The observant reader will note that I’ve conflated two different clubs already. One is the club of subscribers to a journal. The second is the club of members of a particular library.
As a Researcher…I’m a Bit Bloody Fed up with Data Management
Most researchers are going to reach for the web and search. And the resources I could find are woeful as a whole. Many of them are incomprehensible, even to me. But worse, virtually none of them are actually directed at my specific use case.
Most researchers are going to reach for the web and search. And the resources I could find are woeful as a whole. Many of them are incomprehensible, even to me. But worse, virtually none of them are actually directed at my specific use case.
Darkness / Dream
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
Telling a Story…
This is the first pass at an introductory chapter for a book I’ve had in my head to work on for a long time.
This is the first pass at an introductory chapter for a book I’ve had in my head to work on for a long time.
Speculations: Abstracting Evolution
This post is aiming to get down some thoughts around how the superset of evolutionary models can be framed. It’s almost certainly work that has been done somewhere before but I’m struggling to find it so it seemed useful to lay out what I’m looking for.
This post is aiming to get down some thoughts around how the superset of evolutionary models can be framed. It’s almost certainly work that has been done somewhere before but I’m struggling to find it so it seemed useful to lay out what I’m looking for.
Licensing, Ethics and Patient Privacy
In the specific case here we’re talking about an identifiable image of a child, where the parents had apparently given permission for the image to appear “in a scientific journal” but hadn’t realised that this would be widely available.
In the specific case here we’re talking about an identifiable image of a child, where the parents had apparently given permission for the image to appear “in a scientific journal” but hadn’t realised that this would be widely available.
Some Thoughts on Safety Pins
The idea of wearing one has suddenly resurfaced in the wake of the U.S. election.
The idea of wearing one has suddenly resurfaced in the wake of the U.S. election.
First Steps…
Amongst all the hot takes, the disbelief and the angst the question many of us are asking is what to actually do.
Amongst all the hot takes, the disbelief and the angst the question many of us are asking is what to actually do.
Transmission and Mediation of Knowledge
There’s an article doing the rounds today about public understanding and rejection of experts and expertise.
There’s an article doing the rounds today about public understanding and rejection of experts and expertise.
Transmission and Mediation of Knowledge
Eventually a situation is reached where the original problem and its descendants are dead, but the fact lives on through a great variety of standardized versions, thrown off at different stages of its evolution, and themsleves undergoing constant change in response to that of their uses.
Eventually a situation is reached where the original problem and its descendants are dead, but the fact lives on through a great variety of standardized versions, thrown off at different stages of its evolution, and themsleves undergoing constant change in response to that of their uses.
Blacklists Are Technically Infeasible, Practically Unreliable and Unethical. Period.
A small percentage of the blacklisted publishers were ever properly documented by Beall.
A small percentage of the blacklisted publishers were ever properly documented by Beall.
Force11 Executive Board Statement on Restrictions to Immigration
FORCE11 Board of Directors Statement on Restrictions to Immigration
FORCE11 Board of Directors Statement on Restrictions to Immigration
Openness in Scholarship: A Return to Core Values?
The debate over the meaning, and value, of open movements has intensified.
The debate over the meaning, and value, of open movements has intensified.
The Problem With Research Data
As a researcher concerned to develop better RDM practice, I need support to meet me where I am, so ultimately I can support you in making the case that it matters.
As a researcher concerned to develop better RDM practice, I need support to meet me where I am, so ultimately I can support you in making the case that it matters.
Packaging Data: The Core Problem in General Data Sharing?
In this final post about the IDRC data sharing pilot project I want to close the story that started with an epic rant a few months ago
In this final post about the IDRC data sharing pilot project I want to close the story that started with an epic rant a few months ago
Policy for Culture Change: Making Data Sharing the Default
IDRC funds development research done in developing countries.
IDRC funds development research done in developing countries.