Help wanted: Broken links (and help upstairs)

Periodically on W2tQ I highlight the four care domain links pages, e.g.:

http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2009/06/heroes-wanted-to-slay-monster-or-just.html
http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2010/02/topicscape-care-domain-links-in-3d-for.html

Simon Phillips emailed me, copied below: (edited removing the actual broken links)
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Peter,

I am writing to notify you of a small issue that I have just found on one of the pages of p-jones.demon.co.uk

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/links.htm

There seems to be a number of broken links on this page. These are the links that I found were not working:

• Nat. MH Info Center Substance Abuse and MH Services Admin. (SAMHSA)
• Systematic Reviews: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
• Advancing literacy: A review of LIFE 2006–2009 UNESCO
• Wearable Computer Lab
• Keldy Forest

Obviously it is not a particularly great user experience when the links of a website don’t work, which is why I thought I would bring this to your attention. I trust you will be able to fix this issue soon.

Thanks for taking the time to read this email and for creating such a useful website.

Kind regards
Simon Phillips
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Simon runs a website about stair lifts, which provides information on choosing a stair lift and a comparison table of UK stair lift manufacturers.

In response I've corrected the links. I do check them with some automated tools, but as mentioned since 1998... they have become something of a monster. Considering the total number the vast majority are valid.

Before you all dash to check and get in touch :-) which would be greatly appreciated, please note that I can't necessarily respond to all such contacts in this way - but I can see what I can do ...

Many Thanks Simon!

Topicscape Care Domain links in 3D - for the PC

Following the post on Sunday, January 24, 2010 I have tried Topicscape and the 3D rendition of my links pages which is for the PC only. Unfortunately, for me the experience is very slow as my 7 year, 2 month old Pentium 4 2.6Ghz with its equally aged graphics card is really not up to the task. If you have a recent PC with a suitably endowed graphics card*, perhaps you will see what I sadly - for the time being - am missing.


Thanks again to Roy Grubb for recognising the organisation and effort behind the four links pages I have compiled from 1998 to date. There's a great irony in my viewing the links as a 'monster', then here they are rendered by GPU's that more commonly play host to a variety of game monsters. Recently people# have let me know of their surprise and pleasure to see that there is still a role for a human hand (and reflective mind) to weave something beyond raw Google. Of course the developments in the semantic web and RDF ... can take this even further.

Additional links:

Hodges' model links in 3D with Topicscape

*I plan to correct this in the near future with a new PC sporting a CUDA capable graphics card - also for SETI @ Home et al.

#Dear Peter

Many thanks for this, I look forward to reading the material and learning more on what seems to be an interesting model.
I’ve added a link on our site to yours – the wealth of links available on your site is phenomenal!

Many thanks and kind regards

Charley
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Charley Baker
Madness & Literature Network
Research Associate
Fellow of the Institute of Mental Health
University of Nottingham
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy
Education Centre,
London Road Community Hospital,
Derby, DE1 2QY

Hodges' model links in 3D with Topicscape

Roy Grubb (Hong Kong) got in touch recently regards his appreciation of the links resource I have compiled, organise and maintain using Hodges' model. Roy's intention to create a Topicscape in 3-D has now borne fruit. Unfortunately, on my Macbook Firefox fell over trying the link below. I then learned Topicscape runs on Windows PCs only. I look f/w to trying on my (aged) PC, but despite that limitation - this is a great development. Many thanks Roy!!

Here is Roy's post from his site (the larger image below with link is from his initial post):

I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago. Now that I have permission from Peter Jones to use the lists on his pages of links organized according to Hodges’ Health Career Model, I can announce that it is on-line and live in the form of a read-only Topicscape. You can search (just type) and visit the pages (links are in the details panel – just click). Links to the four main pages of links in the Hodges’ Health Career Model site are in the four main topic cones: Intrapersonal, Political, Science, Sociology.

Give it time to load the Topicscape software first time. Subsequent visits will be much quicker.

For you to fly around and explore this you will need a PC with 3D graphics hardware with an up-to-date graphics driver (requirements here).


There’s a wiki page with some helpful pictures that explain the few things you need to know to get you flying and zooming with the best of them. If you need any help, email me at r dot g at topicscape dot com.

Roy

Additional links:

The medical profession and mind maps – the quiet ones

Topicscape - Roy's initial post 'Hodges’ Health Career Model'

Science domain: H2CM (Visualization I & II, VR, Diagrams)

A pantological links palette

The table below displays the existing link categories for all four care (knowledge) domains of Hodges' model:

INTER-intraPERSONAL : SCIENCES
          SOCIOLOGY  : POLITICAL

The categories included on the links pages are intended to be suggestive rather than definitive of Hodges' model. Advice regards broken links is much appreciated (I am aware that health promotion is listed twice).

Psychology I	Psychology II	Mental Health	Therapies	Anatomy & Physiology	Care Theory & Practice	Evidence Based Practice	Quant. Research
Philosophy	Creativity Ideas	Communication Studies	Theology / Transdisc	Coding, Classification	Health Informatics	Info Sources	Diagrams
Health Promotion	Study Skills	Education	A.I. Knowledge Man.	Visualization I	Visualization II	MarkupLangs	Ajax & XML
Human-Computer Interface	Accessibility	Creativity	Graphics	Environment	Virtual Reality	Science	Astronomy
Rest & Rec				Maths, Logic	Engineering	Programming	[Toolset]
7 Ages	Health Promotion	Patients & Carers	Practitioners	Development Poverty	Democracy Justice	Economics	Policy Studies
Computer Supported Collab Working	Sociology I	Sociology II	Qual Research	Activism	Citizenry	Employment	Human Rights
Anthropology	History	Art, Tech &CultureI	Art, Tech & Culture II	Info. Gov Assurance	Standards	Open Source	Community Informatics
				News	Software Hardware	Search	Organisations
				Commercial I - IV

Definitions: pantology

Assorted links...

Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning

Source: ITForum

Digital art of Pierre Beteille

Source: Twitter

nda News Issue 3: New Dynamics of Ageing Research Programme


Wellcome Collection Bobby Baker's Diary Drawings

Source: The Guardian

Anatomy: The Foundation of Medicine
From Aristotle to Early Twentieth Century Wall Charts

Source: Educator Gold

Some links....

Architecture for Humanity


Youth Media Lab and Library_1677

AMD Open Architecture Challenge

SIDAREC
Slums Information Development and Resource Centers

Center for Transnational Women's Issues

http://www.comminit.com/
The Communication Initiative Network


Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery Communities of Practice (GANM)


EUROTHINE
Tackling Health Inequalities In Europe: an integrated approach

Sources: Community Informatics list; STS and spiritof1848 lists.

Some links ..... Parent’s Guide to the Teen Brain, TownSquare

Parent’s Guide to the Teen Brain

http://www.drugfree.org/teenbrain/

Those of you that work with parents (or are a parent) will find this new website from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America really exciting. The website explains the science behind the teen brain helping parents understand the why and how of teen behaviour and provides
tips and tools to help them navigate the teen years.

The site, which is live at www.drugfree.org/teenbrain, was created in collaboration with the Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia, top scientists and researchers on substance abuse and addiction and Boston-based WGBH, leaders in public broadcasting and educational
multimedia.

Enjoy!

[Source: PSYTEACH list]

My Doctor is Web 2.0

[Source: eBCS Blogs]

Microsoft testing prototype of Facebook-like social network

[Source: RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK list]

Available for purchase you can view the contents of reports from Wireless Healthcare including:

Health 2.0 And Telecare For The Elderly

[Source: Bob Pyke and Guy Dewsbury]