TGIF

Yup, it's Friday again. And I haven't heard this phrase for a long time.

It's probably a good time to recollect the week that passed. I haven't been doing that. So let's backtrack on my learning journey this week.

I haven't had the chance to spend time to concentrate on my reading and self-learning. I have been so busy and caught up developing a proteomics tool for one of our collaborators, which thankfully, I could complete a working demo before our next meeting.

So since Monday, I have been taking time to develop new capabilities, and I have mentioned them before. I started with a few chapters on GIS this week and it has been insightful. So far, I've just been a user of location services. Only recently, I had the opportunity to spend my precious office hours understanding this art... or do you call this science?

I have been reading the book Geographic Information System and Science. It is an extremely palatable book, and I've learnt lots from it. If you're keen on GIS, and if you can get yourself a copy, I do encourage you to read this book. I'm midway through it, but I believe I would have had a broad overview of the field. Enough for me to begin my development work in this area of study.

Meanwhile, I've been busy reading it alongside my new favourite Google tool - Notebook. If you do not already know what it is, do check it out. Google Notebook allows you to clip text/information on web pages you visit. For me, I took it one step further, and used it as a learning companion. You can even export notes to Google Docs and later as Word, PDF or other formats. Cool ya?

For now, I need to retire to prepare for my early morning drive, 300+ km up north.