Quote of the Week 24
“The words or the language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought.”
― Albert Einstein
https://quote--of-the--week.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-words-or-language-do-not-seem-to.html
#Imagination #Mindset #Psychology
#Quote #QuoteOfTheWeek #CW24
Quote of the Week 24
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
― Sharon Begley; attributed to Carl Sagan
https://quote--of-the--week.blogspot.com/2025/06/somewhere-something-incredible-is.html
It's International RSE Day! Here are some of our highlights from the past year:
- We hosted #RSECon24, chaired by our own Dave Horsfall.
- Dave also had an article published in Nature.
- Mike Simpson (@codemonkey_mike) became Vice-president of The RSE Society (@ResearchSoftEng).
- Mike was also part of the team that won top prize at the Hack Day at #CW24 (@SoftwareSaved).
- Team members including Richard Howey and Gabrielle Schroeder (@gmschroe) gave conference talks.
Happy #IntlRSEday!
ICYMI: In our latest blog post, Mike Simpson (@codemonkey_mike) discusses a project he was involved in at @SoftwareSaved's Collaborations Workshop 2024. “Task Management for Humans as Self-Care”, which is about using productivity frameworks to improve your mental health, went on to win the top prize at the Hack Day.
You can read more about the project below 👇
Can task management tools, often used by our corporate overlords to exploit us, actually help us improve our mental health? That was the question that a team of us set about trying to answer at this…
Quote of the Week 24
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
― Napoleon Bonaparte
https://quote--of-the--week.blogspot.com/2024/06/victory-belongs-to-most-persevering.html
CFP now open for Collaborations Workshop 2024 (30 Apr - 2 May, U of Warwick/Online):
- 30 or 60 min workshop/demo sessions
- 2 min lightning talks
on the #CW24 themes: Environmental Sustainability, AI/ML tools for science, Citizen science, or anything else research software related!
Deadline: Fri, 1 Mar for workshops/demos; Fri, 8 Mar for lightning talks
https://www.software.ac.uk/news/call-cw24-mini-workshops-and-demos-and-lightning-talks-open
Collaborations Workshop 2024 (CW24) will take place as a hybrid event at the University of Warwick, UK, from Tuesday 30 April to Thursday 2 May. Submissions for contributed mini-workshops and demos and lightning talks are now open.
Recommended podcast: “Inverse Podcast” by Jarrod McKenna & Drew Hart
https://pca.st/podcast/7bb6aee0-0998-0136-c264-7d73a919276a
“Inverse Podcast belongs to the ones who are dissatisfied with the Bible being used to justify hatred.”
#CW24 #HealOurCulture #racism #reparations #history #HumanRights
“We do not simply share history to KNOW, we share it to GROW, and to DO differently.”
- by our friend Felicia
Inspired by the 3rd annual “Confronting Whiteness” conference at Myers Park Baptist Church in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina
https://confrontingwhiteness.com/cwconference
#CW24 #HealOurCulture #racism #reparations #history #HumanRights
I love the signage at Myers Park Baptist Church in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
https://www.myersparkbaptist.org
#CW24 #HealOurCulture #racism #reparations #history #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #inclusion #inclusive #affirming #HumanRights
(1/2) Challenging and important keynote this morning by DR. WILLIAM DARITY, JR. and
A. KIRSTEN MULLEN, authors of “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century”
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B086T4H4JM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Shared at the 3rd annual “Confronting Whiteness” conference at Myers Park Baptist Church in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina
https://confrontingwhiteness.com/cwconference
Peter Lipps
Newcastle University RSE Team
Heather Turner 
Wesley Fryer
