| USDA and Social Media In my previous post about social media endeavors at the CDC and HHS, I should also have mentioned the United States Department of Agriculture.1 Are there other government agencies (related to health and/or healthcare) with social media projects I haven’t noticed yet? Please let me know in the comments? 1 Full disclosure: My friend Craig Stoltz [...]  CDC and HHS Guidelines/Policies on Social Media Does it say something that these .gov agencies have formal social media operations and policies? Centers for Disease Control CDC Social Media Tools Guidelines & Best Practices Front page for social media at the CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/ Health and Human Services The HHS Center for New Media, Standards and Policies Front page for HHS Center for New Media: http://www.newmedia.hhs.gov/ Brief “interview” from AdAge with Andrew [...] Atul Gawande on The Daily Show Among the things I like: Patient safety, Jon Stewart, and Atul Gawande. Gawande talks with Stewart about The Checklist Manifesto (video embedded below). The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Atul Gawande www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Steven Levitt calls this “…the best book I’ve read in ages.” Dagnabbit. Now I need to read [...] “Information Overload” vs. “Filter Failure” on 1/10/2008, I wrote: I’m sincerely flabbergasted to hear a librarian (or any information professional) complain that there is “too much data” or “too many RSS feeds.” “Web 2.0″ doesn’t cause an information glut. What causes an information glut is being an information glutton, taking on more than anyone can reasonably manage. There aren’t too [...] Making “David Pogue Direct” So a reader writes to NYT technology columnist David Pogue, saying he wishes there was one button he could push to receive all Pogue’s writings and videos. The reader even suggests a name for this: “David Pogue Direct.” It’s a great idea. But David Pogue says there’s no “one-click Pogue subscription” and that to [...] News Wizard |