The Value of Peer Review
This weekend I was at SciFoo, an invitation-only unconference by O'Reilly Media, Nature and Google that took place at Google. I was fortunate to be invited, and I'm still digesting all...
Martin Fenner
I was at SciBarCamp Palo Alto
SciBarCamp Palo Alto took place July 8-9 in the Institute for the Future. I came right from the airport...
Recipe: Receiving Journal Table of Contents Automatically
Problem You want to regularly go through the papers published in the most important journals in your research field. Solution...
How to close the digital divide among scientists
The term digital divide usually describes the troubling gap between those who use computers and the Internet and those who do not (Wikipedia). Many if not most scientists are experienced users of computers and the internet,...
Why do we go to conferences?
I just returned from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Orlando, with approximately 30.000 participants one of the largest oncology conferences. Like other conferences of this size, the experience can be overwhelming,...
Google Wave – don’t forget the scientists
Google Wave is a new tool to communicate online and collaborate and was announced today at the Google I/O conference. Google Wave is not only a product, but also an open protocol that anyone can...