Comments on: World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Core Biomedical Research Software and Web 2.0 Tools | Highlight HEALTH 2.0 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-26422 Core Biomedical Research Software and Web 2.0 Tools | Highlight HEALTH 2.0 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:46:16 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-26422 [...] wrote an entertaining article on career paths for Bioinformaticians earlier this year. In the World of Bioinformatics Quest, my character class is a Wet lab Bioinformatician (WB): A dry lab scientist, working in wet lab, [...] [...] wrote an entertaining article on career paths for Bioinformaticians earlier this year. In the World of Bioinformatics Quest, my character class is a Wet lab Bioinformatician (WB): A dry lab scientist, working in wet lab, [...]

]]> By: Bioinformatics Zen » February 2008 edition of Bio::Blogs http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-13108 Bioinformatics Zen » February 2008 edition of Bio::Blogs Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:14:32 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-13108 [...] Zen « Monday evening off World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation [...] [...] Zen « Monday evening off World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation [...]

]]> By: Bioinfo Blog! » Gioco di ruolo per bioinformatici http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10454 Bioinfo Blog! » Gioco di ruolo per bioinformatici Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:45:05 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10454 [...] http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/ [...] [...] http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/ [...]

]]> By: Pedro Beltrao http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10331 Pedro Beltrao Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:04:59 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10331 Your dad's WoW manual ?! :) I also had some flashbacks of 20-sided dices with this one. Your dad’s WoW manual ?! :) I also had some flashbacks of 20-sided dices with this one.

]]> By: Mike http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10130 Mike Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:01:12 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10130 Thanks for your nice comments everyone. The inspiration came from the World of Warcraft and Everquest. In particular, I got the idea when I was looking at my Dad's WoW manual when I was home Christmas time (I'm geeky, but I don't live with my parents anymore). As for furthering this genre, I think I might. This is the most popular post I've ever had. Weapons and Armour lists are good idea. As are the levels for character progression. Any other suggestions are welcome too. Thanks for your nice comments everyone. The inspiration came from the World of Warcraft and Everquest. In particular, I got the idea when I was looking at my Dad’s WoW manual when I was home Christmas time (I’m geeky, but I don’t live with my parents anymore).

As for furthering this genre, I think I might. This is the most popular post I’ve ever had. Weapons and Armour lists are good idea. As are the levels for character progression. Any other suggestions are welcome too.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10117 Kevin Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:39:26 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10117 hey sudden thot you should put this page as a wiki to have user contributions lolz.. hey sudden thot you should put this page as a wiki to have user contributions lolz..

]]> By: What bioinformatics do you do? « My Weblog on Bioinformatics, Consed, Phrap, Genome science. http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10116 What bioinformatics do you do? « My Weblog on Bioinformatics, Consed, Phrap, Genome science. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:37:28 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10116 [...] must also read   Mike’s amusing post, World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation that describes characters in the lab like MMORPG game [...] [...] must also read   Mike’s amusing post, World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation that describes characters in the lab like MMORPG game [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10115 Kevin Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:32:10 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10115 haha where did u get the inspiration for this ?? put a smile on my face! haha where did u get the inspiration for this ??
put a smile on my face!

]]> By: giovanni http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10053 giovanni Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:25:17 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-10053 Very nice post! :) I am definitely a LV with the 'blogger' trait! :) Very nice post! :)

I am definitely a LV with the ‘blogger’ trait! :)

]]> By: A busy January « Suicyte Notes http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9881 A busy January « Suicyte Notes Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:20:17 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9881 [...] I forget, I had much fun reading the ‘Character Generation’ section in Mike’s World of Bioinformatics Quest posting. In case you wonder what kind of bioinformatics character I am, here is the disclosure: my [...] [...] I forget, I had much fun reading the ‘Character Generation’ section in Mike’s World of Bioinformatics Quest posting. In case you wonder what kind of bioinformatics character I am, here is the disclosure: my [...]

]]> By: Mark Boguski http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9874 Mark Boguski Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:13:39 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9874 If the links in my previous message make you nostalgic, check out the announcement for GenBank's 25th anniversary celebration in April on NCBI's home page. Here are some video excerpts from the first computational biology course at NCBI in 1990: http://www.youtube.com/user/markbmd If the links in my previous message make you nostalgic, check out the announcement for GenBank’s 25th anniversary celebration in April on NCBI’s home page.
Here are some video excerpts from the first computational biology course at NCBI in 1990:
http://www.youtube.com/user/markbmd

]]> By: Mark Boguski http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9840 Mark Boguski Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:06:54 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9840 Oxana Pickeral (my grad student at the time) and I reviewed six bioinformatics books that defined the field in 1999: http://www.markboguski.net/publications_PDFs/bioinformatics_bookshelf.pdf This was just after the dawn of "functional genomics" which expanded the scope of bioinformatics beyond sequence analysis: http://www.markboguski.net/publications_PDFs/TrendsGuide2BioInf1998_Brownstein.pdf and http://www.markboguski.net/publications_PDFs/Hieter%20Boguski.pdf Oxana Pickeral (my grad student at the time) and I reviewed six bioinformatics books that defined the field in 1999:
http://www.markboguski.net/publications_PDFs/bioinformatics_bookshelf.pdf
This was just after the dawn of “functional genomics” which expanded the scope of bioinformatics beyond sequence analysis:
http://www.markboguski.net/publications_PDFs/TrendsGuide2BioInf1998_Brownstein.pdf
and
http://www.markboguski.net/publications_PDFs/Hieter%20Boguski.pdf

