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The Strange Case of Hellish Nell

dsoul — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:27:21 -0700

When Hellish Nell claimed to have channeled spirits of the dead (who gave away wartime secrets), she was charged under ...

Peace One Day

dsoul — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:39:30 -0700

The End of America

dsoul — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:56:08 -0700

from the cover: ".... Naomi Wolf compels us to face the way our free America is under assault. She warns us -- with the straight-to-fellow-citizens urgency of one of Thomas Paine's revolutionary pamphlets -- that we have little time to lose if our children are to live in real freedom.Wolf shows that there are ten classic steps dictators or would-be dictators always take when they wish to close down an open society. Each of those ten steps is now underway in the United States Today."

Whose Freedom?

dsoul — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:47:35 -0700

From the cover: "Since September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has relentlessly invoked the word "freedom." Al-Qaeda attacted us because "they hate our freedoms." The United States can strike preemptively because "freedom is on the march." Social Security should be privatized in order to protect individual freedoms.In Whose Freedom?, Lakoff surveys the political landscape and offers an essential map of the Republican battle that seeks to capture the hearts and minds of Americans -- and shows how progressives can fight to reinvigorate this most beloved of American political ideas."

All my Books on Goodreads

dsoul — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:52:50 -0700

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/372460?shelf=read

Cybernetics Bookshelf

dsoul — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:14:03 -0700

As I noted elsewhere, I'm looking at using Goodreads as a catalog system for my fairly extensive library.... here's a widget courtesy of the Goodreads people that gives a taste of some (I've only entered about 800 so far) of the books in my collection, in this case those I've tagged with the term 'cybernetics'

or, to see my complete 'cybernetics' shelf, click (and scroll down past tags see books) :

Goodreads

dsoul — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:03:40 -0700

I think I've finally found a web system to catalog the books in my library!

When I was part of the early beta testing for Ning, I had high hopes for that platform. Unfortunately, at least in my mind they gutted the search capability and moved from the idea of a multi app based platform to a social network more based on blog and forum technology... not doing either particularly well at first (but I admit that I haven't really given them a look since it became obvious that they were no longer actively moving in the direction I had so eagerly participated in during the beta days). When it finally became impossible to ignore facebook anymore (ok even then I didn't jump on board until the "web shaking news" they they had become an 'application platform) I signed up and tried some of the book/bookshelf/kibrary appications but found them pretty well to be toys not real applications. But just a few days ago another Tangler user pointed me towards "Goodreads" ... as you can see in the conversation below, I have adopted it and have rapidly been adding my books to it.... and it turns they do have a facebook widget (not the full application, but access can be given to it through facebook).

Here's the conversation going on in Tangler about it (feel free to sign up to Tangler if you want to take active part in the conversation).

Film That Changed You

dsoul — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:17:17 -0700

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Everday Heroes Every Day

dsoul — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:10:55 -0700

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How the concept of Pangea Day came about

dsoul — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:07:44 -0700

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Jehane Noujaim: Ted Prize Winner (2006 Presentation)

dsoul — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:04:55 -0700

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What can we do as users of Tangler?

dsoul — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:58:06 -0700

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Pangea Day: an introduction

dsoul — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:32:10 -0700

What is Pangea Day? according to their web site:

Pangea day taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion while uniting millions of people to build a better future.

In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it's easy to lose sight of what we all have in commond. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that - to help people see themselves in others- through the power of film.

On May 10, 2008 - Pangea Day - sites in New York City, Rio, London, Dharamsala, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Kigali will be videoconferenced live to produce a 4-hour program of powerful films, visionary speakers and uplifting music.

The program will be broadcast live to the world through the internet, television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones.

Of course, movies can't change the world. But the people who watch them can. So following May 10,2008, Pangea Day organizers will facilitate community-building activities around the world by connecting inspired viewers with numberous organizations which are already doing groundbreaking work.

Be sure to watch the embedded video near the start of the Tangler Discussion for a powerful introduction to the concept!

(of course you are welcome to join Tangler to join in this conversation!)

