Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists.

Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists. by juretriglav on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @03:49PM (#2680120)

This is something that I'm trying to solve with a project of mine: http://www.tiris.org

For example, you can comment on this paper right here: http://tiris.org/papers/15

If you are a user you can then follow what goes on with the paper (new comments, tags, etc.), you can follow the user who submitted it, seeing as he is likely to have similar interests, you can follow the tags the paper is tagged with and so on.

It is dream for Tiris to be embeddable into various scientific sites (blogs, project pages, etc.), with a system similar to Disqus, but with a knack for science (for example, latex is supported with $$ math $$).

We're slowly but surely getting there, if there is anyone reading this who feels passionate about opening up scientific communication, drop me a note.

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Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists. by repos on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @03:58PM (#2680141)

Awesome project, I've been thinking a lot about how to open up research and get more researchers to collaborate. I wanted to drop you a note to talk some more, but not sure how as HN doesn't have a PM system (right?).

Take a look at this project which is similar to yours (not mine btw): http://annotatr.appspot.com/

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Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists. by juretriglav on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @04:10PM (#2680189)

Awesome commenter is awesome! Thanks, there's still a lot that needs to be done but I'm getting there.

Annotatr looks somewhat similar yes. They too have some issues with getting to critical mass, but you have to start somewhere. I have to look into integrating more services into Tiris (pubget, citeulike, mendeley). I think the biggest difference will be when I implement the embeddable commenting system, which should enable easier access to Tiris.

About dropping me a note, hmm, yeah, that could be a bit difficult. Sorry about that. If you come to my site http://www.juretriglav.si - there is an email link right at the bottom of that page. Sorry I have no better way.

Off-topic: How does HN usually solve this lack of PM issue?

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Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists. by nkurz on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @05:38PM (#2680538)

How does HN usually solve this lack of PM issue?

Many people put their email in the About field of their profile. You can obfuscate it if you wish, or just trust your spam filters.

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Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists. by YaleDOC on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @04:33PM (#2680280)

Love this comment. I am all for democratizing research. I think researchers all to often have a sense of entitlement, or talk in there own language. Try reading a peer reviewed medical journal. We make as language as difficult as possible. Some if is on purpose, but ultimately it kills innovation. Most of the great ideas come from cross pollination of ideas from divergent fields (discovery of brain shunt) or collision of two hunches (internet, and the printing press)... Chance favors the connected mind. The challenge is how do we connect minds and get then to talk in the same language.

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