posted by Sten Westgard
Yes, the Westgard blog is back.
Regular visitors will remember that back in 2006, Westgard QC dipped its toe in the blog water, but after a dozen or so postings, the blog went silent.
It turns out, the technology we were using to run the blog was not that robust or user-friendly. And it was particularly vulnerable to SPAM, with hundreds, if not thousands, of scripts attempting to comment on the blog with links to frightening websites. That forced us to be very strict on comments so we could be certain only genuine comments could go through. The combination of these problems meant that the blog was really not usable for our purpose. We ceased posting but kept it barely alive. The revamping of the blog went on the To-Do list. Unfortunately, that list was so long it took a few years to get done.
Now, we're using a better blog platform, with more capabilities and features than before. This should allow better posting, better commenting, less SPAM, and easier navigation. (Also note, the previous posts from the old blog have been transferred over, so you still have access to the content.)
The blog is always going to me an adjunct to the main westgard website, www.westgard.com. But we'll use this to point to new articles and events, as well as make shorter comments and points about topics of interest to the laboratory community. There are a lot of issues and news stories that warrant a short note, but aren't really worth an entire essay.
In short, we hope that we'll be able to post more stuff and do it faster.
Thanks for your continued readership of the website and the blog. We hope we can continue to improve its offerings.
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From Dr. Carmen Ricos, on behalf o the SEQC-Analytical Quality Commission:
Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
During the AACC/ASCLS convention in July, we had a "live" raffle for those who attended the convention, as well as an online raffle, for those who couldn't.
Time to announce the winners...
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