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Paul Buchheit
What's your favorite TED talk? - http://origin.reddit.com/r...
Nearly impossible to single one out. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Jennifer 8 Lee's talk on General Tso's Chicken was fascinating. It's really hard to pick out just one, though. - ha3rvey (needs soup)
Dave Eggers, hands down. http://www.ted.com/talks... ... I watch this a lot and love it each time. - pea
Malcom Gladwell on Spaghetti sauce ... http://www.ted.com/talks... - Olivier Castets
Mark Bittman on what's wrong with what we eat and Brian Greene on string theory - Carlos Ayala
Neurologist Dr.Ramachandran's talk on the brain, phantom limb syndrome. - Kamath (नमः)
I can't believe I forgot Mark Bittman's talk! - ha3rvey (needs soup)
Bill Gates on Philanthropy. - Eric Logan
Also James Howard Kunstler (http://www.youtube.com/watch...) - Evan Solomon
It's between the stroke one from the neuroanatomist - Jill Barad, I now remember - and the very first one I ever saw, on Seadragon out of MSFT. - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF from iPhone
J.J. Abrams' mystery box http://www.ted.com/talks... - irem
Sir Ken Robinson's about education was the best ever, IMO. - Rodrigo Jaroszewski
Agree with Rodrigo. Its here: http://www.ted.com/talks... - Roberto Bonini
I really liked Brian Cox about LHC: http://www.ted.com/talks... - Mark Layton
Also the demo of SixthSense from MIT: http://www.ted.com/index... - Mark Layton
stefan sagmeister's speech on having sabbaticals for 1 year in every 7 years.the power of time off. - taner tarlakazan from iPod
Jonathan Haidt - "The real difference between liberals and conservatives" - http://blog.ted.com/2008... - Shey, Jamaican of FF
I haven't watched many of them - but, I absolutely liked Bill Gates on "mosquitoes, malaria and education" - http://www.ted.com/talks... - Space Cowboy
+1 for Ken Robinson's talk. - Ivan Zuzak
Kevin Kelly: "Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Phil Smirnov
What a great list...*bump* - SAM
Murray Gell-Mann: "Beauty and truth in physics" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Phil Smirnov
Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology http://www.ted.com/talks... - hellonm
Multi-touch interface by Jeff Han (02/2006) - AJ Batac
Have to do top 3 - Rodney Brooks says robots will invade our lives http://www.ted.com/index... Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation http://www.ted.com/talks... and Joshua Klein on the intelligence of crows http://www.ted.com/talks... - Andrew Smith
was just watching/listening to one :) helps a lot - ffcode
Sir Ken Robinson, without doubt... - Berci Mesko, MD
If you can pick a favorite TED talk, you haven't explored the available TED talks enough. - ana
+1 ana. - Alex Schleber
Sagmeister and Ramachandran talks. - Onur Gündüz
Sir Ken Robinson - Kevin Borders
Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors - http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Bertrand Doux
Another +1 for Sir Ken Robinson's talk. http://www.ted.com/talks... It perfectly embodies what TED is really about. - Chris Lasher
Thanks Mona Nomura. - ashish
Margaret Wertheim on the beautiful math of coral http://blog.ted.com/2009... . My comments at http://ff.im/5Gs6m . - Daniel Mietchen
William Kamkwamba, the boy who built windmills. http://www.ted.com/talks... - Andrew Leyden
Berci Mesko, MD
Exploring the role of social media in public health - http://scienceroll.com/2009...
Step one: Get health authorities to agree that patient data belongs to the patient. Step two: Understand that, though you have the medical degree, the patient can also make educated decisions. - Mr. Gunn
This is exactly the topic I'm currently reading about in the book Decision Tree written By Thomas Goetz. - Berci Mesko, MD
Great! I like his writing, even if we don't always agree, - Mr. Gunn
luisluque
@eysenbach Why Dennis Zaki has the copyright of most of the webs I try to cache in webcite? (e.g. Tudiabetes, Ratemds, Patientslimeme)
He certainly has some business veins... - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
Could someone please send me these two papers? Thank you very much! (e-mail: berci.mesko at gmail.com) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed... and http://www.nature.com/nrm...
Sorry, denied access to both of them - Nils Reinton
Thank you for trying, I just received the papers from two different sources. Friendfeed rocks! - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
Updating the "How to create and manage a quality medical blog?" e-guide. Takes plenty of time. - http://www.webicina.com/medical...
"How to create and manage a quality medical blog?" - Berci Mesko, MD from Bookmarklet
Berci Mesko, MD
Updating "How to keep yourself up-to-date in medicine?" e-guide - http://www.webicina.com/journal...
