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Digitally rendered: three worn, faded green hardbound notebooks stand spines out on a wooden shelf by a window, the third leaning on the second beside a steel bookend. Each spine has a cream label.
Fig. 1 · The three volumes, on SynapticSci’s Lab Notes shelf

Notebook · 2009–2020

Out on a LIMS

The Blog for People Who Risk Life and LIMS on a Daily Basis

Written by Gloria Metrick, 2009–2020. Published here as she wrote it, and kept by SynapticSci so it stays readable.

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The volumes

  1. Digitally rendered: the spine of a worn, faded green notebook with a cream label, standing on a wooden shelf.

    Volume I

    2009–2012 · 347 entries · 171 comments

    First page: Welcome to "Out on a LIMS"

  2. Digitally rendered: the spine of a worn, faded green notebook with a cream label, standing on a wooden shelf.

    Volume II

    2013–2016 · 309 entries · 424 comments

    First page: New Picture for Blog and Other Media

  3. Digitally rendered: a worn, faded green notebook with a cream label leans against the one beside it, next to a steel bookend.

    Volume III

    2017–2020 · 175 entries · 196 comments

    First page: "Safety" is the 2017 Word of the Year

The longest conversations

  1. It's Time to Say Goodbye · 18 comments
  2. Travel Music · 12 comments
  3. A Question For Recruiters (or Anyone That Knows) · 11 comments
  4. Notes on Resistance to Upgrading · 11 comments
  5. Software Vendors Compare With Others · 11 comments
  6. Three Tips For Learning to Gather Requirements · 10 comments

The last entries

  1. Out On a LIMS® Blog is Moved
  2. New About the Out on a LIMS® Move
  3. The MOMi Guide Technology Example
  4. The MOMi Guide for MES
  5. Out on a LIMS ® Not Going Away But Moving