The largest challenge Ive encountered since beginning to teach analytical chemistry (yes, you read that correctly) is the process of re-learning all of the material I was responsible for a mere 6-7 years ago. To put this notion into perspective, most standardized...

A few years back, I had lunch with Bruce Lipshutz. Over the course of two hours, I was mesmerized by stories of Wassermans artistic talents, Boston Celtics basketball, and research conversations with E.J. Corey. The man had (and I believe still does) knowledge,...

Contrary to popular opinion, Im alive, well and trying to get established in a new part of the country. Please sit tight....

I love Wikipedia. I think deep down we all do. Theres something truly amazing about accessing hordes of (useless) information simply by entering a few keystrokes in a giant search engine. At times, Wikipedias better than Googling simply by virtue of the fact...

The largest challenge Ive encountered since beginning to teach analytical chemistry (yes, you read that correctly) is the process of re-learning all of the material I was responsible for a mere 6-7 years ago. To put this notion into perspective, most standardized...

A few years back, I had lunch with Bruce Lipshutz. Over the course of two hours, I was mesmerized by stories of Wassermans artistic talents, Boston Celtics basketball, and research conversations with E.J. Corey. The man had (and I believe still does) knowledge,...

There was a discussion on Friendfeed last weekthat resulted from my comments regarding this blog post : “Throwing down the gauntlet for my fellow geeks”. I always prefer that people read the original blog post rather than me take snippets out of...

There was a discussion on Friendfeed last weekthat resulted from my comments regarding this blog post : “Throwing down the gauntlet for my fellow geeks”. I always prefer that people read the original blog post rather than me take snippets out of...

"My argument is this: there is so much useful information that needs to be organized in a format that is free, navigational and easy to access. One person cannot do it alone; we all need to contribute for the betterment of science, in general. ... Ill gladly...