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AppShopper.com, TouchArcade.com, Stats, and Stickiness
So, this blog has been relatively quiet. Not because I haven’t been keeping busy… in fact, I might have been keeping too busy. In retrospect, the quitting decision was clearly the right decision. One major perk of not being a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Mac Web
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50% of Primary Care Doctors Planning on Cutting Hours, Retiring or Quitting
CNN reports on the results of an interesting survey of primary care doctors which found that nearly 50% of them are looking to quit or reduce hours. Many of the reasons cited dealt with too much red tape surrounding insurance … Continue reading
Posted in Business
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Citizen Journalism Follow-Up Notes
My post about the the false Steve Jobs Heart Attack rumor has gotten more traction than I expected. And while I pointed the finger at Silicon Alley Insider, it wasn’t really a personal attack. SAI is still amongst my favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Web
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Citizen Journalism Not a Failure, Blogs a Failure?
This morning a rumor about Steve Jobs having a heart attack started circulating. The person who started the rumor submitted it to MacRumors using an anonymous proxy IP address. I saw the report right when it was submitted and after … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Web
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Ah the Irony, Tiernan Ray Misreports My Misreport
Tiernan Ray of Tech Trader Daily posted a piece the other day about what sounds like a great story: a rumor site confirming one report by using the same report! Now, this sort of thing has probably happened over the … Continue reading
Posted in MacRumors.com
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On Starting a Blog
Based on the news that I was pursuing a career in “blogging”, I naturally got a lot of emails from individuals who asked about how to start in blogging, how to build traffic, and similar plans. I promised them I’d … Continue reading
Posted in The Web
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New York Times and More…
By now, many people have seen the New York Times article about me and my quitting medicine to pursue a career on my websites. Overall, the response has been amazing, and generally very positive. The article itself was amongst the … Continue reading
Posted in The Web
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