Social networking and health – notes from SXSW
I was at SXSW last week and sat in on some seminars and conversations that I found particularly intersting. One session was a "conversation," held in ...
Category: The Narrative
Funny story about common chord progressions
I read this funny article about how the ‘Sensitive Female Chord Progression’ has infiltrated so many songs. Link: Striking a chord – Boston Gl...
Help NPR plan their social media activities for the US presidential inauguration
Cool. Via Perry Hewitt. Link: NPR: Help NPR Plan Our Social Media Activities for the Inauguration: Help NPR Plan Our Social Media Activities for the Inauguratio...
A good warning for writers, by Joel
Another great article by Joel Spolsky on, basically, literary laziness. Link: Anecdotes – Joel on Software This is not the way to move science forward. On...
“Taste good, sequence it” and “Look cute, sequence it.”
When I first started working in science, sequencing was just beginning to be a ‘kit’ science, where anyone could buy a kit and sequence. It was long...
Three trends for the future of biology
A chance encounter, about a year ago, with some interesting minds in the field of biomedical publishing had me going back to my roots: biology. I’ve been ...
Eye opening: Opera’s latest State of the Mobile Web report
When I see stuff like this I feel ashamed for ever thinking Africa’s use of mobile was any ‘less’ sophisticated than Europe or Asia. I keep re...
Does paying off the creditors undermine social trust?
Via a few people I went and read Margaret Atwood’s Op-Ed in the NYT (link below) about debt and its role in society. Nice read. For me the most interestin...
The most famous pillow book of the 20th century is getting revised
Here’s a great article (link below) on the book “The Joy of Sex,” which is getting updated for the 21st century (and women). It’s really...
Do media endorsements of candidates mean anything
I’ve been watching Obama rack up the endorsements. But, a quick check of the last presidential election shows that Kerry far outstripped Bush in getting e...