by Matthew Rehrl MD | Book Reviews, Writing
The book A History of PI by Petr Beckmann (1971) is what I call a role-model book, the type of book I would love to write myself. Apart from giving a nice step by step history of the mathematics behind pi, starting with Mesopotamia and ending with the current period...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Ethics, Writing
Whenever I run across controversies around words, a common occurrence now thanks to social media, I tend not to weigh in too quickly, if at all; rather, I like to start with the basics—the word’s etymology and dictionary definition. Take the word hesitancy. In the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Creativity, Writing, Writing Habits
For my blog, idea capture is not one of my weaknesses. I have a running list of over one hundred ideas for blog topics at any given time (117 as of this morning), which I can dive into whenever I want. Whenever I have an idea for a blog topic I activate Siri on my...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
I don’t like most “stuff”. Stuff costs money, clutters up space, and, worst of all, expends both energy and time. Heck, for me, the more stuff I have, the poorer I am. However, there are exceptions. There is some stuff which I like—stuff which I use every day,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
I have strengths and weaknesses as a writer. I won’t write about my strengths; it comes across as arrogant and self-serving. However, I will occasionally share my weaknesses, especially as a try to tackle them. And my weakness which is most easily? corrected? Sloppy...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media, Writing
As I have discussed before (Herodotus and Why should Physicians Should Avoid “Going Viral”), I am no fan of professionals—especially physicians—going viral. But I do like the idea of “going fungal”. It’s a slow, steady, and consistent growth strategy, relatively...
