Archive for November, 2008
How to prepare a medical slide presentation
I am not an expert on presentation skills. I don’t think many medical people are. Medical people often aren’t practiced at slide presentations. It’s not something we do every week, but we do have to do it every few months. Most of us never get to be highly skilled or highly practiced, [...]
Decision Making Skills for Medicos
“Yes” or “No”: The Guide to Better Decisions
(Amazon Link) by Spencer Johnson advocates the use of critical decision making. The book is hampered by an eighties approach to self-development, with a cloying parable format. However, the ideas in it encouraged me to think over my decision making techniques, particularly in the context of [...]
Software deals: Give good food to your Mac promotion
Give good food to your mac is on again this year. It is a little different to other software in that you get to choose what software you want to trial. Download a trial version, and if you like it you can purchase it at a big discount.
Most of the programs are by [...]
New iPhone products for accessing your productivity
Dropbox
For those who have taken up Dropbox based on the recent buzz, you will be happy to know there is a new iPhone web login interface. Dropbox is a filesharing/backup service that simply can’t be explained in a few sentences. It can be used to insure your normal backup, or to improve medical [...]
How to manipulate your PDFs
I have been playing with PDFs a lot recently, and evidence-based medicine makes them increasingly necessary. Luckily, the days where you needed Adobe Professional to manipulate files are quickly receding.
Creating PDFs
Mac users have the advantage when creating PDFs, with the ability to print any document to PDF from within the print menu. Furthermore, [...]