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No Joke: World running out of IP addresses.

July 29, 2010

Here’s the story as given to me by a friend. It sounds about right.
The internet protocol used by the majority of web users, IPv4, provides for about four billion IP addresses — the unique 32-digit number used to identify each computer, website or internet-connected device.
There are currently only 232 million IP addresses left — enough for about [...]

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Need a Technoshrink?

July 29, 2010

From Guerrilla Marketing: Future success requires that you be technocozy; If you are not your technophobia is holding back your dental practice. If you suffer from that affliction, make an appointment with your technoshrink immediately. Technophobia is fatal these days.
Technoshrink appointmenst here

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The Stories we Tell

July 28, 2010

It has been a while since I linked to Lioness Katherine Eitel. The link below is from her weekly e-letter and reminds us of an important truth. Self talk shapes our attitudes. This truth holds for high tech changes just as much as it does for the important issues Katherine outlines in her message. For example:
Negative [...]

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Trees to Go

July 28, 2010

 This Seth Godin blog link has his usual interesting and thought provoking take on things. It takes a look at the difference between paper and non paper writing. A subject that interests me quite a bit as I have transitioned from paper magazine writing to blogging and other e-publications.
It has other more direct implications for dentistry. [...]

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Practice and Thrive

July 26, 2010

I just received a new ADA e-mail newsletter called Practice & Thrive focused on practice management issues. The July issue has articles on patient satisfaction and the economy. Interesting take away: 66.7% of general dentists update fees every year. The link below is from the satisfaction article and links to the ADA Dental Practice Hub (membership [...]

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Grow Your Practice Webinar

July 26, 2010

The link below will take you to Webinar on Growing your dental practice.
New Ways to Grow Your Practice as a Dentist (ExecSense Webinars).

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Searching for my Destiny

July 26, 2010

Dr. George Blue Spruce, the first recognized American Indian dentist, has released his memoirs, “Searching for my Destiny”. He is currently an associate dean at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health which is in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa. No technology involved but it is dentistry and it involves our local dental school.

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Microsoft Sells 175 Million Copies of Windows 7 in Nine Months

July 23, 2010

Three conclusions based on the Mashable report linked below.
Windows 7 works, it does not seem to have the issues that plagued its ill fated precursor Vista. So now that 7 has been out for nine months if you are looking to upgrade…go for it. BTW I have a laptop using Windows 7 and it is doing [...]

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AntennaGate and the Future of Apple

July 21, 2010

Follow the link to what I believe is a great companion piece to yesterday’s Anti-buzz column on MAC – PC. The long article is by Michael Malone a well respected Silicon Valley writer and observer.
…the company will regularly provide its users with new products that are sufficiently innovative, beautiful, and “cool” that they will not [...]

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Nanostructured Assemblies..What’s that?

July 19, 2010

John Fluke, linked below, has found a very interesting article on possibly using nanostructures to repair or replace failing teeth. very cool.
For as long as I’ve been in dentistry, we’ve been looking for the Holy Grail of tooth replacement… let’s throw a new idea into the mix. What if the body could grow a new tooth? [...]

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Webinar Wednesday-New Ways to Grow Your Practice

July 19, 2010

I will be presenting a 60 minute webinar Wednesday July 21 at noon EDT. Follow the link below for details and registration. The topic is a bit different for me, that is we will focus on growing your practice. This will include…of course…using new high tech tools as well as tried and true methods. Hope you [...]

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SideKick Magazine

July 16, 2010

A link to the online version of Henry Schein’s magazine for dentists. Another step toward a  paperless world
SideKick Magazine.

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Run Android Apps on Your Windows PC

July 15, 2010

Good to know.
…if you are truly intrigued by what the Android OS is all about, you can spend some quality time with it, at your leisure, in the comfort of your own home—and for free! All you need to do is download and install some free software,
via Run Android Apps on Your Windows PC – [...]

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Sometimes the Machine Can Make All the Difference

July 12, 2010

A link to an article I wrote for a Henry Schein blog.
My Sales Consultant – Henry Schein Dental.

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A Kitchen Countertop with a Brain

July 10, 2010

This is just cool. No immediate dental application but there could be. Imagine placing materials or instruments on a treatment room counter top and having the countertop provide instructions and possibly a timer for mixing and setting the material.
A Kitchen Countertop with a Brain
via Technology Review: A Kitchen Countertop with a Brain.

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A Sharp Transformation

July 9, 2010

In the 1980s, Peter Drucker, the dean of American management theorists wrote;
“Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred. In a matter of decades, society all together rearranges itself – its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structure, its arts, and its key institutions. Fifty years later a new [...]

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The Healthcare IT Guy

July 9, 2010

Another good online resource. The link below is to a blog written, as the name implies, by a Health Care IT guy. I found it via Medpedia. The blog is designed more for physicians but still has lots of information that is relevant to dentists.
The Healthcare IT Guy — Shahid’s healthcare IT, EMR, EHR, PHR, medical [...]

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What’s the Point?

July 8, 2010

Another bit of insight from Seth Godin. Do you have any new office projects in the works? Are you spending your time and talent on a valuable project or is it a project that seems fun and easy? Are you spending time in team meetings deciding which color scrubs to wear or are you moving [...]

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Amazon Kindle no threat to college textbooks

July 8, 2010

Interesting. I am a big Kindle fan but admit there are definitely some reading tasks (like flipping back to re-read a passage) that are better with a paper book.
Professors at seven universities around the nation, including Arizona State University, tested the wireless e-reader in a pilot project over the past year. All reported that although students liked [...]

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DocNog Find a Doctor App

July 7, 2010

I-Phone app.
With this simple and easy-to-use application, you can search for family doctors and specialists, hospitals, and urgent care facilities.
via DocNog California free download for iPhone, iPod and iPad – iFreeware.

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