hospital systems as they’ve struggled with the issue of how to position their blog presence. Here are a few thoughts before you start a hospital ... Continue Reading about Before You Start a Hospital Blog
Why Few Doctors Blog
I recently got into a discussion with a couple friends about doctors and blogging. Why don’t we more doctors out there? Of the hundreds of thousands of doctors I’d expect more taking a voice. Even during the U.S. health care reform debate. Crickets. Of course there are doctors who blog, but the numbers are slim. What’s behind it? Passion. Pushing great ... Continue Reading about Why Few Doctors Blog
We’re At Risk for Clinical iPad Hype
Everyone’s desperate to see tablet computing make us more efficient. Case in point is the recent Futuredocs post by Vineet Arora on her experience with the iPad on rounds. All of us want the iPad to change our clinical lives. After reading her experience, I wonder if some of the line items shared at ‘powerful examples’ may have been influenced by the effect of the ... Continue Reading about We’re At Risk for Clinical iPad Hype