POGONATUM : morphology, anatomy, reproduction etc.
Learning from complete strangers: social networking for bioinformaticians
1. Learning from complete strangers
social networking for bioinformaticians
Neil Saunders
COMPUTATIONAL INFORMATICS
www.csiro.au
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this is not the advocacy talk
these are the advocacy talks
http://www.slideshare.net/lindenb/draft-being-a-bioinformatician-20
http://www.slideshare.net/c.titus.brown/2013-beaconcongresssocialmedia-25245386
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quotes to inspire
No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work
for someone else
- Bill Joy
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quotes to inspire
It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure.
- Clay Shirky
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four ages of online interaction
(at least since c. 2000)
the age of forums and portals
the age of blogs
the age of “facebook for scientists”
the age of Twitter
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what we learned from nodalpoint
if you build it, they will come [*]
[*] Unless you build it wrong. Then they don’t.
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most hits to blogs are via search
aggregators are largely useless, with exceptions
http://www.r-bloggers.com/
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what we learned from blogs
experts are “out there” and they will find you
https://xkcd.com/386/
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the age of “Facebook for Scientists”
social networks for scientists
N. Saunders (SMMS, UQ) Science networks November 26, 2008 8 / 29
http://www.slideshare.net/neilfws/what-can-science-networking-online-do-for-you-presentation
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what we learned from “fb4sci”
they don’t work
beware of anything “for scientists”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomes_(South_Park)
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at about the same time came...FriendFeed
http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/the-life-scientists-at-friendfeed-2009-summary/
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what we learned from FriendFeed
data finds data then people find people
http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/07/02/data-finds-data-then-people-find-people/
http://cameronneylon.net/blog/why-the-web-of-data-needs-to-be-social/
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the age of Twitter
https://twitter.com/shaylamaddox/status/27278131665
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what we learned from Twitter
it’s all about who you follow
transient and real-time is OK
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and so back to forums...
forums have evolved and are still valuable
what I’ve learned from forums: you can’t improve the questions
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is social networking a time sink?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30884177@N08/4107290250
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well...yes, it is
need to manage time as you see fit
http://www.ashersarlin.com/archives/2004/09/honestly_who_co.php
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is online activity recognised or rewarded?
by your employer? probably not
by everyone else - absolutely!