GruntDoc » Weblogs http://gruntdoc.com Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GruntDoc.com: content provider to many blogs… http://gruntdoc.com/2010/05/gruntdoc-com-content-provider-to-many-blogs.html http://gruntdoc.com/2010/05/gruntdoc-com-content-provider-to-many-blogs.html#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 23:23:31 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/?p=4703 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> And these are just the ones that link back to me:

I obscured the names of the other blogs, as I don’t want to incriminate them for being so silly as to re-run my posts.

(I am aware of the irony that I’m doing little original writing right now, doing a lot more linking with minor, banal commentary, and that’s when more people grab my posts.)

GruntDoc.com: content provider to more blogs than I thought!

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]]> http://gruntdoc.com/2010/05/gruntdoc-com-content-provider-to-many-blogs.html/feed 2 Who are my readers, really? http://gruntdoc.com/2009/11/who-are-my-readers-really.html http://gruntdoc.com/2009/11/who-are-my-readers-really.html#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:42:30 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/2009/11/who-are-my-readers-really.html Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I’ve been asked this quite a lot recently, and have no idea.  I know, more or less, the commenters, but there are quite a number of readers who don’t comment.

So, who are you?  Scouts’ Honor, now, and you’re only allowed to vote once.  (I’m not looking for any particular answer here, it’s just a completely unscientific survey…).  Choose one.  It’s up to you.

Who are you who reads this blog?
Physician
Nurse
Allied Health
Valuable Reader
Mom
pollcode.com free polls

Weird.  Buttons don’t display properly.  The TOP one is "VOTE", the LOWER one is "VIEW RESULTS".  Weird.

I’ll turn this off in a week or so.  I’m interested in knowing who the nine of you are!

 

Update: After about 24 hours of voting:

poll_day_1

I find this very surprising,  Lotta docs (comparatively), fewer nurses than I would have thought, etc.  (It’s totally unscientific, but it’s interesting nonetheless).

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]]> http://gruntdoc.com/2009/11/who-are-my-readers-really.html/feed 22 On Pseudonymity – Transterrestrial Musings http://gruntdoc.com/2009/06/on-pseudonymity-transterrestrial-musings.html http://gruntdoc.com/2009/06/on-pseudonymity-transterrestrial-musings.html#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:24:58 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3645 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

…On Pseudonymity – Transterrestrial Musings
I would also say that I agree that there is an important distinction between pseudonymous and anonymous blogging. The former establishes an identity and a reputation that must be both established, and upheld.

While a lot of people know who I am in reality, I still like the pseudonymous blog persona. I think if you’re trying to sell something, or want to be a consultant (same thing, really…) having your name right out there in front is probably the way to go. I have nothing to sell (except ad space, and I’ve been quite a failure at that).

I still personally encourage people new to blogging to do it under a Pen Name, because everything on the internet is now archived forever, or until the power goes out. If you like it and your mom thinks you’re good at it, announce your presence! Be bold!

Just don’t think you can be bold because you’re anonymous. You’re not. (Neither am I, but this is not a call for an outing…).

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]]> http://gruntdoc.com/2009/06/on-pseudonymity-transterrestrial-musings.html/feed 2 Scalpel or Sword?: Starting the Hypothermia Protocol http://gruntdoc.com/2009/04/scalpel-or-sword-starting-the-hypothermia-protocol.html http://gruntdoc.com/2009/04/scalpel-or-sword-starting-the-hypothermia-protocol.html#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:55:46 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3480 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

Scalpel or Sword?: Starting the Hypothermia Protocol
I’m not calling the code…

Scalpel’s decided to take a break from blogging, and I hope he comes back.

I would like to say that, just because any blogger hits a ‘dry spell’ for new, original things to say, it’s not necessary to close up shop and decide to quit blogging.  Heck, my dry spell is going on 4 years now.

There’s a weird pressure bloggers put on themselves to keep writing, keep producing, etc.  Maybe it’s narcissism (a little), maybe it’s a desire to please, but for your readers it’s still all free ice cream*.  Unless you’re being paid to write there’s no shame in pushing away from the keyboard and having an analog life, coming back to blog when the mood strikes.

*Free ice cream analogy courtesy of InstaPundit years ago.

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]]> http://gruntdoc.com/2009/04/scalpel-or-sword-starting-the-hypothermia-protocol.html/feed 0 iPhone display of this blog http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/iphone-display-of-this-blog.html http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/iphone-display-of-this-blog.html#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:31:12 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3408 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I have installed a plugin for WordPress that displays the blog contents on the iPhone on a more user-friendly way.  If you don’t like it you can click the link at the very bottom of the page and get the full view.

I’d be interested in iPhone users’ comments.

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]]> http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/iphone-display-of-this-blog.html/feed 1 Sippican Cottage: My Father Asks For Nothing http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/sippican-cottage-my-father-asks-for-nothing.html http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/sippican-cottage-my-father-asks-for-nothing.html#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:14:29 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3373 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Sippican Cottage: My Father Asks For Nothing

I cannot imagine a better epitaph.

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]]> http://gruntdoc.com/2009/03/sippican-cottage-my-father-asks-for-nothing.html/feed 5 Self Magazine mentioned GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/self-magazine-mentioned-gruntdoc.html http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/self-magazine-mentioned-gruntdoc.html#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:25:55 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/self-magazine-mentioned-gruntdoc.html Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Also, Kevin MD! (I asked if any of you had seen this, and apparently only one of my readers crosses into their demographic.  Probably not going to get crazy ad dollars from Self, then).

 

 

Thanks to Lindsey for the article.

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]]> http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/self-magazine-mentioned-gruntdoc.html/feed 1 The iPhone is changing my lifestyle http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/the-iphone-is-changing-my-lifestyle.html http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/the-iphone-is-changing-my-lifestyle.html#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:15:17 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/the-iphone-is-changing-my-lifestyle.html Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Used to be, in the dark ages of blogging (thank Mr Gore, PBUH) that to keep up with the intarwebs I needed to be at my big computer in the house. While waiting for someone else to post, I’d blog.

Now that I can see the intertubes easily while on the move, my desktop is less and less relevant. Twitter has contributed to this as well, as keeping up with the Vals, Ramonas, Tims, Vijays, Robs and lobsters is easy.

Change I can live with.

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]]> http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/the-iphone-is-changing-my-lifestyle.html/feed 5 Compassion in MedBlogging http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/compassion-in-medblogging.html http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/compassion-in-medblogging.html#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:36:42 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3251 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Explained more eloquently in the full post, but:

Head Nurse: Let’s talk about compassion.
This is an important point for those of us who blog, and those of us who nurse: People will criticize you for not being the constant comforting angel that they think you ought to be. To hell with them. The important thing is that you do what you are meant to do for those people who find themselves in your care.

I’m occasionally accused of not blogging in a warm-and-fuzzy fashion suitable to whatever aggrieved person comments, and I don’t generally respond; they don’t know me, they are’t my patients, heck with them.

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]]> http://gruntdoc.com/2009/02/compassion-in-medblogging.html/feed 2 Aggravated DocSurg: Why I fail at generating cash here… http://gruntdoc.com/2009/01/aggravated-docsurg-why-i-fail-at-generating-cash-here.html http://gruntdoc.com/2009/01/aggravated-docsurg-why-i-fail-at-generating-cash-here.html#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:25:47 +0000 GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/?p=3180 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Aggravated DocSurg: Why I fail at generating cash here…

Dang, I thought I was the only one getting these solicitations…

(For the record, I replied that I had a $10,000/day fee, paid thirty days in advance; didn’t get a reply).

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