• Safari 3.1 includes hidden one-window preference - This is the holy grail of Safari as the browser of choice. That plus compatibility with blog authoring tools.
• Mac BU promises bibliography improvements to Office 2008 - Interesting discussion somewhat unrelated to the article’s title about the state of bibliographic software. I would look forward to further refinements of Zotero, and maybe a server version.
• QLPlugins - Quick Look Plugins - Great efficiency improver of one of my favorite Leopard features.
• Aetna Smartsource Demo - Aetna’s latest information tailoring system for patients. Getting closer to supporting the patient-provider relationship?
• Apple - Support - Discussions - Unresponsive Keyboard and Trackpad … - This is a real issue for MacBookPro owners - prepare yourself just in case this happens to you.
• A new snapshot of health consumerism from EBRI and The Commonwealth Fund - Nice overview from Jane Sarsohn-Kahn
• Roblog » Batch Categories - Another category management plugin, for Wordpress 2.3 and 2.5
• uwMike » WP-Cats - More preparation to migration to WP 2.5
• Disk Inventory X - Map your hard drive to avoid wasting space
• How to Fly Without ID and Skip Lines | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss - Just in case this happens to you, here is how you can fly and recover.

March 28th through March 29th:

• WordPress ? Search and Replace « WordPress Plugins - Wordpress 2.5 is out. I have a feeling this plugin will be useful to have handy
• JAMA — Preserving Confidentiality in the Peer Review Process, March 24, 2008, DeAngelis and Thornton 0 (2008): 299.16.jed80000 - With tremendous respect for Catherine DeAngelis’ leadership during a tough situation. I am left wondering if the best place to hide is out in the open - if peer review became more Web2.0 like. What would happen in a situation like this?
• Findings From the 2007 EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Survey - EBRI - About 2 percent of the population is enrolled in a consumer directed health plans. Significant points for me: (1) almost half of the population with a chronic condition reports not filling medications or skipping doses or delaying care due to cost. Sobering reminder that patients can and do choose to do what we doctors prescribe. (2) “There have been no significant gains int he provision of information on provider cost and quality by any health plan type over the three years of the survey. There has been no increase in the share of CDHP or HDHP enrollees who say their health plans provide them with quality and cost information about their providers, and they remain no more likely to receive such information than enrollees in more comprehensive plans.” Okay, one more point - they did not ask about the impact of involvement in care in choosing a health plan - no mention of medical records access or involvement in information sharing at the level of the encounter.
• My Starbucks Idea - How about doing this for a health care org?
• Bronson Beta - Mail.appetizer - Nice Mail notification tool, Leopard

• Providence Health Care - What’s New - Providence Legacy Project, St. Paul’s Hospital, Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hospitals, Arbutus, Brock Fahrni Pavilion, Heather, Langara, Holy Family Hospital, Youville Residence - The project has yielded great results, with an 87 per cent drop in the time from blood collection to the time of arrival in the lab, and a 45 per cent decrease in turnaround time from blood collection to result reporting.
• Primary Care And Health System Performance: Adults’ Experiences In Five Countries — Schoen et al., 10.1377/hlthaff.w4.487 — Health Affairs - Information about access and secure e-mail use, as well as quality measures across several countries.
• How NOT to lead geeks - This is an interesting post, although I think the title is at odds with the content (this is about leading people who develop great things for society). It adds more information to the LEAN idea that people are not the problem, it’s process.
• Toyota passes Ford as No. 2 in U.S. sales - Toyota’s ability to have humility in this situation is something a healthcare organization would be envious of.
• Running a hospital: Looking back after six years at BIDMC - I liked this. Compliment: It represents Hansei in a good way. Constructive Criticism: Thinking about applying LEAN to be more direct in the communication. Overall: More people should do this.
• Your New Title: Chief Inspiration Officer - I think I want to be this. Actually I think I try to be this. And I love it.

December 24th through December 26th:

• iMedix - Find Health Information, Share Symptoms & Discuss Treatments - Israeli startup that connects patients to each other with the same condition(s). Imagine if their doctors could be part of the conversation.
• Metropolitan Police Department Crime Search, Washington DC - A handy tool for looking at crime statistics in your area. All the information is there.
• Customer Experience Index Snapshot: Health Plans by Bruce D. Temkin - Forrester Research - There’s an enormous opportunity for health plans to radically improve their customer experience ? and go after the majority of consumers that are interested in switching plans.
• gladwell dot com - personality plus - Malcolm Gladwell writes about corporate use of personality tests. I have not really been a fan of Myers-Briggs myself.
• Unicru Test Items - A potential employee posts the Unicru personality test used by many retailers.
• Rock Creek Park - Monuments, Statues and Memorials (U.S. National Park Service) - Descriptions of memorials in the Mount Pleasant / Columbia Heights area
• macosxhints.com - 10.5: Move apps between spaces with the app switcher - For Mac users out there, this is a tip that makes the new Spaces feature very usable. I’ve had it turned on for a few months now and getting the hang of it (I always try new things for a bit, but know when to stop trying them, this is why I am early major