This Blog Will Close
Published on 20/03/2008
Actually, that’s only part of the story, as it would be more correct to say this blog is going to be replaced by a new one.
Following last week’s massive news, this is the right time to turn into reality an idea that came to me almost a year ago. You see, this blog has been tremendously fun to write and I genuinely believe it has perfectly represented me as an undergraduate who studies pharmaceutical chemistry. However, those days are about to end, as my entrance in the eerie world of graduate studies will take place in October and, moreover, pharmaceutical science isn’t going to play the part in my life it used to. Therefore, a blog which clearly points at pharmacy as its main theme will suddenly get meaningless.
So, I have decided to close this blog in July, a couple of days after graduation. But this doesn’t mean at all I will leave the scientific Blogosphere.
One of the most important things I have realised in these two years is that I really like to have a place where I can literally throw my thoughts in and, amazingly, people can come and leave their opinions, safe in the knowledge I will never censor them (unless they are rotten spammers).
What’s more, I love what We are doing with our blogs (and by “We” I mean only scientific bloggers: I hate people who set up blogs just to talk about their useless and miserable lives). We can really make science entertaining and enjoyable. We are already making the difference, changing the way science is discussed. We have ideas! We are the Future! We CAN!
Ehm, well, elections are about to come here in Italy (and somewhere else): I might have been influenced and exaggerated a bit…
Still, I do believe scientific blogs are great opportunities and I want to remain part of this community for many years. I just feel I need something different, something in which I can find myself fully represented for the years to come: that’s why this blog will be closed and I will move one, to a new project (and, hopefully, a higher quality level).
To sum up, I will keep writing here, as there are good things left to be written. Then, once no longer a pharmaceutical chemist, I’ll close it.
Meanwhile, I will work at my new blog, which will formally open in September (can’t provide a date at the moment) but be (pompously) unveiled next week.
Thank you for reading this blog: I hope (and actually believe) you will like what I’ve planned for the future.
Hey, just wanted to let you now I've started to read your blog a month ago and have decided to start from the earliest, which means I'm at about number 32 or something. I really enjoy it because it is obviously written with true interest and passion, which makes the material so much more enjoyable.
I am a medical student in Montreal and have always diskliked chemistry. I've been 'using' your blog to gain a sense of wonder for the tiny molecules that our eyes can't see, and how they affect our lives macroscopically,
cheers, and hope you don't close your blog too soon as I'm not done yet!
YES WE CAN!
Don't worry, Gerald: although I won't write any more, the posts will remain online.
Ohno! Does this mean you'll be blogging about molecular biology? EWWWW!
(but i'll still read it because i like your posts)
Molecular biology needs its "Carbon-based curiosities". ;)
Becoming a graduate student is like dying. You will discover that all pre-mortem assessments and extrapolations were optimistic.