All
I missed this email completely --
Anyhow -- Nature Notebook. we need to be able to cross-link to this
Carole
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
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
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden]
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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