Monthly Archives: July 2012

I’d hoped to blog about something other than Open Access – such as developing intelligent software for reading the scientific literature (and I shall). However things have niggled away and I have to get them and other ideas out before … Continue reading →

Scientists can pay up to 5000 USD for an “Open Access” article in Elsevier journals (i.e. published normally in a toll-access journal but free to read). Leaving aside whether this is good value I wish to know what the authors … Continue reading →

People don’t realise that we are in the middle of a global fight for our electronic rights – lose them and we sink into the digital dark ages. The following story is so appalling that Jimmy Wales (of Wikipedia) is … Continue reading →

  On the [GOAL] Open Access mailing list Jean-Claude Guédon makes the clear point that the continued bickering about whether Gold or Green OA is best is holding Open Access back. I agree and I go further. Here’s my diagnosis … Continue reading →

I’ve had the privilege to be invited to an important European conference on Open Data in Paris http://www.opendata-laconference.com/ As a start I have been asked to answer three questions, which I think will appear on a web page. [You’ll see … Continue reading →

I am really fortunate to live in Cambridge – it’s where things happen . It’s small enough to know people and large enough to consolidate things. Today I left the car for its annual road test (MOT). We’re in a … Continue reading →

It’s essential that we defeat ACTA. It’s not just about copyright but fundamental rights of individuals. It takes a few minutes using http://writetothem.org Here’s what I wrote:                           … Continue reading →

Now that I am working with Ross Mounce on phylogenetic trees and related sciences I have to learn about what some of the diagrams mean. This is the first in hopefully a series of posts Here’s a diagram from BMC … Continue reading →