[Myexperiment-discuss] [Fwd: Fw: facebook-style communication for academics]

[Carole Goble]

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I missed this email completely --
Anyhow -- Nature Notebook. we need to be able to  cross-link to this

Carole

--- Begin Message --- Subject: Fw: facebook-style communication for academics Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:59:26 +0100
Hi Carole,
In fact I'm writing this piece tomorrow so I'd definitely need to speak to you today. Alternatively you could respond to the questions below if possible some time today or tomorrow morning. Sorry about that, but my deadline is end of tomorrow.

I'd like to know more about why Nature Network is possibly thought of as a backward step

Also what Access Grid is and how many UK users it has. In what way is it Facebook-style and how is it different to Nature Network.

Do you think fewer people are using Jiscmail?

Why are these Facebook-style tools catching on for academics?

How are they going to change academe? For better or for worse and in what ways?

Facebook is used as a dating tool as well as for other uses. Scientists have a limited number of tenure years at the same place and I have been told they are using these tools for dating too. Have you come across this?

Why do you think these Facebook-style sites are useful to academics?

Do students and academics want to use the same social networking sites?

Many thanks for your help.
Jessica

Jessica Shepherd
020 71317102
07957147308

"Michael Daw" <address@hidden> 27/06/07 16:45 Please respond to "address@hidden" <address@hidden>

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Jessica,
 
Nature Networks is indeed an interesting venture. Actually, I’ve heard some academics say (unattributable, I’m afraid!) that it’s a backward step in that it gives a platform (blogs) for a chosen few without being peer-reviewed, which is against the original ethos of Nature.
 
Anyway, I’m more than happy to talk to you about developments and usage of Access Grid, which is my main area, and is supporting researcher collaborations. I’ve been involved in several projects where the Access Grid has been used by artists in innovative and exciting ways. In a separate intitiave, I’m also involved in a project that’s aiming to support social scientists through the provision of advanced computing or ‘e-Science’ technologies.
 
Finally, you may also be interested in talking to Prof. Carole Goble (cc-ed), who’s leading a project called myExperiment (www.myexperiment.org), which offers scientists an environment to share workflows. She can tell you more.
 
Let me know when’s good for you to speak. My diary is a bit chocka over the next two weeks so either late in the day (after 6pm) or early (before 9am) is probably best for me (though not today or tomorrow).
 
Mike
 
 

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Sent: 27 June 2007 12:07
To: address@hidden
Subject: facebook-style communication for academics
 

Dear Michael,
This is Jessica Shepherd from the Guardian.
I wonder if I can ask for some help. I see that you are the convenor for Euro AG. I am writing about Nature Networks which is a facebook-style site for academics in the science fields. It's really taking off. It only launched in February and already about 10,000 UK academics use it to collaborate, chat etc.

I thought it would be good to explore the different ways academics are speaking to each other now. Is there a facebook-style equivalent for the arts and humanities? What other than jiscmail is there? Is jiscmail more popular than ever or the opposite?

Who do you think would be good to speak to? Are you free to talk about this too?

Many thanks for your help.
All the best
Jessica

Jessica Shepherd
020 71317102
07957147308

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