20. “I'd also be remiss if I didn't also note the critical role
online collaboration played in this effort. Of the
seven coauthors on this paper, two I've met only once
in real life, and two I've never met in person. We
are spread over four cities, five organizations, and
nine time zones. Initiating and executing this
collaboration happened virtually entirely online, aided
by the FriendFeed Life Scientists room and
Molecular and Cellular Biology WikiProject at
Wikipedia. It was an eye-opener in terms of how
effective online collaboration can be done.”
– Andrew Su http://biogps.blogspot.com/2009/09/gene-wiki-update-paper.html
Outcomes - publishing
21. Saunders, N., Beltrao, P., Jensen, L., Jurczak, D., Krause, R., Kuhn, M. et al.
(2009). Microblogging the ISMB: A New Approach to Conference Reporting.
PLoS Comput Biol, 5(1).
22.
23. From marginalia to Friendfeed…
- Speed (obviously) – answers at the speed of
the Internet
- Network effects – connecting with people you
didn’t know in your field, other fields and
disciplines, and their connections (strength of
weak ties)
- Informality – lower barriers to entry
- Openness – ideas are traceable from genesis
to publication
- Global distribution of discussion
24. From marginalia to Friendfeed II…
- Field/Disciplinary differences
- Work habits – managing time
- Information selection – filtering the volume
(the disadvantages of scale)
- Ephemeral – no formal archiving strategies
25. If you’re using online tools for research or to
assist researchers, please feel free to come and
chat to me today and tomorrow!
Lucy Power
DPhil Candidate
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Supervised by Dr Ralph Schroeder and Dr Eric M. Meyer
lucy.power@oii.ox.ac.uk