"How to keep yourself up-to-date in medicine?" - Berci Mesko, MD from Bookmarklet
Heather Piwowar
No Journal Access? Email the Author, Colleague - http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009...
That's what we did 10 years ago :) BTW, before you email, first use Google Scholar to find online copies... - Egon Willighagen
This can work well but I find students are reluctant to contact authors. - Jean-Claude Bradley
I think the important things here is the difference in sharing ethos in developing countries vs. US/EU. I used to never hear back from people via email, or if I did it took 2 weeks. The References Wanted Room FTW! - Mr. Gunn
Or just use this Friendfeed group: http://friendfeed.com/referen... - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
ResearchGATE MasterBlog: The best of the scientific world - http://scienceroll.com/2009...
ResearchGate now is a blogging platform. And Berci will showcase the best blog posts. - Martin Fenner
It's quite exciting. - Berci Mesko, MD
Do you have any ability to get them to change the regrettable name? - Mr. Gunn
Are these supposed to be original content or will you accept some cross posting? - Jean-Claude Bradley
May I also suggest that hyperbole such as "The biggest scientific network in the world with 180,000 members!" should probably be toned down so that things like this http://bit.ly/4kpy47 don't keep happening. - Mr. Gunn
Mr. Gunn, I don't think I have any ability for that. Jean-Claude: the main purpose is to have original content but I'm sure there will be some cross-posting as well. - Berci Mesko, MD
Definitely time for me to take a new close look at Research Gate. Should have done it months ago. - Cameron Neylon
thanks Berci - I'll bounce some posts on you when I think they might fit - Jean-Claude Bradley
Don't understand the excitement - for a recent overview, see http://www.nextgenerationscience.com/science... . - Daniel Mietchen
+1 daniel. In all fairness I'll also have another look at ResearchGate, but to me, the only useful science community has been biomed experts: http://www.biomedexperts.com/ (also reviewed in NGS) - Nils Reinton
I'd like these guys more if they didn't tout their membership numbers. It's very off-putting. - Brian Krueger - LabSpaces
Berci - Sorry if I sounded cranky above. I'm hoping with a respected member of the community like you on board, you can help them develop the promise, get a better sense of what the community really wants, and maybe tone down the slightly over-the-top promotional stuff a little. - Mr. Gunn
Mr. Gunn, I will try to do my best. - Berci Mesko, MD
Jean-Claude Bradley
Our paper on Chemistry in Second Life is marked as "Highly Accessed" in Chemistry Central Journal - that's nice to discover http://www.journal.chemistryce...
Nice indeed..... - Graham Steel
That's quick :) - Egon Willighagen
it would be nice if the BMC journals put the number of views right on the paper - like JoVE does - Jean-Claude Bradley
Article level metrics FTW....... - Graham Steel
Graham - do you mean that in the old or new meaning? It could work either way :) http://netforbeginners.about.com/od... - Jean-Claude Bradley
Congrats, Jean-Claude! :) - Berci Mesko, MD
Thanks for the link. I always thought FTW meant "for the world"..... - Graham Steel
Graham - if there ever was an abbreviation subject to miscommunication that would be it :) - Jean-Claude Bradley
Berci Mesko, MD
Question of the day: How do you calculate standard deviation for fold change values?
Is your fold change normally distributed? what do you need the sd for? - Yann Abraham
The question is whether you can calculate standard deviation for fold change values if the groups you compare are not matched. - Berci Mesko, MD
So you are considering the ratio of values derived from 2 unmatched populations, like testing 2 populations with different treatments? In that case I would use an ANOVA rather than working with the ratio... or did I miss something? - Yann Abraham
One group of controls and one group of diseased patients. - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
Does anyone know the impact factor of PLoS One?
Does it have one? I thought Thomson refused to calculate IF for it. - Pawel Szczesny
Pawel's right. - Björn Brembs
Thank you, that's what I needed. - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
6 invitations left for Google Wave. Now I have to do a QPCR, then will be back and add the last 6 requests.
I would like an invitation. nikosg5 at gmail.com. thank you - Nikos G
I'm sorry, no more left... - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
I've got 15 invitations for Google Wave. Anyone?
I d like 1 please, nikolaoshornet at gmail.com - Nikolaos Hornet
Done. - Berci Mesko, MD
Attila Csordas
the figure shows the heart rates of 4 subjects only 1 signal is from a healthy person. Can you tell which it is? http://www.physionet.org/physiot...
It wasn't that easy... - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
Kevin, MD On The Future Of The Medical Blogosphere - http://scienceroll.com/2009...
