Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question "What are you doing?" via 140-character messages from their cellphone, laptop or desktop. You can select the messages you find useful, amusing, or both. Here is the 6th edition of My Twitter Favorites (the oldest post is at the bottom, the newest at the top):
Micro-blogging on Twitter is easy, fun and can be very useful and educational if you follow/subscribe to interesting people. To see that even not-so-interesting guys can do it, please visit my account at Twitter/AllergyNotes.
You can read more here: A Doctor's Opinion: Why I Started Microblogging on Twitter.
 | ruraldoctoring Not that I really wanted the worm, anyway. |   |
| | ruraldoctoring Awake late--10:30am. So much for early bird catching the worm. | |
 | jeffjarvis Friend reads me email from a trader: "This is worse than divorce. I lost 50% of my money but I still have my wife." We need a laughtrack. | |
 | doctoranonymous I can't change genetic risk for disease. Bummer | |
 | chrisseper having a blast watching my son have a blast in the little italy playground. | |
 | FatDoctor Came back to work today and had to learn 22 patients, all new to me. | |
| | chrisseper internet down at my house. may be most productive night ever. | |
| | ruraldoctoring Anyone successfully defend a speeding ticket when on your way to hospital to deal with urgent clinical situation? | |
 | scanman Q: What’s the difference between a investor and a pigeon? A: The pigeon can still make a deposit on a house. | |
| | scanman Q: What’s the difference b/w a guy who just lost everything in Vegas and an investment banker? Ans: A tie. | |
| | scanman Might do to remember that a few medbloggers/twits wearing out their fingertips & getting hot & bothered isn't going to change anything | |
| | scanman twits Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any. - Danielle Fotopoulis. | |
| | ruraldoctoring Still barely squeaked through physiology and pharmacology. Collective sigh of relief from those departments when I passed. | |
| | ruraldoctoring When I was in med school, I used to underline in 5 colors of highlighter and 3 colors of fine-tipped pen. Madness. | |
| | ruraldoctoring Why I'm took mini-retirement: to finish unpacking from my move in 2005. | |
 | AllergyNotes Twitter poetry: @sandnsurf "The pixel fairies call - the darkness of night pervades the room - sleep mac, sleep your work is done" |
| | ruraldoctoring Blog post written for tomorrow. A rewarding feeling of self-satisfaction. | |
 | sandnsurf The pixel fairies call - the darkness of night pervades the room - sleep mac, sleep your work is done | |
| | ruraldoctoring @scanman I have Shakespeare on both iP and Kindle. iP is with me all the time, but Kindle more comfortable for reading long periods of time. | |
 | progressnotes Nothing soothes the soul like music; nothing refreshes the brain like sleep. I'm getting a good dose of both this weekend. | |
 | grahamwalker 3rd chest tube, check, another femoral line, check. Sometimes there are benefits to being a black cloud. | |
| | scanman It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job. He still ends up with the same boss! |
Micro-blogging on Twitter is easy, fun and can be very useful and educational if you follow/subscribe to interesting people. To see that even not-so-interesting guys can do it, please visit my account at Twitter/AllergyNotes.
You can read more here: A Doctor's Opinion: Why I Started Microblogging on Twitter.