For those who don’t know, EvolDir is a worldwide mailing list on evolutionary biology that has been running since approximately forever. Everyone who works even vaguely in the area of evolution subscribes to it. Every day It typically carries several posts on conferences, book announcements, funding opportunities and job …
Some years ago I wrote a popular piece Words a bioinformatician doesn't want to hear. Sadly, a lot of practitioners found it all too real. This time, I'm concentrating on the data end of things.
"We really need a database / webapp, so I can query / analyse / visualise this data!"
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(This first appeared on biocodershub.net courtesy of Rad, and has since popped up on coderscrowd.com. It enjoyed some moments of viral popularity, with many aggrieved practitioners chipping in on the comments of the article. Following the resurrection of my website, it's a good opportunity to bring this piece …