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Continuing my previous post, much like the “foundation” meeting at the Spring 2005 ACS National Meeting, many of us met over food and drinks to talk about chemistry, informatics, project development, and other things.

Starting at last year’s American Chemical Society national meeting in spring 2005 in San Diego, CA, the Blue Obelisk movement of open chemistry was started.

I’ve been so busy lately with so many things on my plate, that I’d be upset with myself if I was spending much time blogging. On the other hand, there’s a lot to mention, so I’ll emphasize some interesting links with quick blurbs.

There are a lot of new resources for science on the web, including [...]

Wired magazine recently wrote about amateur chemistry in an article titled “Don’t Try This at Home” also covered on BoingBoing.net and OpenScience.org (and probably lots of other places too).

I think there are two key points in this article:

Hands-on chemistry education, particularly labs for younger students, is being cut back in the name of safety. (OpenScience.org [...]

I recently released a new software project that grew out of a personal need. I have thousands of chemistry files on my computer and no good way to sift through them. The web may have sites like Chmoogle and great databases of chemical data out there.

It is easier to use Google to find something from [...]

I admit, I have to catch up on some blogging.

A few weeks ago, the BBC had an article called “Science ‘not for normal people’“.

Around 70% of the 11-15 year olds questioned said they did not picture scientists as “normal young and attractive men and women”.

Among those who said they would not like to be scientists, [...]