I have been giving the Wired Ophthalmologist course at the AAO annual meeting since 1997. Obviously it is important to be one of the first to port to the AAO's new online community and I will be slowly moving content that has always been available on my personal website at www.bashour.com over to the AAO community site bit by bit - pun intended.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Personal Productivity Wiki
I just started a wiki for personal productivity.
The focus of the Productivity Wiki is to document ALL resources for personal productivity.
Increasing personal productivity through various means of personal development can also impact professional, management and organization development.
We wish to include all ideas, tools and processes to improve personal, workgroup and enterprise productivity and innovation.
A review of the complete personal development library from which to people may get started in cultivating is also offered.
WE CORDIALLY REQUEST ANYBODY INTERESTED IN TOPIC TO PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WIKI THE SAME WAY THAT YOU MAY CONTRIBUTE TO WIKIPEDIA
PARTICULARLY NEEDED ARE BLOGGERS SUCH AS MERLIN MANN AND OTHERS TO SPREAD THE WORD TO INTERESTED PARTIES TO HELP DEVELOP THIS SITE STARTED THIS SEPTEMBER 4TH 2008
Needed are documentation, reviews and evaluations of your favorite techniques, methods, software, hardware, tools etc.
For example for Getting Things Done (GTD) one can have an encyclopedia type article documenting the facts about the book, methods, etc. and then maybe many more articles about real world experience and use and comparison of GTD vs. other approaches.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Ruined iPhone
Today, as Rogers Wireless launches the coveted Apple iPhone, Canadian consumers and politicians will be blitzing the Internet to protest unfair wireless phone contracts.
A Toronto-based Internet marketing company that's spearheaded an online campaign urging customers not to buy the 3G phone is holding a live Webcast at 10 a.m. on July 11.
The Webcast will conclude with the delivery of a hard copy of Oilchange.com's RuinediPhone petition to Rogers. The petition, so far, has garnered more than 60,000 signatures online.
Today, as Rogers Wireless launches the coveted Apple iPhone, Canadian consumers and politicians will be blitzing the Internet to protest unfair wireless phone contracts.
A Toronto-based Internet marketing company that's spearheaded an online campaign urging customers not to buy the 3G phone is holding a live Webcast at 10 a.m. on July 11.
The Webcast will conclude with the delivery of a hard copy of Oilchange.com's RuinediPhone petition to Rogers. The petition, so far, has garnered more than 60,000 signatures online.
Liberal MP David McGuinty (Ottawa South) talks about his "Get Connected Fairly" act.
"We're going to invite Rogers to participate and make a comment to people who are very angry about the pricing," says Jamie Lynch, vice-president and co-founder of Oilchange.com. "People here are fed up at being overcharged."
Rogers did respond partially to consumer clamour for a better data plan, by offering those who activate an iPhone before the end of August the opton to add 6 GB plan to any voice package for $30 a month.
"We heard a lot from our customers, they were very enthusiastic about the iPhone," says Rogers' spokesperson Elizabeth Hamilton. "They were very knowledgeable about how much data they need."
It's unlikely Rogers will accept the invitation to participate in today's Webcast organized by Oilchange.com.
"We generally don't respond to petitions or polls," Hamilton says.
But at least one high-profile politician, Liberal MP David McGuinty -- brother of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty -- will be participating in the Webcast.
The Liberal environment critic says Rogers is using the iPhone as bait to lure Canadians into unfair contracts.
He said Rogers' promotional price cut on its controversial iPhone plan "is very temporary and dubbed it a PR measure.
"I want a long-term solution to this problem."
Many Canadian consumers are outraged that Rogers is charging more for its iPhone data plans compared with providers in the U.S. and the U.K.
Oilchange.com experienced first-hand, the difference between Canadian and American wireless plans.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
SeaLife DC800 Digital Camera
Finally a small digital camera which can go more than 30 feet underwater. The best point and shoot cameras up to this point were the Pentax Optio and the Olympus underwater cameras, but they do not really go deep underwater. However, they do not need cases. Many other cameras including Sony and Canon cameras can be purchased with expensive underwater cases but also do not go particularly deep. The SeaLife DC 800 is a good 8MP camera for surface pictures and with its case can go 200 feet deep and has been specially designed for underwater shooting. If you are a regular diver this is your best choice camera at under $500. Buy here.
Links:
SeaLife
TechnologyOwl
3G iPhone May Be Unlocked
There is speculation that because AT&T is planning to offer a $200 discount on new iPhones - Apple may be planning to offer its new 3G iPhone in an unlocked form through Apple stores.
With this there is also speculation that there will be 2 types of iPhone possibly available one thicker version that can be locked by the cell phone provider and a thinner version sold by Apple.
Links: Crave
Friday, April 25, 2008
Petition Against Ridiculous Wireless Data Prices in Canada
As many of you may know consumers in Canada are being gouged by the wireless phone companies here - largely because of the lack of competition. Many people myself included believe that the companies involved are being particularly shortsighted and the company which made the first move towards what I am going to suggest would likely reap huge rewards.
My suggestion is to go to the Sprint "The Simply Everything Plan". The plan includes Unlimited talk (including long distance and roaming all over the USA), Web surfing, emailing, texting, video-messaging, picture-sharing, GPS navigation, push-to-talk, and Sprint TV and Music programming. All for $99!
Many telcom analysts believe that plans like this which allow consumers to no longer fear extra costs, of any kind, is going to drive real change in the marketplace.
The only thing missing in this plan is that it should also include both the USA and Canada with no roaming for either data or talk. If you are listening Sprint - if you implement this people from Canada will cross the border to sign up with you especially with the current strength of the Canadian dollar vis-a-vis the US dollar.
At minimum the wireless phone companies here should introduce reasonably priced all you can eat data plans like those from AT&T for the iPhone in the US. I encourage everyone to sign this online petition - it already has 5375 votes as of this writing.
Links:
http://www.petitiononline.com/iPhone99/
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/unlimited-talk-data-plans-wireless/story.aspx?guid=A3CF0343-5242-40A7-B350-51F02F276BBB
http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&p=irol-newsArticle_newsroom&ID=1113525
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