"He talks about why he blogs, what results he has seen and the future of the medical blogosphere." - Berci Mesko, MD from Bookmarklet
Graham Steel
Unfortunately, my Athens does not extend to NPG content :-( "Can web 2.0 reboot clinical trials?" Nature Biotechnology 27, 895 - 902 (2009) doi:10.1038/nbt1009-895 http://www.nature.com/nbt...
email in my profile. Thanks. - Graham Steel
On the way - Colby from email
He shoots, he scores. Thanks, Colby !! - Graham Steel
Graham, is there a chance you could send it to me too? :) - Berci Mesko, MD
No problem, Berci. Will ping you a copy later when I'm back home from work. - Graham Steel
Not sure if you sent it Graham but I shot a copy to Berci just now. - Colby
Berci Mesko, MD
"Experienced librarians might like the redesign less, as advanced searches have not become easier." - Berci Mesko, MD from Bookmarklet
Berci Mesko, MD
Interesting topic, can you point me to the information/slides you have shared or collected so far ? - joergkurtwegner
Here it is: http://scienceroll.com/medicin... but will publish slideshow later. - Berci Mesko, MD
Deepak Singh
Fwd: Any Science 2.0 people who are also Wikipedians? Notability of Timo Hannay being debated. Please chime in! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... (via http://friendfeed.com/boudicc...)
They actually really want to downscale WP... Wikipedia-- - Egon Willighagen
If they keep this up there will be nothing about the web on Wikipedia - Cameron Neylon from fftogo
Done. I also added the reference to PhDComics in the article. - Pierre Lindenbaum
@Pierre, please check the comic ID... - Egon Willighagen
Joi Ito is adding material.... the article looks pretty good already to me. Added a "Keep" on the deletion page. - Michael Nielsen
@Egon thanks, fixed - Pierre Lindenbaum
I can understand WP doesn't want to have an article on every John Smith in the world, but these endless notability battles are tedious. If you present at one conference are you notable? If you get one interview? "regarded as an important figure by peers" is not exactly a quantitative metric. Timo has a demonstrable body of work in many venues; that should be enough for notability. I was... more... - Richard Akerman
Just weighed in, it will certainly be kept. - Berci Mesko, MD
Yay - just noted that the wiki entry on Timo is no longer being considered for deletion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Common sense prevailed..... - Graham Steel
w00t - Deepak Singh
Shirley Wu
My first post on the 23andMe blog... SNPwatch: Common Variants May Influence Glaucoma Risk in Individuals of African Descent - http://spittoon.23andme.com/2009...
Cool Shirley. Excellent stuff. My father-in-law is a retina specialist. - Andrew Lang
Likey lot - Deepak Singh
The "news report" style can seem a little dull, but I guess I always have my own blog for less formal stuff... - Shirley Wu from twhirl
I found it very hard blogging for the AWS blog even though it's not quite as formal - Deepak Singh
I always mention the Spittoon blog in all of my presentations that focus on how the public could get closer to personalized medicine or genomics. - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
E-Health Europe :: Growth predicted in medical automation - http://www.ehealtheurope.net/news...
"Examples of automated medical technologies given include health monitoring kiosks, automated X-rays, e-learning systems and surgical robots" - Berci Mesko, MD from Bookmarklet
Berci Mesko, MD
Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. - http://www.wired.com/medtech...
Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.
Very interesting Berci - one of the issues I never understood about drug studies is how do you account for the fact that any drug with a common side effect will tip off the patient that they are definitely getting the real stuff and not a placebo - thus contributing to a higher expectation that it should work to alleviate symptoms. - Jean-Claude Bradley
That's true, but sometimes patients who are getting placebos also have side effects. Another unexplained observation :) - Berci Mesko, MD
Placebos don't have side effects ;) - Clare Dibble
Exactly, that's why it's a strange observation. - Berci Mesko, MD
The placebo might have a small incidence of apparent side effects but if you take something like Lunesta the bad taste in your mouth will give you a definite sign that you have not taken the placebo. - Jean-Claude Bradley
same story with recent stem cell trial - no difference with placebo. People believe in "new magic pill" and get "high" emotionally. - Alexey
Two ScienceBlogs had interesting discussions and comment threads on this article last week: http://scienceblogs.com/whiteco... and http://scienceblogs.com/greglad... - Brian Haugen
Berci Mesko, MD
PeRSSonalized Pregnancy: News and Resources « ScienceRoll - http://scienceroll.com/2009...
