Comments on: Optometry online forums (aka communities, boards, discussioin groups)

By: David Langford

David Langford — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 04:49:38 +0000

Thanks, Mr. Cordova, for letting us know about you site. I highly recommend it. I gave it a plug here.

By: Alvaro Cordova

Alvaro Cordova — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:26:41 +0000

Although not directly related to optometry http://www.opticiansfriend.com is eye-related as well.

By: David Langford

David Langford — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 22:38:03 +0000

I just found out there is a forum at Review of Optometry’s site. http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?show=list
It’s a very small bulletin board with very few features- okay, almost no features. But I like how I don’t have to go through a registration process.

By: David Langford

David Langford — Wed, 04 May 2005 01:10:27 +0000

There are also great patient-oriented forums where doctors are invited as well. See http://messages.kcenter.org/eve for a forum all about keratoconus. Does anyone have links to similar sites?

By: David Langford

David Langford — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:28:22 +0000

I did see that http://www.optcom.com is “Optometry’s Premier Online Community,” but when you click on the link for “Optcom Forums” is comes up a big blank. Since there was nothing there and the main site looks like a bunch of adds, I just discounted it. However, they do have a nice file exchange at http://www.optcom.com/file_exchange/

By: Bethany

Bethany — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:42:49 +0000

What about Optcom?

By: Bethany

Bethany — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:46:23 +0000

Looks like we need a (teeny tiny) optometry ring

Mine’s mostly a knitting blog– with pictures of my son– occasionally interrupted by bits of the trials & tribulations of owning a private practice– but not too much (as my staff reads the knitting blog!)

By: Josh Bancroft

Josh Bancroft — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:55:57 +0000

Dave, this is a great rundown. Your blogging is truly a great resource, and I hope people realize and understand the contribution to the community that you’re making.

They’re not related to optometry, but two great examples of how a forum should run (both in terms of technical features and great people) are the forums at http://www.arstechnica.com and http://channel9.msdn.com. I’ve been a subscriber and poster at Ars for years (almost 3000 posts), and I’ve never encountered a better group of people online. There are so many smart, friendly people. It’s great. Channel 9 is a community project from Microsoft, with the purpose of just starting and having a conversation with developers and users. No marketing, no “slant”, just good Cluetrain-insipired human conversation. Channel 9 isn’t as smooth, feature-wise, as Ars, but the community is great, as well.

Keep up the blogging, Dave! Ride the Cluetrain!