Month: June 2008
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HOWTO: Mendeley on OS X/Linux/Toaster
Update: We now have native versions for Windows, OS X and Linux, so I have crossed out the instructions on how to run Mendeley using WINE and Darwine. The instructions for running Mendeley on your toaster remain valid. ————————————————————— [June 13, 2008]: My name is Mike and I’m a software engineer. No, I won’t fix…
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Announcing the Journal of Failed Studies… coming sometime
Dr. Felix Eggers‘ comment on my last post did remind me of something! In August 2006, Felix, Michael Paul and I were attending the AMA Summer Marketing Educators’ Conference in Chicago. All of us where in the middle of our Ph.D. theses back then, with Magdas, Shirleys and Bernies popping up left and right. Sitting…
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Worst. Result. Ever. Brilliant!
By chance, I stumbled across One Big Lab yesterday, a very interesting blog on Open Science maintained by (as far as I can tell) four Stanford bioinformatics Ph.D. students. One of the many gems to be discovered there is a series of t-shirt designs called “Worst. Result. Ever.”: You’ve been there, done that. Spent hours,…
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Martin Varsavsky, a "Last.fm for research", and more exciting news
Wow, entrepreneurial icon Martin Varsavsky wrote something nice about Mendeley on his blog last night! We immediately noticed a traffic spike and a sudden number of beta test requests rolling in. Thank you, Martin! We met Martin a while ago at an entrepreneurs’ conference and grabbed the chance to tap into his wisdom. At age…
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Sciences and Humanities, together at last?
A few days ago, there was an interesting story in the NY Times about new curriculum at Binghamton University which will try to bridge the divide between the sciences and the humanities. I meant to write about it on this blog, but didn’t find the time. Now I’ve read a reply which perfectly and concisely…
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