From austin at csail.mit.edu Thu Mar 1 13:03:08 2007 From: austin at csail.mit.edu (Austin Che) Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:03:08 -0500 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] in wiki chat References: <7c085c480703010858m1f158c7fr677a94e847152f4b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <87d53sj0yr.fsf@nitsua.mit.edu> I've put together an experimental in wiki chat on openwetware. The chat is disabled by default. You need to enable it by going to your preferences, the Misc tab, and clicking Enable wiki chat. Once enabled, you can go to http://openwetware.org/wiki/Special:Chat Also, all pages on the wiki will have a new chat tab that will allow you to chat with people also viewing the page. Let me know if there are any questions, comments, or general feedback on the utility of this. -- Austin Che (617)253-5899 From ilyas at MIT.EDU Thu Mar 1 22:13:23 2007 From: ilyas at MIT.EDU (Ilya Sytchev) Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:13:23 -0500 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] I Bought Votes on Digg Message-ID: <45E79653.3080501@mit.edu> Can wisdom of crowds be trusted? http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72832-0.html From skosuri at MIT.EDU Sat Mar 3 20:38:26 2007 From: skosuri at MIT.EDU (Sri Kosuri) Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:38:26 -0500 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] The New Science of Sharing Message-ID: <2b0cb7a10703031738o637b894bn66fda4ca386b399a@mail.gmail.com> An articleon from BusinessWeek... there is a favorable mention of OpenWetWare somewhere on the second page: As large-scale scientific collaborations become the norm, scientists will > rely increasingly on distributed methods of collecting data, verifying > discoveries, and testing hypotheses not only to speed things up but to > improve the veracity of scientific knowledge itself. For example, rapid, > iterative, and open-access publishing will engage a much greater proportion > of the scientific community in the peer-review process. Conventional > paper-based scientific journals, meanwhile, will be augmented by dynamic > publishing tools such as blogs, wikis, Web-enabled RSS feeds, and podcasts > that turn scientific publications into living documents. Projects such as > MIT's OpenWetWare are already doing this. > > http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/mar2007/id20070302_219704.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_more+of+today%27s+top+stories Apparently, we are again an "MIT" project... Apologies to those of you who are not. Sri http://openwetware.org/wiki/Sriram_Kosuri -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/oww-discuss/attachments/20070303/79ddee5d/attachment.htm From jasonk at MIT.EDU Mon Mar 5 11:10:02 2007 From: jasonk at MIT.EDU (Jason Kelly) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:10:02 -0500 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] USPTO Peer Review Process To Begin Soon Message-ID: <7c085c480703050810x5330d596h31744528dd0ec7be@mail.gmail.com> Patent office is planning on taking input from a wider community through a slahdot/wiki-like system when deciding whether to award a patent (thought the final decision rests with the USPTO examiner): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/04/AR2007030401263.html?nav=rss_email/components?nav=slate On slashdot here: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/03/05/0815238.shtml jason From jeffgritton at gmail.com Mon Mar 5 11:26:44 2007 From: jeffgritton at gmail.com (Jeff Gritton) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 09:26:44 -0700 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] USPTO Peer Review Process To Begin Soon In-Reply-To: <7c085c480703050810x5330d596h31744528dd0ec7be@mail.gmail.com> References: <7c085c480703050810x5330d596h31744528dd0ec7be@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <15de7a130703050826y68610e4dm161258116fe1911f@mail.gmail.com> Also, here is a relevant article by Beth Noveck who was quoted in the WP article: http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/articles/pdf/v20/20HarvJLTech123.pdf Jeff On 3/5/07, Jason Kelly wrote: > > Patent office is planning on taking input from a wider community > through a slahdot/wiki-like system when deciding whether to award a > patent (thought the final decision rests with the USPTO examiner): > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/04/AR2007030401263.html?nav=rss_email/components?nav=slate > > On slashdot here: > http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/03/05/0815238.shtml > > jason > _______________________________________________ > OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List > discuss at openwetware.org > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/oww-discuss/attachments/20070305/1972beb8/attachment.htm From jasonk at MIT.EDU Tue Mar 6 11:31:16 2007 From: jasonk at MIT.EDU (Jason Kelly) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:31:16 -0500 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] Fwd: Google Alert - OpenWetWare In-Reply-To: <1173194684.81469da7e15072dc.74747448@persist.google.com> References: <1173194684.81469da7e15072dc.74747448@persist.google.com> Message-ID: <7c085c480703060831s4b4caecta45620bef0225609@mail.gmail.com> Pedro Beltrao blogged today about an idea we've been kicking around OWW for some time now - always up-to-date, free online scientific reviews: http://pbeltrao.blogspot.com/index.html He points to an OWW page on the topic here: http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Reviews If you've got a review you particularly like that was published in an OA journal, then it would be great to get it wikified to kick off this experiment, so please suggest it. If you'd like to help out in general, shoot me an email. Thanks, Jason p.s. Pedro's blog usually has some interesting Open Science posts -- worth putting on your RSS feed if you haven't already. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Google Alerts Date: Mar 6, 2007 10:24 AM Subject: Google Alert - OpenWetWare To: jrkelly at gmail.com Google Blogs Alert for: OpenWetWare OpenWetWare:Reviews Jason Kelly opened up a page ... By Pedro Beltr?o(Pedro Beltr?o) Jason Kelly opened up a page in OpenWetWare for discussion of wiki reviews. Writing a review on the progress of a field could be the most obvious use of collaborative efforts. The reviews could be continually updated and periodic ... Public Rambling - http://pbeltrao.blogspot.com/index.html ________________________________ This as-it-happens Google Alert is brought to you by Google. Remove this alert. Create another alert. Manage your alerts. From ilyas at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 7 13:08:07 2007 From: ilyas at MIT.EDU (Ilya Sytchev) Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:08:07 -0500 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] What Would Jesus Wiki? Message-ID: <45EEFF87.7040203@mit.edu> From http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72818-0.html An alternative Wikipedia written by conservative Christians has become a major target of mockery on the web. Conservapedia brands itself on its main page as "a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American." Conservapedia's entry on kangaroos says that, "like all modern animals ... kangaroos are the descendants of the two founding members of the modern kangaroo baramin that were taken aboard Noah's Ark prior to the Great Flood." From martin_jambon at emailuser.net Wed Mar 7 14:18:03 2007 From: martin_jambon at emailuser.net (Martin Jambon) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:18:03 -0800 (PST) Subject: [OWW-Discuss] What Would Jesus Wiki? In-Reply-To: <45EEFF87.7040203@mit.edu> References: <45EEFF87.7040203@mit.edu> Message-ID: On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Ilya Sytchev wrote: > From http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72818-0.html > > An alternative Wikipedia written by conservative Christians has become a > major target of mockery on the web. > > Conservapedia brands itself on its main page as "a much-needed > alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and > anti-American." > > Conservapedia's entry on kangaroos says that, "like all modern animals > ... kangaroos are the descendants of the two founding members of the > modern kangaroo baramin that were taken aboard Noah's Ark prior to the > Great Flood." They seem to have temporarily disabled account creation... That's not cricket :-( Martin -- Martin Jambon http://martin.jambon.free.fr From ilyas at MIT.EDU Sat Mar 10 16:42:00 2007 From: ilyas at MIT.EDU (Ilya Sytchev) Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:42:00 -0500 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] MIT: all courses will soon be online Message-ID: <45F32628.5050804@mit.edu> Competition is heating up :) "MIT looks to reach an epic milestone soon: By the end of the year, its entire curriculum should be available online for free." http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2007/03/mit_all_courses.html (if boston.com asks you to register and you don't want to, use bugmenot.com to get login