Hijacking Hierarchies: A potential and a peril of social media
Do you remember a time before facebook? There must have been an internet, and there were probably even blogs, but being popular meant a lot people would turn up for drinks at your birthday party. Since...
View ArticlePeer Review – Pointless, Perfunctionary or Practical?
The twitter heaven gates opened today, although they have been building for some time, with postings around the following blog noted in the tweet below Great thoughts by FOAM Journal by @ellebellucci...
View ArticleWas Clare Balding right? (and was it relevant I was slightly wrong)
One of the great things about blogging is the permanency of your thoughts. Ideas and thoughts developed on a train journey are often lost forever but if you can encapsulate them in writing they are...
View ArticleFriday Follow #ff: Functional or Frivolous?
I have previously written about the notion of followership on twitter (distinct from the leadership concept which is equally as important!) and would like to ‘follow’ it up with a muse on #ff. A quick...
View ArticleThe #FOAMed universe – normal laws of evaluation don’t work here
I try and write blogs which can be accessed by anyone at anytime with minimal prior knowledge. However in this case you probably do need a understanding of what #FOAM is. It’s probably useful to also...
View ArticleTweets, Text and Trolling
The recent dreadful events surrounding Caroline Criado-Perez @ccridoperez and abusive tweets has now reached the UK Parliament (see here). It’s a sad story and represents a dark undercurrent to the way...
View ArticleBeyond the ‘why’ of twitter: Remember there are lots of ‘hows’
A recent tweet got me thinking Morning Twitter. Needing advise. What would be the top 10 reasons for your medical leaders to use twitter. Designing leaflet for FMLM conf — Kirstie (@kirsti79) September...
View ArticleHow I let @GrangerKate down and what you can do about it..
It was not a particularly busy shift. The patients were not any more sick than other evenings I have worked. I may have been a little more tired than normal, I don’t think I was anymore distracted, but...
View Article#SMACCGOLD – It hurts..
Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought The 2nd SMACC (social media and critical care conference) has just finished. A packed 4 days (including pre-conference) with...
View ArticleNetworking: Twitter doesn’t build communities, stories do…
This blog posting is based on my talk to the #HSJRisingStars. It’s good to have the opportunity to expand on my thoughts as it’s clear from feedback that this didn’t quite touch the nerve I was...
View ArticleUtilising the improvement from healthcare social movement #MedX
“I am pretty sure it is impossible to change the world alone. You may be innovative, provocative, and inspirational. But even our greatest leaders will cite key influencers to their success” Hello – My...
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