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

[Carole Goble]

Duncan

But it isn't myspace for scientists is it .... which is what we all talk 
about when we present myExperiment.

That is the point of all the work on ownership, credit, IP, sharing,, 
permission policy, selfish scientists etc in myExperiment.

This is lazy and depressingly unimaginative reporting.  As our chief 
blogger I hope you will respond.

carole

> 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