December 2008
4 posts
Do Price Gouging Laws Apply To Doctors?
A friend saw an allergist last week: he spent one hour in the office and had an allergy test run. They submitted the visit to his insurance but apparently the company doesn’t cover allergy related issues.
This friend then received a bill for $1200.
So, let’s do the math. $1200 for an hour long visit is equivalent to $20 a minute or about $2,400,000 a year.
Now, let’s say this...
Use FriendFeed as a Twitter Client
I debated about which blog to post this too, as it really does seem obvious to me. However, I’ve seen so many people ask how to use FriendFeed as a Twitter client that it’s apparently not particularly obvious to anyone else.
Create a new room in FriendFeed, name it something like TwitterForUsername (since rooms can’t share the same name, you can’t just make it...
Kinesthetic Learners: Why Old Media Should Never...
As you may or may not know, I used to be a customer service trainer: I worked for a national telecommunications company until they were bought and our location closed in 2006. Working with adults is similar to working with children in some ways, and oh so very different in others. Not to mention that, as a 27 year old, it was sometimes hard to get a 50 year old trainee to take me seriously. It can...