naturepokerFrankly, I think all research scientists should be blogging (perhaps even with incentive). That's all searchable documentation, resulting from real life experiences and solutions. Rarely updated personal posts from bioinfornaticians and other researchers had been absolutely invaluable for students like myself.
Derek Smith@naturepoker I was chatting about this today with colleagues .... about how all the trials and tribulations to get that super cool method to work never really reaches the light of day. So, when you go and try and modify or apply that fancy new 'omic technique to your system ... you get to reinvent the wheel and troubleshoot all over again. It would be nice to "see how the sausage is made" more often. Tips and tricks, pitfalls, and so on.
Marco van Zwetselaar@dsmith @naturepoker A big plus of giving a hands-on "how we dunnit" walkthrough is that it doesn't take a lot of preparation.
Recently had several lightbulb moments while Matt Cotten _a l'impromptu_ walked through how he came up with the "Entebbe primers".
It's tough to cater to an audience with huge variance in experience, but with a hands-on demo there's usually something to take away for everyone.