PeRSSonalized Pregnancy: News and Resources « ScienceRoll
omg :°) - Valentina*
I hope this omg means you like it. :) - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
ICMCC News Page » 5 years ICMCC - Congratulations! - http://articles.icmcc.org/2009...
Thank you!! - Lodewijk Bos
My pleasure! - Berci Mesko, MD
Paulo Nuin
We are pleased to announce that Ricardo Vidal (@rvidal) will be joining our group as a graduate student soon
Not a "graduate liaison"? ;-) - Mr. Gunn
@Mr.Gunn lol - Ricardo Vidal
Congratulations to all concerned. - Bill Hooker
Thanks, Bill. We're really happy that is coming to Kingston. Poor kid will come just before winter, so we hope he stick around for longer, after the first snowstorm :-) - Paulo Nuin
Way cool!!! So how are you going to react when he opens up Mendeley :)? - Deepak Singh
Mendeley is currently block in the lab. He will have to prove capable of circumventing our firewall. - Paulo Nuin
Googling "firewall circumvention for dummies"... ;) - Ricardo Vidal
Awesome! Congrats! - Chris Lasher
Thanks :) - Ricardo Vidal
Wow, how cool. Glad to hear it. - Maureen from iPhone
Congratulations! - Yann Abraham
Now details, we want details... - Neil Saunders
Watch your back Paulo, they're trying to get an insider to remove your top search result for "mendeley review" :P Sounds fun. Good luck Ricardo! - Brian Krueger - LabSpaces
Wow! When great people meet :) - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You: Why DTC Genomics IS Medicine. - http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2009...
No, DTC genomics isn't medicine, and it doesn't matter how many times you insist it is. There remains a fundamental difference between information and the uses to which that information is put. Everyone else on the web seems to understand this. Berci, you provide a valuable service aggregating medicine related articles and you're one of my best filters/sources, but i do with your crank-filter were a little tighter sometimes. - Mr. Gunn
Thank you, Mr. Gunn! Well, sometimes it happens. But I must admit I know Steve Murphy personally and he seriously affected my thoughts on personal genomics. He helped me a lot about how to become a clinical geneticist and in the vast majority of cases, I agree with his opinion. In terms of outcomes or consequences, DTC genomics should be considered medicine. - Berci Mesko, MD
I want to make sure I understand your argument, because I'm sure it must be a little more subtle that what I get from reading his post. Are you saying that because someone might make a medical decision for themselves based on the data returned from somewhere like 23andme, it should be put in the same category as a medical diagnostic test, and regulated by requiring a doctor's order? - Mr. Gunn
I couldn't have said it better. Yes, I think so, and I'm sure Steve thinks pretty the same. DTC is not just playing with fancy results and colorful graphs because people will make medical decisions based on these. And that is dangerous no matter how strongly these companies state these results shouldn't be used for medical decision-making. - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
10th interview in one week... Hungarian media likes medicine 2.0...
Congratulations @Berci - BlausenGroup
Thank you! - Berci Mesko, MD
Berci Mesko, MD
I'm looking for the SNP that determines whether eating asparagus makes your urine smelly. Any help?
I've heard that there are "smellers/non-smellers", also "producers/non-producers". Maybe you can sort this out! - Neil Saunders
Thank you, Neil, for the tip! I saw you've already commented on this: http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008... - Berci Mesko, MD
This is the best review I've found so far: http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/cgi... - Neil Saunders
Berci Mesko, MD
"20 ways Surgeons should use Evernote" - Berci Mesko, MD from Bookmarklet
Berci Mesko, MD
After 6 years of hard work, today, I became a medical doctor...
Congrats! - Chris Lasher
Congratulations Berci ! - Nils Reinton
Thank you! :) - Berci Mesko, MD
CONGRATS! - Mary Canady
Congratulations, Dr. Mesko! - Bill Hooker
respect! - Bart
Congratulations Dr. Mesko. You're probably the hardest working person on the planet too :) - Deepak Singh
wonderful! - Jean-Claude Bradley
Congratulations Berci! - Andrew Lang
congrats! - imabonehead
Thank you, guys! Deepak, you tell me this? :) - Berci Mesko, MD
Lol Berci, I think my irony meter shorted out when I read that comment from Deepak. :-) - Bill Hooker
Congrats ! - joergkurtwegner
Nice work, Berci! - Mr. Gunn
Congratulations!! - Shirley Wu
Good for you!!! :-D - Anna Haro
What an accomplishment. Congrats to you. - Derrick
Congrats ! - Khader Shameer
Congrats Berci! - Adarsh
Congratulations! - Yann Abraham
Congrats Man! err, I mean, Doc. :) - अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
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