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myExperiment is live
David De Roure and co told me today that the myExperiment site is going live today. They are updating the DNS entries so that myexperiment.org points to their beta site, so please be patient with them. This represents an excellent example of how the Web can help researchers. My group is actively engaged with the…
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How can you not smile…
… with these kids? 🙂 Lots of positive energy. I love it! (thanks to Becky and her Facebook FunWall)
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Great news about Dan Reed
Dan Reed is joining Microsoft. I am really looking forward to interacting with him in the area of large-scale systems and science.
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BBC and advertising
Well, I guess it was bound to happen: BBC online ‘features’ ads. It’s the sign of our online times, right? I just can’t comprehend how this ad business model has grown to a multi-billion revenue stream. I understand that I am seeing this from my own point-of-view… just because I never click on ads, never…
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Bringing the community together and a social experiment
Hey all. Dan and I were discussing about the Facebook-related prototyping I am planning for November and we realized that we don’t have a global eScience group over there. He just created one. Let’s see whether we can get the community together and then try some new “Science 2.0”-type applications 🙂 Feel free to join.
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Feedback from Bill Gates 🙂
Remember the first thinkweek paper, which I co-authored, I mentioned some time ago? Well, we got feedback from Bill Gates and it was positive 🙂 Bill only comments on a very small percentage of the thinkweek papers he receives. That email was a happy work moment 🙂 The subject of the paper? Well… some other…
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Matrix Ping Pong
Cherie sent me this… Funny…
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Whistler/Blackcomb, here I come
Just bought my 10-day pass Edge card for Whistler/Blackcomb. So, at least 10 days of skiing there. Can’t wait to try my new skis, bindings, and boots. I am planning to do lots of skiing this year. Of course I am also going to the local mountains but Whistler/Blackcomb is going to be my regular…
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Fluxnet visualization using Silverlight
My group is interacting with scientists from all disciplines. We are trying to help them in their research endeavors through the use/application of technology. It is therefore necessary for us to keep informed about all technologies available; it is only then we can offer informed advise and talk about the potential benefits. That’s why I…
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"eScience Ramblings"
Hugo Hiden, NEReSC‘s technical director, has started a blog, called “eScience Ramblings”, where he records his experiences with using Microsoft‘s technologies while building solutions for eScience. I am really looking forward to reading more. So far it’s been great. I am going to be sending answers/suggestions to Hugo whenever I can but I am hoping…