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

[Duncan Hull]

Robert Stevens wrote:
> doesn't this miss the point?

It may miss many points, because it is aimed at publishers e.g. subtext 
is "how can science publishers make money from web 2.0".

However, I thought it made some points that are relevant to the success 
or failure of myExperiment and other web 2.0 tools.

1. scientists won't use new tools that don't save them time
2. scientists won't use new tools  without career incentives to do so 
(accreditation)

The first problem is something myExperiment can *really* do something 
about. The second one is a much harder problem...

Duncan

Stating the bleedin' obvious...
[1] 
http://www.cshblogs.org/cshprotocols/2008/02/14/why-web-20-is-failing-in-biology/ 



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