January 2010
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“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead...”
– Frank Howard Clark
Jan 31st
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“There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to...”
– Brian Tracy
Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
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“‘Sometimes,’ said Pooh, ‘the smallest things take up the most...”
– A. A. Milne
Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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My Next Step
After concluding that proposing my own PhD and trying to find funding was like swimming upstream I am now enrolled on a PGCert Health Research programme at the University of Leeds. The programme is, in a lot of ways, very different to what I’m used to having graduated in Informatics but will provide me with the necessary research skills to enhance my career path. The programme contains six...
Jan 27th
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Jan 25th
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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter...”
– Dr. Seuss
Jan 25th
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Google Search: Now With Answers
Google is set to release a new feature for highlighting answers within search results. Whilst the service is not really suited to accessing longer textual summaries, in what ways could it be useful in health care?
Jan 24th
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“Eureka!”
– @markhawker (and Archimedes)
Jan 23rd
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“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the...”
– William Penn
Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
– Plato
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Going Beyond Isolated Vertex Statistics
An American Pew Internet Project survey found that as of December 2009 four in ten seniors go online. My question is this. How does one improve statistics that postulate that seniors live in isolation, a 0-degree network, to begin looking at n-degree statistics where a confidant within one degree may well be online? If that statistic tends towards 100% then perhaps the question can be shifted...
Jan 20th
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“The social network diagram is a suitable framework around which the rest of the...”
– Capildeo, R., Court, C., & Rose, F. C. (1976). Social network diagram. British Medical Journal, 1, 143-4.
Jan 20th
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“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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ChromoDoro →
The Pomodoro Technique™ is a simple time management tool traditionally using a kitchen timer set to 25 minutes for uninterrupted working and then again to 5 minutes of rest. Now it’s available for Google Chrome! Go to Window > Extensions to set Options for longer or shorter times. Ideal for those striving for that work/rest balance.
Jan 18th
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Social Networks in Fish
A study by Croft et al. (2005) on the social networks of fish came to the following three conclusions about how their networks were structured: Social network structure was influenced by body length and shoaling tendency, with individuals interacting more frequently with conspecifics of similar body length and shoaling tendency. Individuals with many social contacts were found to interact with...
Jan 18th
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“The doctor who asks himself: “Is there ever such a thing as perfect health...”
– Magee, B. (2001). The story of philosophy: A concise introduction to the world’s greatest thinkers and their ideas. London: Dorling Kindersley.
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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“… an individual’s susceptibility to illness appears to be affected...”
– Hammer, M. (1983). ‘Core’ and ‘extended’ social networks in relation to health and illness. Social Science & Medicine, 17(7), 405-11.
Jan 16th
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Trowling
Being a geek on a Friday night I thought I’d have a little play around with my Mac and see if I could come up with a little practical mash-up that I could share with you. I call it “trowling” as my first application of it was attempting to integrate a Twitter Search into Growl notifications. Here’s what you’ll need: The RSS Menu application. Something to search...
Jan 15th
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Caffeine →
If you’re a fan of YouTube Shows and own a Mac you’ll know that its built-in screen dimming and sleeping functions can have you reaching for your touchpad every 10 seconds. That’s where Caffeine comes in. With a single click of the cute little coffee cup icon in your menu bar Caffeine disables screen dimming and screen savers so you can watch shows in all of their fully-lit...
Jan 15th
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AppFresh →
If you own a Mac and want to keep all of your applications freshly updated I’d recommend AppFresh. The application also helps you create an i use this profile such as mine which lists all of the applications you have installed on your Mac and helps you find new ones.
Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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Omnee: Squashed
After a great run of over a year I’m calling it a day on Omnee. Omnee evolved as an idea to create a self-organising directory for Twitter users allowing them to “tag” themselves into categories and to discover new people to follow. The service soon evolved and incorporated rankings with a new design being led by @goldenskye who gave Omnee more of a human touch. The application...
Jan 14th
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Mobbler →
If you have a Nokia S60 mobile phone and a Last.fm account, why not give Mobbler a try? Highly recommended for listening to streaming music whilst at home on a Wi-Fi connection.
Jan 13th
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“Some ephemeral moments have perpetual resonance.”
– @goldenskye (via goldenskye)
Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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“Patient-centred is only half of the healthcare paradigm. What we’re...”
– @markhawker
Jan 12th
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“Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind,...”
– Ralph Marston
Jan 12th