info) From ilyas at MIT.EDU Mon Mar 12 03:31:37 2007 From: ilyas at MIT.EDU (Ilya Sytchev) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:31:37 -0400 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] Tapping Wikis for Web Community-Building Message-ID: <45F501D9.3050804@mit.edu> Big business and mainstream media are catching on: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2007/tc20070309_667931.htm From ilyas at MIT.EDU Tue Mar 13 00:01:10 2007 From: ilyas at MIT.EDU (Ilya Sytchev) Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:01:10 -0400 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] After false claims, Wikipedia to check degrees Message-ID: <45F62206.3040202@mit.edu> Ideas about content quality control. "The details of how the system would work are still being bandied about, and include the idea of having users fax copies of their diplomas to Wikipedia's offices, or relying on a "circle of trust," whereby a trusted individual would be in charge of verification." http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/12/business/wiki.php From ilyas at MIT.EDU Fri Mar 16 02:02:01 2007 From: ilyas at MIT.EDU (Ilya Sytchev) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:02:01 -0400 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] off topic Message-ID: <45FA32D9.1080801@mit.edu> What do you think about content like this on OWW? http://openwetware.org/wiki/RX-78_GPO3S http://openwetware.org/wiki/JHIBRG:Gundam Ilya From jasonk at MIT.EDU Fri Mar 16 02:27:54 2007 From: jasonk at MIT.EDU (Jason Kelly) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:27:54 -0500 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] off topic In-Reply-To: <45FA32D9.1080801@mit.edu> References: <45FA32D9.1080801@mit.edu> Message-ID: <7c085c480703152327m110f5f12vfece70b54721eb8d@mail.gmail.com> I personally don't have a problem with it at all. We are encouraging people to use OWW as a place to form scientific communities, and not everything communities do is strictly science. Similar to how we are happy to allow labs to post who has to bring snacks for group meeting (something that no one outside the lab cares about), with the hope that they'll feel more comfortable posting protocols (something that's great to share widely). By being flexible we end up getting more content overall. That said, there is some sorts of content / conduct that we would want to put a stop to were it to ever crop up. Places like wikipedia, etc, have policies about hate speech, pornography, etc We might want to add something like that to the end of the etiquette page: http://openwetware.org/wiki/Etiquette jason On 3/16/07, Ilya Sytchev wrote: > What do you think about content like this on OWW? > > http://openwetware.org/wiki/RX-78_GPO3S > http://openwetware.org/wiki/JHIBRG:Gundam > > Ilya > _______________________________________________ > OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List > discuss at openwetware.org > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss > From rshetty at MIT.EDU Sat Mar 24 11:41:23 2007 From: rshetty at MIT.EDU (Reshma Shetty) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:41:23 -0400 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] around the world tour Message-ID: <6e9f40380703240841p5919dc22j6115cbc0a4b999b7@mail.gmail.com> Austin, Mac and I put together an around the world Google earth tour of institutions with labs on OpenWetWare. Check it out http://openwetware.org/wiki/Reshma_Shetty/blog I've uploaded the kmz file to OpenWetWare if you want to play around with it yourself in Google Earth (freely downloadable). Also, apologies if I made an error with your institution's location. Leave a note on the talk page with your institution's correct latitude and longitude coordinates and I can generate a new movie. I basically just did a search and made a guess about which search result was right. Thanks, Reshma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/oww-discuss/attachments/20070324/21d8f9ba/attachment.htm From ilyas at MIT.EDU Sat Mar 24 12:48:39 2007 From: ilyas at MIT.EDU (Ilya Sytchev) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:48:39 -0400 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] around the world tour In-Reply-To: <6e9f40380703240841p5919dc22j6115cbc0a4b999b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <6e9f40380703240841p5919dc22j6115cbc0a4b999b7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46055667.6060300@mit.edu> Cool! Though I wish it zoomed out a bit more during "flights" between locations so it would be easier to see where are you heading. Lets