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Some early Wolfram|Alpha driven thoughts

By Deepak Singh | Published: May 16, 2009
So Wolfram|Alpha is finally live. People have had mixed luck with it, as have I. Some items, especially related to mathematics and the physical sciences are really well represented. Others, not so much. When it works, it works brilliantly. Take a search for something like “ice” Not only do you get [...]
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Innovation or Committee

By Deepak Singh | Published: May 2, 2009
Yehuda Katz has an interesting blog post about innovation and best practices. In it he writes (emphasis mine) As Rubyists, we need to discourage artificial attempts to encourage conformance and discourage innovation. Rails shops should find other ways to advertise the quality of their practices without falling back on appeals to the masses, and those [...]
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Biopharma innovation: Trying things out quickly and effectively

By Deepak Singh | Published: April 4, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Every all-hands meeting I learn something new. This time the word that I heard Jeff Bezos use was trystorming, described as brainstorming, except that instead of talking about things you actually try things out. That’s something that most of us can relate to. Many of us spend too much time [...]
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Biopharma innovation: Open drug discovery? Not yet, but maybe some day

By Deepak Singh | Published: March 30, 2009
Interesting post from Joerg, who is not so sure about open innovation in drug design. He makes some good points, with the observation In other words, if you do not need the money, do whatever you like openly. If you need the money, e.g. for clinical trials, then please make sure staying within the [...]
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Biopharma innovation: A marketplace for discontinued drug programs

By Deepak Singh | Published: March 29, 2009
Image via Wikipedia So I am supposed to be writing about innovation in the Biopharma industry. Here’s in idea that I’ve had that might be worth discussing (sometimes I wish I had the patience to write with the depth of Michael Nielsen). Last year we heard about Goldman Sachs funding an innovative pharma business model, [...]
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