[Biococoa-dev] new to the list
Alexander Griekspoor
mek at mekentosj.com
Thu Feb 24 06:17:14 EST 2005
Hi Todd,
> I'm not planning to attend WWDC yet. I haven't followed the attendence
> threads - is their a quorum planning to attend? If so, I might be
> able to
> extend a trip to Cali the week before to include WWDC.
Here's a copy of the mail I send about the WWDC. Most of us are willing
to go (if for some a ticket can be arranged). Peter and I have agreed
to contact Apple and see what can be arranged...
> Hi guys,
>
> Yesterday the date of WWDC2005 was announced (6-10 june) and Tom and I
> will definitely go again (very addictive). Although I haven't
> contributed much in the past month because of you know why, I have
> been walking around with this idea that I would like to get your
> opinion on. Wouldn't it be great if we could organize a get together
> at the WWDC, meet each other in real, learn all about the new stuff in
> tiger (i.e. what opportunities will Core Data give us in combination
> with BioCocoa), and discuss/work together on the framework. I think it
> would be a perfect opportunity to both boost the development progress
> and set out the future directions/trajectory we have in mind.
>
> Now my gut feeling says that:
> - Me and Tom will go for sure (that wasn't to difficult to feel) and
> will apply for a scholarship for admission and travel sponsorship from
> the institute
> - Peter can go for the scholarship as well, but perhaps joins the
> Belgian Apple group again ?
> - Charles are you going because of the xgrid stuff again? Do you have
> an invitation?
> - Jim was there last time, are you going again?
> - And then there are Koen and John, did you guys have any plans in
> going already?
>
> So the question is, does any of you already know for sure they're
> going and who would be interested in going and join in a BioCocoa
> meeting? Who would be interested but has (financial) considerations
> that will make it unlikely to come?
>
> The reason for asking is that if we all like the idea, I'm want to try
> to convince the people at Apple I met last year to perhaps
> sponsor/co-organize this event. Therefore I would like to know who
> would like to come but needs to pay the 1600$ admission fee if he does
> so. I would like to see if its possible that Apple would sponsor those
> a free ticket to the WWDC.
> The second thing would be to ask if they're interested in having one
> of the lunch meetings being centered around BioCocoa. Last year there
> were quite some bio people there (including a guy from BioPerl), it
> would be nice to give a little presentation on the framework and
> discuss the plans and as such both attract new developers perhaps and
> warm up apple to support our initiative if they like it. Also, Apple
> is an official sponsor of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (the
> mother organisation of BioJava, BioPerl etc), so I guess they are
> interested in a BioCocoa sibling.
>
> For those planning to visit WWDC already, I'm looking forward to meet
> you all! For those that didn't until now, let me know if you're
> interested and can free the week from the 6-10th of june. It would be
> great to have our first official BioCocoa meeting!
> Let me know what you think,
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
> Links:
> http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
> http://www.mekentosj.com/events/wwdc04/
> Last year there was some talk about apple supporting an open bio /
> bioperl
> meeting but it never materialized, largely due to conflicts with other
> meetings.
Last year there indeed was a science lunch session with a guy from
bioperl, forgot his name though, and the subject wasn't centered around
bioperl indeed...
>
> It would be good to sit down and hack some things out.
Exactly the plan!
>
> Perhaps we should hold a BioCocoa meeting in A'dam?
The european party can do that indeed ;-) I can certainly arrange
something if we want. Peter, Phil, I and you (?) are situated quite
nearby, would be fun!
> Do you know my friend Ronald Plasterk? He used to be at the NKI, but
> moved to the Hubrecht in Utrecht.
Yes, i know him, he's quite "famous" here in The Netherlands, both to
scientists (he's indeed the director of the Hubrecht) and to the
general public (he's deeply involved in politics and writing for a
national newspaper)...
Cheers,
Alex
>> On 2/23/05 9:35 AM, Alexander Griekspoor wrote:
>
>> Hi Todd, welcome to the list!
>> It's great to have someone on board from one of the BioX frameworks.
>> Just a small question related to recent discussions, are you by any
>> chance planning to visit the WWDC? Or would you be interested in going
>> if we hold a BioCocoa gathering there?
>> Looking forward to your contributions, and perhaps you are THE person
>> to join the discussion regarding future CoreData integration...
>> Cheers,
>> Alex
>>
>> On 23-feb-05, at 4:09, Todd Harris wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all -
>>>
>>> I've been lurking on the list for a few weeks but have never
>>> introduced
>>> myself properly.
>>>
>>> I'm a scientific programmer -- formerly a postdoc -- in Lincoln
>>> Stein's lab
>>> at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. I'm a biologist by training
>>> although I
>>> write code full time now.
>>>
>>> By way of background, I primarily work in Perl as the central
>>> developer of
>>> WormBase, and on projects like BioPerl and the Generic Model Organism
>>> Database project. I just today released what I hope will become a
>>> unified
>>> API for biological databases, insulating end users from model changes
>>> and
>>> data mining minutae. I also do basic research in comparative
>>> genomics. I'm
>>> currently working on algorithms for multiple whole genome alignment
>>> and
>>> visualization.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I just wanted to delurk and say hello. I'm reading messages
>>> now as
>>> I get up to speed with the status of the project. It's clearly a
>>> dynamic
>>> and dedicated group. I hope to be able to contribute wherever
>>> needed.
>>>
>>> Todd
>>>
>>>
>>>
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The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Department of Tumorbiology (H4)
Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam
Tel: + 31 20 - 512 2023
Fax: + 31 20 - 512 2029
AIM: mekentosj at mac.com
E-mail: a.griekspoor at nki.nl
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