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joshuaschwimmer

'If you're under a tree and something drops on your head, don't look up with your mouth open.' — C. about 1 hour ago via Birdhouse
"I think our daughter's made-up language 'pantusois' is actually the proto-language of Basque." 4:48 PM May 26th via Birdhouse
Central Park #Hipstamatic #Americana #DC twitter.com/joshuaschwimme… 7:05 AM May 26th via Hipstamatic
"Swackett is on crackett," says my wife, caught in the rain. 4:30 PM May 24th via Birdhouse
nypl "In 1900 Pierre strapped a tube of radium against his arm for ten hours. To his joy, a lesion appeared." ow.ly/aXvbE #reading 11:30 AM May 24th via HootSuite Retweeted by joshuaschwimmer and 7 others
"The Statue of Liberty is the female personification of the sun god Apollo!" said the suddenly interesting subway train preacher. 11:39 AM May 24th via Birdhouse
Suddenly switching the NYC bus door handles from "push-to-open" to "touch-to-open" was a GREAT idea! What could possibly go wrong? 9:53 AM May 24th via Birdhouse
Finally switched from Aperture to Lightroom 4. Aperture was painfully slow. 7:19 AM May 23rd via Birdhouse
@kidney_boy Persistently very low. Low muscle mass. Checking 24 hour urine. Looking up drugs causing creatinine secretion. 10:07 AM May 22nd via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to kidney_boy
@kidney_boy Differential diagnosis of undetectable serum creatinine? 8:46 AM May 22nd via Tweetbot for iOS
No one complains about Lion's reversal-of-mouse-scrolling anymore — we've all developed massively hypertrophied extensor digitorum muscles. 8:27 AM May 22nd via Birdhouse
"Just tape your medicine bottle to your toothbrush." I can't believe I just said that. But it might work. Someone should develop this. 7:06 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
Sushipedia completes the "reference" folder. instagr.am/p/K46VghvZHO/ 6:10 AM May 21st via Instagram
One baffling thing about kidney pathology is that microscopically you often see a "pattern of injury" rather than a specific "disease". 9:47 AM May 20th via Birdhouse
@madhungrymind Thanks! Post some more Oregon shots. 5:46 PM May 19th via Tweetbot for iOS
5th Avenue, Dusk #Hipstamatic #HelgaViking #BlankoFreedom13 twitter.com/joshuaschwimme… 5:35 PM May 19th via Hipstamatic
A first for me: yesterday I sat down next to a patient of mine on the bus. We double-taked, laughed, & I snipped off his hospital wristband. 12:34 PM May 19th via Birdhouse
Doctors, read "Design is a Job" by Mike Monteiro (@mike_ftw). He's a designer for the web (mostly), but all his ideas apply to us too. 7:02 AM May 19th via Drafts on iOS
Looking for an excellent get-off-your-butt-you've-been-sitting-too-long alarm for the iPhone? #MotionX itunes.apple.com/us/app/motionx… 5:57 AM May 18th via Tweetbot for iOS
4 - 5 cups of coffee daily? That's all? No problem. 6:25 PM May 17th via Tweetbot for iOS

Name Joshua Schwimmer
Location New York City.
Web http://infosnack.net
Bio Nephrologist (kidney specialist), health tech consultant, photography enthusiast.