by Joe Hartman | Mar 24, 2020 | Something Different
NOTE: At the time of this writing, we’re on the front side of the Coronavirus outbreak. I prefer to only write timeless over timely material, but there are certain moments in history that affects our IONM community. This one feels really, really different. Our... 
by Joe Hartman | Jan 16, 2020 | Something Different
There’s a quote that goes something like this: “what’s the definition of conflict? Two people in the same zip code…” Why? Because we’re programmed for it. We prioritize survival and reproduction over everything else. Contrast is an... 
by Joe Hartman | Dec 30, 2019 | Something Different
I was asked to give a talk this year at an ASNM meeting in Tampa. The topics requested were all in the area of “things most people are afraid to do, so not spine or craniotomies.” That left the door open and I decided to focus more on helping solve the... 
by Joe Hartman | Dec 30, 2019 | Something Different
I have to admit, the first decade of my IONM career aimed at better. Not stick-my-nose-in-the-air better, just better than I was yesterday. Better is hard — painful at times. You sometimes have to work hard on things when you’d rather not. There’re... 
by Joe Hartman | Dec 20, 2019 | Something Different
Fortunes are made and lost on the back of volatility. If you were a day trader with investment velocity as a strategy, you’d pay less attention to the megacorps in a slow-growth sector. The seas are too calm. There are no white caps to identify before the break... 
by Joe Hartman | Nov 26, 2019 | Something Different
If you’re in America (this might be happening elsewhere, too), the world we live in feels a little different. Information flow was previously more limited and therefore controlled: the general consensus was familiar and comfortable. Opinions and understandings...
