This blog focuses on the role that good design plays in the succcesful online presentation of biological data. Topics include data visualization, user interfaces, general bioinformatics, open access publishing, and inspirational notes from the design world and may include mundane system level development tricks and project management rants.

23andMe launches Longevity Survey

December 11, 2009

DTC personal genomics company 23andMe has just launched a new Longevity Survey that aims to tease out the genetic basis of a long life. Early studies in longevity were pioneered in the model organism C. elegans, a roundworm. C. elegans is a perfect model system for studying aging. It’s small (1mM in length), it develops [...]

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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 up WiFi leachers in the terminal? #frequentflyer #DTW [tharris] Am I having a really bad acid trip or am I walking [...]

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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 Skateboards" [tharris] Tracking drug related executions in #Mexico: http://bit.ly/6Pk4f6 #travel [tharris] Easy strategy for managing frequent [...]

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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 [...]

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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] Seriously loving @balsamiq for wireframing mockups. [tharris] Published Working at 23andMe; reviews on GlassDoor. New Post: Working at 23andMe; reviews on [...]

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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. url=’http://toddharris.net/blog/2009/11/15/working-at-23andme-reviews-on-glassdoor/’;size=’small’;username=’tharris’;

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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 [...]

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Weekly Digest for November 13th

November 13, 2009

New Post: Weekly Digest for November 6th http://bit.ly/4FUSzy [tharris] url=’http://toddharris.net/blog/2009/11/13/weekly-digest-for-november-13th/’;size=’small’;username=’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 with Ed Griffiths. Looks like we might be working with GFF3 soon, and not transmogrified GFF2. How [...]

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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 View”. [...]

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