Like me. And us pictured here.

Oddly enough, the first one I saw was in a BBQ place (Rudy’s BBQ – the best beef brisket in the USA btw) in Austin, TX. Come on San Francisco & Silicon Valley germaphobes – the technology was probably invented here!

Mike M. tries it out before I do - just to make sure it's not a garbage disposal

Next the Ball & Chain tries it to make sure it cleans "enough"

One day we germaphobes know that ALL restaurants will have this. In fact, it will become a state law, making the vendor very, very rich. And our hands very, very clean.

Rich Dad or Poor Dad? Come to my seminar!

Not sure what it is about old Asian guys like Robert Kiyosaki (now) or Tom Vu (80′s) promising to teach people how to “get rich,” but it’s always funny. Well, if you don’t count the thousands of people who come to their “life changing seminars” only to find the only life changing thing that happened was that they became $900 poorer.

See Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad Seminar reviews.

Or better yet, check out Tom Vu‘s inspirational 80′s infomerical to get some of his best quotes, including:

• “Are you man enough to get off your lazy American ass and go to Vu’s seminars?”
• “This is not a country club! This is my house!”
• “Are you afraid to ask your Boss for the day off to come to my seminar? Well then you don’t deserve to be rich!”
• “Today I’m gonna show you how to drive a sports car. First, you need a lot of money!”
• “Don’t listen to your friends. They’re losers!”
• “Do you think these girls like me? NO, they like my money!”
• “At first I got lots of discouragement from friends and stranger who are loser!”

What DoctorBase software offers is transparency into what real patients are saying. We weed out the spam reviews and suspected false reviews – but we do NOT remove reviews or deprecate reviews from patients who have:

- responded to our initial query for verification OR

- validated by panda software (patient doctor analytics) OR

- validated by human beings, editors, and even the office staff who can identify that patient.

There are PLENTY of other websites offering appointment reminder software that will allow dentists and doctors to remove any negative reviews on their profile page they don’t like.

WE DON’T DO THAT. If more doctors understood how social media really works, they would realize that having 100% positive reviews looks odd, and that having such an “astro-turfed” profile actually hurts their reputation.

On DoctorBase, if you have a good reputation offline, we can grow that great rep online through Google Local, Facebook, and Twitter. If you have a bad reputation, that will also grow online.

Such is the transformative power of Web 2.0. Doctors who ignore their reputation online or try and silence websites or patients into silence – or engage in astro-turfing behavior stand to lose a LOT as the web continues to transform. And it will happen a lot quicker than most think.

This patient verified her review. Dentist was not happy with us!!

Compare that to:

This dentist in SF is LOVED by patients - regardless of whether a negative review or two might appear, there's plenty of happy patients who sing his praises. And because of that, not only is he one of the most popular cosmetic dentists in the city, but he is also one of the most trusted.

This license plate says, “I’m a female with a J.D. You’ve been warned!”

Bestest vanity license plate of the month.

She’s so gangster her man drives her car for her.

Yes Ms. Daisy!!!!

And just imagine the feeling of dread the next guy who fender-benders her from the rear has when he sees her license plate:

Do NOT trifle with me, trifler!

The Ball & Chain and I went to Robo Wars which this year was in San Mateo CA. We went on a Sunday and it was a fun mix of enthusiasts, engineers, vendors, and kids..

Help me R2D2

She finally found someone that doesn't talk back and listens to every. single. word.

One of the gov funded robots from the ROS (Robot OS) folks. Made me wonder - what does the government want with funding robots?

These robots shoot pellets at each other. Does this make me a pessimist that this booth was 20 feet away from the booth that spurred my previous thought?

Robo fight!