Third Places of Learning - discussion on Tangler

dsoul — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:30:25 -0700

I've started a commversation on Tangler:

Where's Bric: What I'm Reading Now

dsoul — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:18:50 -0700

Life without books would almost be life without meaning for me...here is a list as they enter into my life ...

Data Visualization - some modern approaches

dsoul — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:16:07 -0700

Tags: chart, data, diagram, map, statistics, tool, visualization

Smashing Magazine

has an interesting feature showing some "profound, creative and ...

Tangler Treats

dsoul — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:56:16 -0700
In light of my personal view of Tangler as a potential Third Place of Learning I'm going to capture here some of the "best of Tangler"

Hans Roslings New Insights

dsoul — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:16:06 -0700
About this Talk In a follow-up to his now-legendary TED2006 presentation, Hans Rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He shows us the next generation of his Trendalyzer software -- which analyzes and displays data in amazingly accessible ways, allowing people to see patterns previously hidden behind mountains of stats. (Ten days later, he announced a deal with Google to acquire the software.) He also demos Dollar Street, a program that lets you peer in the windows of typical families worldwide living at different income levels. Be sure to watch straight through to the (literally) jaw-dropping finale.

Third Places of Learning

dsoul — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:09:11 -0700
Third Places of Learning - slides from a keynote at EDEN Conference 2007 (Naples)

Stumbling on Happiness

dsoul — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:34:15 -0700
"Think you know what makes you happy? This absolutely fantastic book will shatter your most deeply held convictions about how the mind works." Steven D. Levitt, author of Freakonomics

Particls goes Public Beta

dsoul — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:36:43 -0700
Particls learns what you care about and alerts you when there's new information on those subjects...

Security tips for EMR

dsoul — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:34:20 -0700
In Technology For Doctors Issie Rabinovitch passes on common sense suggestions to improve security on EMR systems:
http://www.canhealth.com/doctors.html#D06octstory2

EMR: Exam room configuration

dsoul — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:35:17 -0700
In CanadianEMR there is a whole section devoted to disussion Exam Room configurations and set up of the equipment for ...

Eighth Annual Survey of Electronic Health Trends and Usage (2006)

dsoul — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:41:28 -0700
Available from the Medical Records Institute (pdf) is their latest annual survey of EHR Trends and Usage which reveals insights ...

Expiration of Alberta POSP funding - what will it mean?

dsoul — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:00:29 -0700
Alan Brookstone has posted an interesting piece in CanadianEMR where he discusses the exipration of the Alberta Physician Office System ...

Electronic health records in Canada

dsoul — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:34:17 -0700
Despite a massive program sponsored by the federal and provincial government (Canada Health Infoway; 6 years; $1.1 billlion) less than 20% of Canadian GP's are actually using electonic IT systems for clinical care.

PITO FAQ Update

dsoul — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:28:36 -0700
The BC Ministry of Health has posted an update to their PITO Frequently Asked Question page.
Items marked as "new" ...

Physician User Group leaders meet with PITO

dsoul — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:52:19 -0700
Leaders of the Vancouver Coastal Health Physician User Group met with representatives of the the Physician Information Technology Office (PITO) ...

Migration of data from an existing EMR - Is this an unforseen Achille's Heel?

dsoul — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:49:40 -0700
Alan Brookstone writes in Canadian EMR:
"One of the big issues that has recently come to my attention and something that I have discussed with colleagues in BC and around the country is that of the migration of patient information (clinical and other data) that is stored in one EMR when migrating to a new EMR system."
He again raises the point that he has broached elsewhere:
... if an existing user of an EMR decides to migrate to a new system, there may be a medico-legal imperitive for that physician to maintain a copy of the 'old' EMR system INDEFINITELY on an additional computer in the office in the event that an audit trail would need to be produced in the future. This is a very real problem.
There are many issues raised in the comments to Dr. Brookstones piece (especially interesting are those referencing medico-legal reporting requirements) that make this piece worth reviewing:
canadianemr/2006/09/migration_of_da.html

Attachment problems complicate the transfer of information between EMRs

dsoul — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:40:18 -0700
Alan Brookstone posts on CanadianEMR an article about a complex problem evident in the UK as a result of the ...