[Myexperiment-discuss] Re: myExperiment at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: why web 2.0 is failing biology

[Douglas Kell]

I couldn't possibly comment ;-)

but....

Duncan Hull wrote:
> hello
>
> myExperiment was mentioned in this post/presentation from Cold Spring 
> Harbor Laboratory, about why Web 2.0 is failing biology
>
> Some interesting points raised, and it's a reasonable critique of the 
> pros and cons of "Science 2.0", e.g.
>
> "Scientists do not interact like teenagers chatting or rock bands 
> reaching out to their fans. "myspace for scientists" is a poorly thought 
> out model for the culture of scientific research
>
> http://www.cshblogs.org/cshprotocols/2008/02/14/why-web-20-is-failing-in-biology/ 
>
>
>
> Duncan

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