put this video on the front page? Ilya Reshma Shetty wrote: > Austin, Mac and I put together an around the world Google earth tour of > institutions with labs on OpenWetWare. > > Check it out http://openwetware.org/wiki/Reshma_Shetty/blog > > > I've uploaded the kmz file to OpenWetWare if you want to play around > with it yourself in Google Earth (freely downloadable). > > Also, apologies if I made an error with your institution's location. > Leave a note on the talk page with your institution's correct latitude > and longitude coordinates and I can generate a new movie. I basically > just did a search and made a guess about which search result was right. > > Thanks, > > Reshma > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List > discuss at openwetware.org > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss From lchubiz at gmail.com Sat Mar 24 14:01:31 2007 From: lchubiz at gmail.com (Lon Chubiz) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:01:31 -0500 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] around the world tour In-Reply-To: <46055667.6060300@mit.edu> References: <6e9f40380703240841p5919dc22j6115cbc0a4b999b7@mail.gmail.com> <46055667.6060300@mit.edu> Message-ID: <22cbf5000703241101g6bc6cef4va0c732876cbc051d@mail.gmail.com> Definitely cool and gives some perspective on where everyone in the community is. Lon On 3/24/07, Ilya Sytchev wrote: > > Cool! Though I wish it zoomed out a bit more during "flights" between > locations so it would be easier to see where are you heading. > Lets put this video on the front page? > > Ilya > > > Reshma Shetty wrote: > > Austin, Mac and I put together an around the world Google earth tour of > > institutions with labs on OpenWetWare. > > > > Check it out http://openwetware.org/wiki/Reshma_Shetty/blog > > > > > > I've uploaded the kmz file to OpenWetWare if you want to play around > > with it yourself in Google Earth (freely downloadable). > > > > Also, apologies if I made an error with your institution's location. > > Leave a note on the talk page with your institution's correct latitude > > and longitude coordinates and I can generate a new movie. I basically > > just did a search and made a guess about which search result was right. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Reshma > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List > > discuss at openwetware.org > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss > _______________________________________________ > OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List > discuss at openwetware.org > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/oww-discuss/attachments/20070324/c25d8af2/attachment.htm From rshetty at MIT.EDU Tue Mar 27 17:07:23 2007 From: rshetty at MIT.EDU (Reshma Shetty) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:07:23 -0400 Subject: [OWW-Discuss] around the world tour In-Reply-To: <22cbf5000703241101g6bc6cef4va0c732876cbc051d@mail.gmail.com> References: <6e9f40380703240841p5919dc22j6115cbc0a4b999b7@mail.gmail.com> <46055667.6060300@mit.edu> <22cbf5000703241101g6bc6cef4va0c732876cbc051d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6e9f40380703271407y48ece8f4h83f76b8743172e7a@mail.gmail.com> Given that I haven't heard any complaints/inaccuracies in the video to date, I went ahead and posted it on the front page. Again, I can pretty easily remake the video should anyone find an error. (I don't know how to implement Ilya's suggestion of zooming our more during flights unfortunately but it is a good one.) -Reshma On 3/24/07, Lon Chubiz wrote: > > Definitely cool and gives some perspective on where everyone in the > community is. > > Lon > > On 3/24/07, Ilya Sytchev < ilyas at mit.edu> wrote: > > > > Cool! Though I wish it zoomed out a bit more during "flights" between > > locations so it would be easier to see where are you heading. > > Lets put this video on the front page? > > > > Ilya > > > > > > Reshma Shetty wrote: > > > Austin, Mac and I put together an around the world Google earth tour > > of > > > institutions with labs on OpenWetWare. > > > > > > Check it out http://openwetware.org/wiki/Reshma_Shetty/blog > > > < http://openwetware.org/wiki/Reshma_Shetty/blog> > > > > > > I've uploaded the kmz file to OpenWetWare if you want to play around > > > with it yourself in Google Earth (freely downloadable). > > > > > > Also, apologies if I made an error with your institution's location. > > > Leave a note on the talk page with your institution's correct latitude > > > and longitude coordinates and I can generate a new movie. 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