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Swift Playgrounds (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swift-playgrounds/id908519492?mt=8)

• Drag simple blocks of code
• Very gentle introduction to coding
• Begin with controlling a video game character
• iPad only

Scratch Jr (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?mt=8)

• Drag icons that represent code blocks
• Tablet only (iPad & Android)

Blockly (https://blockly-games.appspot.com/)

• Similar to Swift Playgrounds in its introduction
• Begin with controlling a video game character
• Gentle introduction to coding
• Exposure to basic programming syntax
• Runs in browser
• Tablet version in beta

Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/)

• More complex desktop version
• Exposure to basic programming syntax
• Also runs in browser

Hopscotch (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hopscotch-learn-to-code-creatively-and-make-games/id617098629?mt=8)

• Nice video tutorials
• Considers a broader range of applications than the other ones
• Slightly less gentle introduction to coding
• Tablet only (iPad & Android)

R Datacamp (https://www.datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r)

• Browser-based introduction to R
• Video tutorials
• Guided interactive coding exercises
• Full programming syntax

Naldi, A. et al. Reconstruction and signal propagation analysis of the Syk signaling network in breast cancer cells. PLOS Computational Biology 13, e1005432 (2017).

Reconstruction & signal propagation analysis of the Syk signaling #network http://journals.PLoS.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005432 Inferring potential targets of the kinase

The $AMZN Echo’s always-listening feature entangles it in a murder
case http://www.pcworld.com/article/3152899/smart-appliance/the-amazon-echos-always-listening-feature-entangles-it-in-a-murder-case.html Did the victim say “#Alexa, call the cops”

“this has got to be a record… imported this into Zotero to find the total author count. It’s 1,014”
http://www.g3journal.org/content/5/5/719.abstract

The Yale graduate school regulations governing dissertations includes a paragraph that indicates that only two dissertation committee members need Yale appointments:

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“Registered doctoral candidates must have a principal adviser with an appointment on the Graduate School faculty. The Graduate School requires that each dissertation be read by at least three persons but not more than five, at least two of whom are ladder or ladder-track faculty members at Yale. All readers must hold the Ph.D. degree as well as a faculty position or be considered otherwise qualified to evaluate the dissertation…”
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http://www.yale.edu/printer/bulletin/htmlfiles/grad/policies-and-regulations.html#dissertation

Pixelmator (photoshop Mac alternative): http://www.pixelmator.com Has a vector mode:
http://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2013/05/14/introducing-vectormator/

Latest version of GIMP for Mac OS X does not require X11:
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Dreamweaver & Illustrator alternatives:
http://www.onextrapixel.com/2013/06/18/10-best-alternatives-to-adobe-dreamweaver/ http://www.onextrapixel.com/2011/03/15/10-best-alternatives-to-adobe-illustrator

http://pikimal.com/html-editor

It’s sort of like Dreamweaver for $130
http://www.artisteer.com/