A friend pointed me to an article (found via a post at Think Christian) titled, “The Web Is The Worst Place to Grieve.” The article, published in a conservative-libertarian magazine, describes several examples of real and feigned suicides that have been blogged on the web. Blogging had made possible public suicide notes. The article is [...]
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I’m an intellectual stalker!
September 20, 2007
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One of the URMC colleagues with whom I previously talked about blogging, asked me about mindmapping today (see my mapping posts). Because she has sequentially hit upon a couple of my key interests, she questioned whether she’s an “intellectual stalker”–a phrase I thought was just hilarious. Part of what tickles me about the phrase and [...]
Read moreBlogging out in the open: Response to post from Wynne Center Board
September 10, 2007
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Some of the members of the Wynne Center for Family Research board read my blog post from yesterday about my presentation to the Board. When I saw them today their response was quite positive–lots of comments (and humor) about it. This brings me back to some of my initial posts about blogging in a professional [...]
Read morePresentation to Board of Wynne Center for Family Research
September 9, 2007
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I presented at the Wynne Center for Family Research (WCFR) board meeting today. I presented about our clinical services and about my work in suicide risk assessment, including how it grew out of experiences with suicidal patients in couples and families. The Center board and the faculty of the WCFR were present. The Board is [...]
Read moreCTL to Healthcare Professional Mindmappers: Delurk!
August 28, 2007
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Gaelen O’Connell over at Mindjet contacted me to ask if I knew of other healthcare professionals who are use or write about mindmapping. I thought it was a good question. I couldn’t think of anyone, but realized that if there were others out there, I would love to connect. So..if there are any [...]
Read moreCTL censored in China
August 23, 2007
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Thanks to a post by Dr. X, I discovered that this blog is banned in China–at least according to the Great Firewall of China, a site that purports to test any URL to see if it is blocked in China. I’m interested to know how sites make the blacklist. That there must be a keyword [...]
Read moreCTL added to PsychNews
August 21, 2007
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Commitment to Living has been added as a news source to PsychNews, a site that aggregates psychology news from a range of sources. PsychNews has a nice-looking interface and plans to offer RSS syndication soon, which will be good for those who want a breadth of psych news coverage in a single feed. Related posts: [...]
Read moreCTL listed on Mindjet Recommended Blogs
May 18, 2007
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Commitment to Living, has been listed on Mindjet’s Recommended Blogs map. I’m pleased to have this site listed along with some really top quality blogs. You can check out the map of recommended blogs here.
Read moreMore blogging to come at URMC?
April 25, 2007
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I was invited to an informal, coffee-cart conversation about blogging in a medical center. A person in our organization wants to develop a group blog around the interest area of Community Health. A few reflections on this conversation, which took place on Friday. We spent a fair amount of time on definitional ambiguities around the [...]
Read moreBlogScholar Post about Web 2.0 in Academia
April 18, 2007
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BlogScholar has an interesting post about Web 2.0 opportunities and academia. Since I’ve posted before about blogging out in the open in a clinical setting and academic health center, I thought this would be a good follow-up link: BlogScholar.com – Flatland Metaphor
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