Archive for the 'tech' Category

Stop Hyping Big Data and Start Paying Attention to ‘Long Data’ | Wired Opinion | Wired.com

February 3, 2013

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/01/forget-big-data-think-long-data/

Article: The End of the Web, Search, and Computer as We Know It | Wired Opinion | Wired.com

February 3, 2013

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/02/the-end-of-the-web-computers-and-search-as-we-know-it/

Using a Smartphone to Look After the Pennies – NYTimes.com

January 31, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/personaltech/using-a-smartphone-to-look-after-the-pennies.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

Modern Gunmaking’s Surprising Tools – Plastic and 3-D Printer – NYTimes.com

January 30, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/science/surprising-tools-of-modern-gunmaking-plastic-and-a-3-d-printer.html?pagewanted=2&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0&pagewanted=all

Next Generation: Fitness & Health Monitoring Bands | Apartment Therapy

January 25, 2013

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/get-fit-with-these-3-fitness-bands-182946

Mixing and Matching to Create the Near-Perfect Digital Calendar – State of the Art – NYTimes.com

January 12, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/technology/personaltech/mixing-and-matching-to-create-the-near-perfect-digital-calendar-state-of-the-art.html?ref=technology

Can Social Media Sell Soap? – NYTimes.com

January 7, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/opinion/sunday/can-social-media-sell-soap.html

BBC – Future Quantified self: The tech-based route to a better life?

January 5, 2013

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130102-self-track-route-to-a-better-life/print

Zapier – Connect Your Apps Useful Tools – UsefulTools.com

December 30, 2012

looks like a very interesting way to connect up web services, incl. gmail, twitter & dropbox
http://www.usefultools.com/2012/11/connect-your-apps

PubMed Help – Searching for specific last and first authors

December 30, 2012

From
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Search_Field_Descrip some useful field descriptors, include:

Last author = [Lastau]
First author = [1au]
Grant = [GR]

Here are some examples employing these from the end of 2012:

(1) My overall query (from papers page, http://papers.gersteinlab.org) =

((Gerstein M[Author] NOT (1957[dp] : 1990[dp])) NOT 10787728[UID] NOT 11744447[UID] NOT 14663468[UID] NOT 14730174[UID] NOT 16081066[UID] NOT 14663468[UID] NOT 17270657[UID] NOT 21243890[UID] NOT
21406498[UID] NOT 21945273[UID]OR 15499007[UID] OR 17571346[UID] OR 17571346[UID] OR 8877505[UID] OR 8816770[UID] OR 7540695[UID] OR 7567918[UID] OR 7567918[UID] OR 7577841[UID] OR 7567917[UID] OR 7643385[UID] OR 8749848[UID] OR 8808580[UID] OR 8120887[UID] OR 8029203[UID] OR 8204609[UID] OR 7922041[UID] OR 7584390[UID] OR 8078776[UID] OR 8428572[UID] OR 8429559[UID] OR 8464069[UID] OR 8234227[UID] OR 8230220[UID] OR 1584800[UID] OR 2067013[UID] OR 20981092[UID] OR 21526222[UID])

==> yields 426 papers (from my total of 449)

(2) Last author papers

(2a) Gerstein M[Lastau] AND
==> yields 242 last author papers

(2b) GM[GR] AND Gerstein M[lastau] AND
==> yields 33 of 242 last author papers supported by NIH/NIGMS

(2c) GM[HG] AND Gerstein M[lastau] AND
==> yields 45 of 242 last author papers supported by NIH/NHGRI

(3) 1st author papers

(3a) Gerstein M[1au] AND
==> yields 41 first author papers

(3b) Gerstein M[lastau] AND Gerstein M[1au] AND
==> yields 11 sole author papers