Comments on: Optometrists and Blogging http://www.optoblog.com/2007/02/05/optometrists-and-blogging/ Personal Opinion Blog of David Langford Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Langford http://www.optoblog.com/2007/02/05/optometrists-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-136 David Langford Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:39:31 +0000 http://www.optoblog.com/2007/02/05/optometrists-and-blogging/#comment-136 Someone read my essay and thought it had some interesting points. http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/great-entries-in-the-weblog-tools-collection-blogging-essay-contest/ Someone read my essay and thought it had some interesting points.
http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/great-entries-in-the-weblog-tools-collection-blogging-essay-contest/

]]> By: optoblog.com » Blog Archive » More Optometrist Bloggers http://www.optoblog.com/2007/02/05/optometrists-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-135 optoblog.com » Blog Archive » More Optometrist Bloggers Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:45:18 +0000 http://www.optoblog.com/2007/02/05/optometrists-and-blogging/#comment-135 [...] originally wrote my lamentation on how few optometrist bloggers are out there are back in November 2006. I’ve since been made aware that there are a few more [...] [...] originally wrote my lamentation on how few optometrist bloggers are out there are back in November 2006. I’ve since been made aware that there are a few more [...]

]]> By: Bethany http://www.optoblog.com/2007/02/05/optometrists-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Bethany Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:06:15 +0000 http://www.optoblog.com/2007/02/05/optometrists-and-blogging/#comment-134 Hi-- optometric knitting blogger here. I think the challenge (at least for me) in blogging about optometry is the public nature of a blog. I can't blog funny stories about my patients (oh can you believe this dumbass covered both eyes!?!) -- because my patients could potentially read the blog-- I could blog some pathology, but the audience for that is pretty limited, and besides, the topic is fairly boring. The blog that rolls around in my head, but never made it to keyboard is a business-owner blog, chronicling the daily challenges and highlights of owning an optometric practice. Unfortunately, most of these challenges for me anyway involve staff people & although I generally believe that honesty is the best policy, I don't know that I want our staff people & patients to have access to my rants. So, I stick to knitting, and with a new baby in the house, I barely have time to update that! You may want to check out Adventures of a New Optometrist http://odgirl1201.blogspot.com/index.html. She blogs about her experience in commercial practice (among other things)... but I warn you, she reports she just started knitting :) BTW, I totally disagree with your last post... I LOVE private practice & know that I'm providing something my patients can't get elsewhere. I'm just trying to come up with something eloquent enough to be considered "compelling." Bethany Hi– optometric knitting blogger here.

I think the challenge (at least for me) in blogging about optometry is the public nature of a blog. I can’t blog funny stories about my patients (oh can you believe this dumbass covered both eyes!?!) — because my patients could potentially read the blog– I could blog some pathology, but the audience for that is pretty limited, and besides, the topic is fairly boring.

The blog that rolls around in my head, but never made it to keyboard is a business-owner blog, chronicling the daily challenges and highlights of owning an optometric practice. Unfortunately, most of these challenges for me anyway involve staff people & although I generally believe that honesty is the best policy, I don’t know that I want our staff people & patients to have access to my rants.

So, I stick to knitting, and with a new baby in the house, I barely have time to update that!

You may want to check out Adventures of a New Optometrist http://odgirl1201.blogspot.com/index.html. She blogs about her experience in commercial practice (among other things)… but I warn you, she reports she just started knitting :)

BTW, I totally disagree with your last post… I LOVE private practice & know that I’m providing something my patients can’t get elsewhere. I’m just trying to come up with something eloquent enough to be considered “compelling.”

Bethany

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