tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post957867110128199850..comments2024-03-13T07:14:55.283+01:00Comments on chem-bla-ics: First month back in NL...Egon Willighagenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470952136305035540noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-51806192307132851022012-02-05T09:45:19.165+01:002012-02-05T09:45:19.165+01:00Likewise! Avogadro and VTK are really interesting ...Likewise! Avogadro and VTK are really interesting projects. It's a shame it's in the wrong programming language :) Then again, we now have Jace [0], so there is no reason not to make CDK functionality available in Avogadro :)<br /><br />BTW, it was great to see Gerrit used by Avogadro/VTK! Good learning opportunity!<br /><br />0.http://code.google.com/p/jace/Egon Willighagenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470952136305035540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-42440864432166701802012-02-05T09:34:09.700+01:002012-02-05T09:34:09.700+01:00And the quote was something like:
"Open Data...And the quote was something like:<br /><br />"Open Data is not the goal; it is the means to achieve better science."Egon Willighagenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470952136305035540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-2600527757302708422012-02-05T09:33:24.559+01:002012-02-05T09:33:24.559+01:00Michael Nielsen's book actually suggest the op...Michael Nielsen's book actually suggest the opposite... it's just a matter of getting the experts together with online tools... (well, in the first 30 pages or so).Egon Willighagenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470952136305035540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-25661957721841781972012-02-04T21:47:30.136+01:002012-02-04T21:47:30.136+01:00Great video. Nice quote too. (For others, Egon is ...Great video. Nice quote too. (For others, Egon is quoted just after 26:35)Noel O'Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288289351940689018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-49472936947055178492012-02-04T14:03:31.555+01:002012-02-04T14:03:31.555+01:00Karol, finally got around to the video you pointed...Karol, finally got around to the video you pointed to. I had not seen it before, and it's a really interesting story on innovation in scientific communication. Recommended, ummm, reading :)<br /><br />Also, way cool to be quoted! That feels very rewarding indeed! To know that ideas I spread are being picked up!Egon Willighagenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470952136305035540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-92092298867641331162012-02-04T09:45:14.113+01:002012-02-04T09:45:14.113+01:00Thanks all!Thanks all!Egon Willighagenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470952136305035540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-90148236510690394502012-02-02T11:03:00.631+01:002012-02-02T11:03:00.631+01:00Your comment about interdisciplinary work strikes ...Your comment about interdisciplinary work strikes a chord. The flip side is that a good collaboration requires the collaborators to be interdisciplinary. The quality of the work will be determined by the collaborator who actually understands all of the aspects of the work.Noel O'Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288289351940689018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-53742927883102430612012-02-01T12:43:50.902+01:002012-02-01T12:43:50.902+01:00BTW, Iain has mentioned you in the latest Panton d...BTW, Iain has mentioned you in the latest <a href="http://vimeo.com/34555054" rel="nofollow">Panton discussion</a>.Karolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032498937126368914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-31701971234875418142012-01-31T14:53:21.200+01:002012-01-31T14:53:21.200+01:00Hi Egon. First of all, welcome back to Holland! :)...Hi Egon. First of all, welcome back to Holland! :) It seems that I'm kind of in a similar situation, but in a different field and doing my first postdoc now. I'm not working in cheminformatics at the moment, but if you organize an event in Maastricht, I'd be happy to come over and attend.Karolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032498937126368914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-56103318455630059952012-01-30T00:53:03.013+01:002012-01-30T00:53:03.013+01:00Hi Egon, thanks for posting this it is great to se...Hi Egon, thanks for posting this it is great to see someone with some similar frustrations out there. I think you know how much many of us value your work, and I hope you get the recognition and funding you deserve. I feel your pain with moving countries, and was shocked how hard moving states was in the US (I really thought it would have been pretty simple after moving continents).<br /><br />After spending the day doing tax returns for a country I haven't lived in for quite some years, and getting fingerprinted for background checks so that I can get access to systems and celebrating another birthday I was having similar mixed feelings. Add to that giving up a nice home we owned for an OK home we rent in a place where we don't know many people with a wildly different culture that we are still learning to adjust to with an immigration system that moves at a snails pace...<br /><br />Keep doing cool work, keep telling us all about it. Hopefully one of these days we can share a beer and compare notes, my postdoc wouldn't even let me join the pension scheme!Marcus D. Hanwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08187423171219662136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-58653052912920560632012-01-29T20:54:30.488+01:002012-01-29T20:54:30.488+01:00Hey Egon,
Yes, moving countries is exhausting, wi...Hey Egon,<br /><br />Yes, moving countries is exhausting, with a family even more so. Although I have superannuation / retirement funds in "only" 3 countries now (one non-EU) moving is still tough, making friends even more so when the next move is only a question of a few yrs. Why do we do it? It's better than a boring 9-5 job with no inspiration and believe it or not less stressful than consultancy. Not to mention the research is just too interesting.<br />I really enjoy reading your blog - you are the first site I come to after checking mails, we ordered your book a week or so ago (hasn't arrived yet) and we did a lot of cool stuff with the CDK in recent weeks which we just haven't manage to tell you about yet (mainly cos we're still unpacking boxes too :D)<br />You can make a difference...if you doubt it, take a look at the "views per week", thats pretty amazing. And I'm still looking for chances for you to come & show off your work...once the unpacking's done ;)<br />Just in case the google login still doesn't work: schymane here.Emma Schymanskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16470756127551057228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-824802670549442512012-01-29T15:37:19.163+01:002012-01-29T15:37:19.163+01:00Make that an N=2 for the interdisciplinary researc...Make that an N=2 for the interdisciplinary research...Bjoern Brembshttp://brembs.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17889588.post-28641933037462801522012-01-29T12:16:05.691+01:002012-01-29T12:16:05.691+01:00Egon,
think of Bob Langer, Institute professor at...Egon,<br /><br />think of Bob Langer, Institute professor at MIT, and most cited chemical engineer ever. he started with 9 turned down grants for his "interdisciplinary drug delivery". just saying, don't give up. :)<br /><br />http://web.mit.edu/bmes/www/thebiotech_vol4no3_langer.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com