The more knowledge you gain, the less certain you are of it.

Be tender to the young, compassionate to the aged, tolerant with the weak. For in your life you will be all of these.

Groucho Marx: "I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER."

Exciting project coming to fruition

For several years I've been working with health care providers to utilize social media to better connect with their communities.  I am very excited that a project is coming to fruition, the launching of the Social Media Health Network.   


The Social Media Health Network, a service of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, will provide access to tools, resources and guidance for organizations and individuals that want to apply social media in health and health care. The Network will offer different membership options, including free and paid memberships. 

The online network uses open source content management tools and hosting infrastructure to facilitate future contributions and knowledge crowdsourcing from the Network member community. 


The charter members of the Social Media Health Network are:

• Inova Health System, Reston, Virginia, USA
• Mission Health Care, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Technical Notes

I developed the site in Drupal, using off the shelf modules for functionality, when available.  Modifications to default functionality and 'look and feel' were made to better suit the health care community.  On the back end, the site is served from Amazon EC2, utilizing Pressflow, Memcahce and Apache SOLR to provide quick response and fast data searches.  PHPMyAdmin, ISPConfig and Traq are used for customer and server support.

No matter how clever and complete your research is, there is always someone who knows more.

Best friends don't ask you: "Is something wrong?" Best friends ask you: "Whats wrong?"

An expert will always state the obvious.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. (Benjamin Franklin)

It is simple to make something complex, and complex to make something simple.

In today's technical environment, it is a requirement that we forget more than we learn.

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. (Chinese proverb)

Be more concerned about your character than about your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think of you.

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Believe in miracles, but don't depend on them.

The new version always manages to change the one feature you need most.

Ellen DeGeneres: "Just go up to somebody on the street and say You’re it! and just run away." Famous People

If you are not thoroughly confused, you have not been thoroughly informed.

Being right is highly overrated. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart. (Richard Carlson)

Don't fix something that ain't broke, 'cause you'll break it and you still can't fix it.

Vince Lombardi: "If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? …. Go Ducks!!

Walt Disney: "All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."