by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing, Writing Habits
I love Post-it Notes. I’ve written about them before (Sticky Notes: A Simple “Idea-Capture” Technology), but some things are just so fabulous it’s OK to write about them more than once. Consider the famous quote by the Roman Architect Vitruvius: Firmitas,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
The online Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is my go-to resource whenever I want to dive deeply into a word’s meaning. Why? Well, here’s one of several reasons: In their word usage sections, the OED is not afraid to use examples from Twitter. For example,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging
I’ve blogged a few times about my approach to blogging (Ex: Who Am I Blogging For?, My Photography-Blogging Relationship, Blogging For Myself), but it’s not until recently that I have been able to clarify why I have been blogging every single day for the last...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Innovation
I believe that innovation doesn’t always come with a high price tag. Sometimes all it takes is putting together existing tools and relationships in a new way and then taking action. Here’s an example I am currently working on. At a recent medical conference on...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | CoVid
My last trip was to San Francisco in February 2020 as a Medical Advisory Board member for a healthcare tech startup. Masks weren’t yet a thing, but elbow bumps had just started. So, effectively, I haven’t traveled out of state for over a year, and I am getting...
