Author Archives: pm286

ASATW: Beth's Blog Notes and virtual communities

Posted on October 1, 2006 by pm286

Beth Ritter-Guth mailed me yesterday… As you will see, I have started generating notes about your blog on >my research wiki. Please feel free to make comments on the wiki or >through email if you wish to clarify my statements … Continue reading →

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Open Source and the Tragedy of the Lurkers

Posted on October 1, 2006 by pm286

In my last post ( Science Commons and Pasteur’s Quadrant) I pointed readers to the collection of vision papers for next week’s meeting on the Science Commons. I ended it with an implied challenge to the pharmceutical industry thats they … Continue reading →

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Science Commons and Pasteur's Quadrant

Posted on October 1, 2006 by pm286

I’m in Washington (in my favourite guest house in the US, Woodley Park Guest House (near the Zoo). It’s small and we all have breakfast together which gives a great atmosphere – so much better than the amorphous chain hotels. … Continue reading →

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Datuments and the ACS Style Guide

Posted on September 29, 2006 by pm286

I was delighted to receive a special book yesterday: “The ACS Style Guide” Effective Communication of Scientific Information  Anne Coghill and Lorrin Garson. OUP ISBN-13:978-0-8412-3999-9 It’s an attractive produced hardback volume and I’m torn as to whether I should keep … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia: Getting started

Posted on September 29, 2006 by pm286

Sometime last year I made my first edit to Wikipedia. I was extremely nervous despite many years on the web and having built and run virtualo communities. What if I said something stupid? Or broke one of the rules? Since … Continue reading →

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Let's write a Wikipedia article

Posted on September 26, 2006 by pm286

I have always been entralled by the idea of a worldwide knowledgebase and a decade ago Lesley West, Alan Mills and I developed a technology to create a worldwide terminology. The Virtual Hyperglossary (TM) [probably the earliest use of this … Continue reading →

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"Open"

Posted on September 26, 2006 by pm286

As I mentioned earlier I am about to start a Wikipedia entry on “Open Data”. Lorcan Dempsey noted that this was quite a common way of approaching a communal subject. So I shall take readers through the process of creating … Continue reading →

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Hamburger House of Horrors (1)

Posted on September 23, 2006 by pm286

This is an occasional series indebted to Hammer House of Horrors. You don’t need to be a chemist to understand the message. It’s sparked off by a comment from Totally Synthetic in this blog: A good deal of the reasoning … Continue reading →

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GoogleInChI

Posted on September 21, 2006 by pm286

Two months ago I was invited by Timo Hannay of Nature to a Nature/O’Reilly FooCamp at GooglePlex. Unfortunately I was already booked and Peter Corbett was able to step in. But there was a generic invitation from Leslie Hawthorn (who … Continue reading →

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Chemistry, Chess and Computers

Posted on September 21, 2006 by pm286

Sometime in the 1970’s the Amer. Chem. Soc. published a review of Computers in Chemistry (cannot remember date or title and I’ve lost my copy) and it has remained an inspiration ever since. In it was summarised the work of … Continue reading →

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