February 2011
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Eye-Tracking of WorldCat.org →
interesting study. only 7 participants. reminder to self to search for eye-tracking studies of consumer health sites.
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Show Readability Levels in Google Results →
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Using Wikipedia in Pharmacy →
another example of the problems of using Wikipedia in healthcare
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2010 Digital Year in Review →
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Wisdom of Communities presentation from the Webstock 2009 conference in New Zealand. Presented by Derek Powazek.
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7 Things You Should Know About Android →
from Educause - December 2010
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wow. this is almost like watching a movie :-) Check out FlyingWord’s Treasure Island book for the iPad.
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Educause 2011 Conference
This week I will be following the EDUCAUSE conference. Twitter tag is #eli2011. I am looking forward to what tips and info I’ll pick up for Kalonji too.
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Just How Massive is Google? →
Google + inforgraphics = cool.
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Libraries are Screwed →
Another presentation on the e-book/library situation.
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NLM top dawg in Google searches
blog post from Eric Rumsey describing how NLM is now top-ranked in Google searches. Good point though on why their PubMed Health pages and not MedlinePlus?
http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/hardinmd/2011/02/07/nlm-gets-number-one-ranking-in-google-searches/
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Scribble Note Taking →
Will this work for me? I have yet to find a note taking app that suits the way I work and think.
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19 of the Best Infographics from 2010 →
again - who doesn’t love a good infographic?
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HealthIT Twitter Chat
If I ever find the time - review this transcript of healthIT chat on Twitter
http://wthashtag.com/transcript.php?page_id=18808&start_date=2011-02-02&end_date=2011-02-06&export_type=HTML
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Hey, that test looks familiar!
A little more than a year ago, I completed a course for my master’s degree in our DBMI program that focused on understanding evaluation methods in informatics research. My final project for the class was a *theoretical* grant proposal. The underlying concepts for my proposal was based on prior work we’ve done in my job to understanding how to deliver health information to children.
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Integrating eBooks into Libraries →
I’m starting to get a little bothered by the fact that we use “ebooks” currently in libraries to refer to books available electronically (but not on mobile devices) and also now use “Ebooks” to refer to those for ereaders like Kindle & Nook. Need to see if others are commenting on this terminology mixmash. Sue Polank’s slideshow in this post offers...
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Prezi - Maybe? Maybe Not? →
Definitely something I need to come back to as I continue to explore Prezi.
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Why I Love Dropbox
Read this via Jay Parkinson MD+MPH — article is from the Washington Post (original link here). Love this because it summarizes exactly why I LOVE Dropbox! Despite the fact that my employer just provided us all w/ free access to Office Web Apps, I will probably not use it. It does not folder sync like Dropbox does :-) By Ezra Klein
I’m a big fan of Dropbox, a service that easily...
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