Why Open Science/Research won’t work, at least for now, a story from Google Reader

In this second (maybe third) post on why I think Open Science/Research won’t work, at least for now, I’ll try to tell a story of something that happened in the (argh!) blogosphere. This is a real story but I will leave the real names out of it.

It all started in on prominent blog of a prominent Open Scientist/Researcher. S/he used to write about papers, data, grants and small problems s/he would encounter along the way.

Posted at 11am on 11/21/08 | 3 comments | Filed Under: Science read on

You may not know …

I rarely write about myself around here (or anywhere else), so once in a while it’s good to do so. The extra-credit part of the Scientific Blog Meme, asked if one was able to write about his/her research. Well, mine was posted yesterday.

You may not know, but when I was really young I always wanted to be a book writer, and when I was 16, 17, I started writing (bad) poetry, but ended up never

Posted at 1pm on 11/20/08 | no comments | Filed Under: longer than one line read on

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I am a bioinformatician working from Kingston. Visit my main site at www.genedrift.org.

Cheers.

PS: I am not really blind. I just try to be blind to any influence, even though my personal influences guide what I write or not.