Thanks for that little trip down memory lane. I just had to check on those bleeding-edge search engines: Tenoma redirects to Ask.com (heard of that one!); Daypop won't load; Visisimo has found a niche in enterprise. The Wayback Machine is also a great reminder of times past.

A lot has changed since 1994: NHSnet has brought Google into the consultation desktop, dial-up modems are distant memories for most people... and market demand for a paperback "introduction" to the Internet in medicine is vastly diminished.

I can only hope to pull off the CKA role without the bloodstains... although an income with which to buy new shoes would be nice ;-)

Just reread your review of my review of your book (Medicine and the Internet: The Essential Guide for Doctors 3rd edition). It's here, if you, like me, like to indulge in the powerful nostalgia that is rereading your own work:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7337/618#20496

I wonder whether there'll be a fourth edition, but I guess not.

I went for a job as a clinical knowledge architect once, but it turned out they really wanted someone to write a medical encyclopaedia singlehanded for their screwed up proprietary prescribing system. (Some pharmaceutical company, I really don't remember which). Needless to say I declined. Apart from that, the day was chiefly memorable for the bloodstained walk in new shoes to and from the station.