@markhahnel Looks great, enjoy! I see a lot of IASSISTers in the programme. @iassistdata

Are certificates and degrees in data science "spreading like mushrooms after the rain"? Fake data science:  http://ning.it/XtPaS3 

Also will be hiring a Chief Data Scientist. NIH Undertakes “Big Data” Initiatives - AAMC  https://www.aamc.org/advocacy/washhigh/highlights2012/323668/121412nihundertakesbigdatainitiatives.html … via @datadryad and @jtedds

#jiscmrd lookie RT @mwittin: Nice data management consultation offering from MSU libraries, http://t.co/nwZMGo3u #rdap12

#ukdcc conference report by @rotorvator, DLib highlights pre & post-conf workshops including our #jiscmrd training one http://t.co/e6c4XamT

What pure peer review looks like. And why CC-BY licences are best for open access: PLoS Won http://t.co/FmIUR5JO

Do-it-yourself RDM Training Kit for librarians from EDINA and Data Library, University if Edinburgh:  http://bit.ly/10d7FJv  #jiscmrd #ukdcc

Past practices in data management (not mine): "retain as is"! pic.twitter.com/lAerVSKdk0

Now Lievesley looking at the attraction of Big data. Should statisticians stick to their principles - study design, unbiased datasets, etc?

Zing. Lievesley on Francis report about Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust - top managers were blinded by small no. of stats measuring wrong things

It is interesting to be sitting around the table with journal editors talking about (potential) peer review of datasets. #PREPARDe #jiscmrd

Is Excel the most dangerous piece of software in the world?  http://www.newstatesman.com/technology/2013/02/excel-most-dangerous-piece-software-world …

“ Don't use social media sites as storage." RT @euanc: "Do-It-Yourself Digital Preservation"  http://web.library.emory.edu/blog/do-it-yourself-digital-preservation …

That's pretty funny. Well done. MT @mrrrrrow: I attempt to explain my PhD using only common words  http://wp.me/p2Wzkb-2R  #UpGoerFive

Thrillsville! Have been told our data repository's been selected for the Thompson-Reuters Data Citation Index #jiscmrd  http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/dci/ …

No tweets for two weeks then 9 come along at once. :-) Spreadsheets still rule in academia (76%)! Oxford Damaro survey  http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/damaro/2013/01/03/university-of-oxford-research-data-management-survey-2012-the-results …

BBC News - DIY broadband in the Highlands  http://bbc.in/OXRRKp  "Small is beautiful"

Will be tweeting from the Radical Statistics conf at British Library today as @radicalstats. If there are any other tweeps pls use #radstats

And why not? Will read. @ambrouk: "@acljohn: #wdlih Is the iPad Driving eLearning Towards HTML5? | Upside Learning Blog http://t.co/2ALza5lL

Useful critique. MT @digitalcuration: Graham Pryor on Re-skilling for Research - observations on an RLUK report http://t.co/OQxF1omd #ukdcc