Archive | March, 2008

Host Your Own Online Training Website

Posted on 31 March 2008

Looking to host training online? Moodle is a free, open source, online course management system. The tool can be used to host online learning communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a University with 200,000 students. -Moodle.org

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HOT TIP: SlideRocket Private Beta Invitations…

Posted on 27 March 2008

SlideRocket is a GREAT new online slide presentation service (think online PowerPoint) that’s in early development.  At this point the service is only available via private (by invitation only) beta.  However, here’s where you can get invited!

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Whistleblower Bares All – Much to the Chagrin of His Mother

Posted on 23 March 2008

Peter Rost, M.D., former Vice President for Pfizer and known for being the first drug company executive to speak out in favor of reimportation of drugs turns out to have had a long history of "baring it all."  Rost writes in a blog post, "…what my readers may not be aware of is that I [...]

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Weekly Highlights for 21-MAR-08

Posted on 21 March 2008

China finds value in clinical trials. Study: Few pediatric trials have safety monitoring. 

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Whatever happened to Bert Spilker at CW?

Posted on 20 March 2008

Whatever happened to Bert Spilker at CenterWatch’s ClinicalTrialsToday??  His last posting appears to have been on March 2, 2007! For those who may be jonesin’ for a good Spilkerism, here are a few gems from the past: “For a difference to make a difference it must be a real difference.” “As soon as patient enrollment [...]

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Pharmalot No Camelot According to Readers

Posted on 17 March 2008

According to Wikipedia, “Camelot is the most famous fictional castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur… a place… associated with ideals like justice, bravery and truth, the virtues Arthur and his knights embody…” Not virtues associated with Pharmalot though, according to readers of the blog in response to a recent posting on the [...]

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Worthwhile Outlook Add-ins

Posted on 07 March 2008

For users of Microsoft Outlook, there are a bunch of add-ins out there that claim to provide all kinds of help with daily tasks.  In my experience, a bunch of these are pretty worthless (the FedEx add-in most recently comes to mind).  But there are others that are worth your attention: LinkedIn and Plaxo, for [...]

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