Welcome! This is the research blog of Todd Harris. I design and build information systems for large-scale biological data. This blog discusses genomics, bioinformatics, and science policy in general, with a particular focus on the development of biological databases, user interfaces, and data visualization.

Weekly Digest for December 5th

December 5, 2009

New Post: Weekly Digest for November 28th [tharris]

Using DropBox for automatic Perl library synchronization http://ff.im/c8lmf [tharris]

Weekly Digest for November 28th http://ff.im/c8lme [tharris]

DTW Skyclub has the slowest wifi ever. Time to round [...]

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Weekly Digest for November 28th

November 28, 2009

New Post: Weekly Digest for November 21st [tharris]

Weekly Digest for November 21st http://ff.im/bNSPF [tharris]

When they pave over your quad you don’t cry about it you skate it. RT @hyphaltip: … UCR has to have a "Workgroup on [...]

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Using DropBox for automatic Perl library synchronization

November 28, 2009

Working efficiently across multiple machines just got a whole lot simpler.
Working on multiple machines with varied architectures can be a pain. It’s never obvious where the most recent version of something is. Merging changes is tedious and error-prone. Building software over and over is a waste of time.
I’ve heard of some gluttons that check in [...]

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Weekly Digest for November 21st

November 21, 2009

New Post: Weekly Digest for November 13th http://bit.ly/3xKytE [tharris]

Published 23andMe splitting products, raising prices.

New Post: 23andMe splitting products, raising prices http://bit.ly/49JPvG [tharris]

Great post about upcoming features in Wordpress 2.9: http://bit.ly/2C7jW0 [tharris]

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Working at 23andMe; reviews on GlassDoor

November 15, 2009

There’s been much chatter about 23andme’s recent downsizing and product restructuring.
Here’s an interesting perspective from a current employee on GlassDoor.
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23andMe splitting products, raising prices

November 14, 2009

The direct-to-consumer personal genomics company 23andme is revamping their product offerings and raising prices.
Starting November 19th, 23andMe will offer three products: an Ancestry Edition (USD $399), a Health Edition (USD $429), and a Complete Edition ($499).
The Complete Edition is most similar to the current genotyping kit but is priced $100 higher. Ancestry or Health [...]

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Weekly Digest for November 13th

November 13, 2009

New Post: Weekly Digest for November 6th http://bit.ly/4FUSzy [tharris]

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Weekly Digest for November 6th

November 6, 2009

I am driving @gingi0’s Prius through Manhattan! #fb [tharris]

Google Ads, NYT, from London: 4 hour Workshop on how to use Twitter. £250 (+ VAT). I have a bridge in Montana for sale, too. [tharris]

Great talk today [...]

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Finding your long lost relatives through 23andMe

October 28, 2009
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The direct-to-consumer personal genomics company 23andme is open beta testing a new service called Relative Finder. Based on the number and extent of shared segments, Relative Finder aims to detect long lost relatives.
The interface is clean and simple. Users are presented with two view options, a sortable “List View” and a graphical “Discovery [...]

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Meetings: 2010 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

October 24, 2009

ACM International Conference On Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
August 2-4th, 2010
Niagara Falls, New York, USA

ACM is pleased to announce that it has taken over sponsorship of the former International
Joint Conference on Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, and Intelligent Computing (IJCBS),
and will be holding the newly renamed International Conference On Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology (ACM-BCB) in August 2010 in Niagara [...]

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