Monthly Archives: February 2013

I’m flying back to AU from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoa (NZ). I’ve got 15 mins of free wifi left (this blog will be randomly updated). Here’s an example of a species (unknown to me, but No doubt Wikipediable) at Murawai on 2013-02-10. A … Continue reading →

I have sent the following email to Elsevier’s Director of Universal Access (“very passionate about expanding access to information”). In summary I request that Elsevier publish all supplementary information (past, present, and future) and that by 27th Feb she gives … Continue reading →

Greetings, I have had a great time at #kiwifoo – I travel in PMR’s backpack with my head looking out. I’ve made lots of friends but haven’t met any kiwis (we wanted to go yesterday to see them but the … Continue reading →

There is a not-very-healthy series of attacks on the RCUK’s policy of insisting on funded articles carrying CC-BY licences wherever possible. They emanate mainly from non-scientists and, unfortunately, it seems necessary for me to counter this. I will simplify the … Continue reading →

An incredible 2 days at Warkworth, NZ with the Torkington-inspired and led #kiwifoo. Far too much to blog. KiwiFoo is inspired by #scifoo and has the same values and close correspondence of practice and organization. Many thanks to all the … Continue reading →

We’re currently in Auckland, on the last day of the Open Research meeting https://sites.google.com/site/nzauopenresearch/ . It’s been fantastic – new friends and old friends. Today a small group of weary but energised survivors are drafting a statement. Here are some … Continue reading →

I recently got the following internal mail [In our chemistry Dept].   [chemistry librarian] am pleased to report that the first paper to be made freely availableunder the RSC gold-for-gold voucher scheme is : Facile assembly of an efficient CoOx … Continue reading →

I have responded to the UK’s BIS in its call for Open Access. Note that this takes a hell of a lot of energy – middle of the night in New Zealand after 10 days of commitment to materials Science … Continue reading →

I’ve just arrived in Auckland (first time in NZ) to attend Open Research (https://sites.google.com/site/nzauopenresearch/) and tomorrow Kiwi Foo. I’ll have more time tomorrow to blog. Open Research is a really important meeting (I caught the last 10 minutes!) and is … Continue reading →

I’m going to make an analogy between knowledge and conductivity. The precise comparison is flawed but the message is not. Hold on… Everyone knows about superconductivity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconductivity) – the incredible phenomenon when at very low temperatures electrical resistance becomes ZERO. … Continue reading →