]]> By: Duncan Hull http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9835 Duncan Hull Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:58:42 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9835 I like it, it seems there is some overlap between these characters and <a href="http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2008_01_25/caredit_a0800013" rel="nofollow">the difficult colleagues described in Science magazine</a> I like it, it seems there is some overlap between these characters and the difficult colleagues described in Science magazine

]]> By: Shikin http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9783 Shikin Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:26:44 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9783 Really cute description =) I'll place link to this post in the Russian web-communities of bioinformaticians. Are you going to continue this subject? Really cute description =) I’ll place link to this post in the Russian web-communities of bioinformaticians.
Are you going to continue this subject?

]]> By: chkuo http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9776 chkuo Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:05:57 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9776 Haha, really funny. What's the weapon/armor list in game? Haha, really funny. What’s the weapon/armor list in game?

]]> By: Mailund on the Internet » Blog Archive » World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9772 Mailund on the Internet » Blog Archive » World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:51:36 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9772 [...] Zen has a wonderful post describing different types of bioinformaticians in terms familiar to role players.  Go read [...] [...] Zen has a wonderful post describing different types of bioinformaticians in terms familiar to role players.  Go read [...]

]]> By: Animesh Sharma http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9768 Animesh Sharma Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:01:36 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9768 The use of words like heteroscedasticity can lead to a Nobel but has a high correlation with dying virgin :) Great post ;) Ani The use of words like heteroscedasticity can lead to a Nobel but has a high correlation with dying virgin :)
Great post ;)
Ani

]]> By: Kieren Lythgow http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9765 Kieren Lythgow Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:46:57 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9765 I'm pleased to have achieved plenty of the in game character traits including no statistics which has invariably led me to become a hardened drinker resulting in bad hygiene. Then again I am an expert of the random walk. I’m pleased to have achieved plenty of the in game character traits including no statistics which has invariably led me to become a hardened drinker resulting in bad hygiene. Then again I am an expert of the random walk.

]]> By: Luca Beltrame http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9747 Luca Beltrame Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:45:15 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9747 By looking at your definitions, I fall somewhere between LV and WB (I started off with biochemistry and molecular biology and ended up doing bioinformatics "by chance"). I *wish* I had a 4 screen setup, though! And a lot of my wet lab colleagues give me strange looks when I put up results by typing (more or less furiously) in a bash shell so fast that they can't keep up... By looking at your definitions, I fall somewhere between LV and WB (I started off with biochemistry and molecular biology and ended up doing bioinformatics “by chance”). I *wish* I had a 4 screen setup, though!
And a lot of my wet lab colleagues give me strange looks when I put up results by typing (more or less furiously) in a bash shell so fast that they can’t keep up…

]]> By: Deepak http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9729 Deepak Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:29:18 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9729 This is a classic. Frame it!!! and you better include it in Bio::Blogs :) This is a classic. Frame it!!!

and you better include it in Bio::Blogs :)

]]> By: All kinds of bioinformatics « What You’re Doing Is Rather Desperate http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9726 All kinds of bioinformatics « What You’re Doing Is Rather Desperate Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:40:56 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9726 [...] nsaunders If you haven’t already, go and read Mike’s amusing and pertinent post, World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation. Which one are [...] [...] nsaunders If you haven’t already, go and read Mike’s amusing and pertinent post, World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation. Which one are [...]

]]> By: Adam http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9703 Adam Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:06:24 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9703 This almost had me in tears laughing! Excellent post Mike. I've already shown this to several colleagues. This almost had me in tears laughing! Excellent post Mike. I’ve already shown this to several colleagues.

]]> By: Jean-Claude Bradley http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9689 Jean-Claude Bradley Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:39:05 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9689 This brings back memories of 20-sided dice :) This brings back memories of 20-sided dice :)

]]> By: Character generation « Thirst for Science http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9686 Character generation « Thirst for Science Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:24:20 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9686 [...] January 29, 2008 Bioinformatics Zen has a funny post on the  World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation.  It made me [...] [...] January 29, 2008 Bioinformatics Zen has a funny post on the  World of Bioinformatics Quest: Character generation.  It made me [...]

]]> By: How To Be A Good Supervisor http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9684 How To Be A Good Supervisor Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:54:05 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9684 it is hard to make our career in one class it is hard to make our career in one class

]]> By: jan. http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9673 jan. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:42:25 +0000 http://www.bioinformaticszen.com/2008/01/world-of-bioinformatics-quest/#comment-9673 Great post, Mike. It's notoriously difficult to describe a bioinformatician apart from being beardy or bald... Great post, Mike. It’s notoriously difficult to describe a bioinformatician apart from being beardy or bald…

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