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Comment on Unboxing the Medtronic CareLink Home Monitor by Kim Howlett-Phillips

Kim Howlett-Phillips — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:43:48 +0000

Hi Susan,
Thank you for your post. I have been instructing patients on monitor set-ups for years and never thought about the power outlet being connected to the wall switch.
I’ll add this to my troubleshooting repertoire and pass it along to my CareLink Coordinators.
Much appreciated.
Kim

Comment on Unboxing the Medtronic CareLink Home Monitor by Susan Ramlet

Susan Ramlet — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:23:45 +0000

Great stuff. I was interested, when he mentioned “phone cord”, how many patients wouldn’t have known that much, and how much difficulty they might have in setting it up. I’d have loved to see him connect the thing, too.

I got to observe a patient over Memorial Day (my mother) do exactly the same thing. It wasn’t terrible–she’s a very smart, sentient, and somewhat technology-savvy 80-year-old–but I’m glad I was there. Not so much for the instructions and such, but there were two key factors in which I was interested:

1) she was recovering from surgery, so obviously wasn’t at 100%–and was expected to set this thing up, and

2) the power outlet closest to the optimal location for the monitor and phone line is SWITCHED, so much of the time the device would be gathering or sending data it would have no power, because she turns off the lights in her bedroom. She wouldn’t have realized this until / unless she got a call from her clinic saying there was a problem with the data.

Comment on Turn Off Electronic Devices by Randall

Randall — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:04:10 +0000

Y’know, I’ve thought that too. “Why do we have a No Smoking sign?” Wow. They could’ve swapped them out >10 years ago? Epic fail.

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Comment on Conference Rooms A, D, B, C by Ward Tongen

Ward Tongen — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:58:13 +0000

I’m rather flabbergasted myself.

Comment on Conference Rooms A, D, B, C by Jeremy Scheller

Jeremy Scheller — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:06:06 +0000

Seems like it needs to be:

CONFERENCE ROOMS

4N A
4N B
4N C
4N D

and so on…

it really doesn’t need to say Conf. Room 9 times on the sign.

just a thought.

Comment on Clean Up Windows Messenger by Wardo

Wardo — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:50:45 +0000

Nice, but I think that Brian’s listing should permanently read:

Kopp, Brian (Lights are on, but no one home)

Comment on MISL: Dell QuickSet Exit Options by Wardo

Wardo — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:44:32 +0000

Well said. This will make it suck less for those of us that would like to increase the performance of our laptops by reducing overhead. Thanks!

Comment on Turn Off Electronic Devices by Wardo

Wardo — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:40:58 +0000

You understand that this is just a precursor to the airlines providing online access for a fee…

Comment on MISL: Dell QuickSet Exit Options by ohaiyoo

ohaiyoo — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:15:00 +0000

I thought about changing the first sentence to say “You are closing…” But that seemed a little too literal.

Comment on MISL: Dell QuickSet Exit Options by paul

paul — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:47:31 +0000

I like the better-interface series you’ve started! Forgive me for suggesting the Dell QuickSet dialog box could be even further improved(!), but I wonder if the text on the button should be changed from Close to OK — mainly because the sentence at the top already says, “You have closed…” (If I’ve already closed QuickSet, what am I closing by clicking the Close button?)