Jennyn retreatnotes

How do you use OWW and what would you like to see?

• Jason: Like to see website being a site where people visit everyday to get finer-grain picture of what is happening in labs and in the field (collaboration, etc)
• Sri: Uses to share information (software, projects, information-tracker), hope to encourage digitizing information unavailable. I.e. setting up lab, a lot of information is not out there, so like to see information online in the future (either on OWW or somewhere else so that it is searchable).
• Jeff: Uses as reference source, like to see as interactive site where people can communicate and interact in shared pages.
• Barry: Documenting current project, collaborating with other groups, like to see what it is now PLUS more on top of that. See developments of ability to provide updated information. Continue to be a place where information is stored --what ppl are doing and where they are located, etc.
• Sean: Like to see connection between people tangentially in order to get new collaborations.
• Jay Copeland: Does not currently use OWW much, but sets up other wikis during the time that OWW came along. Would like to see where OWW is going and see how open-collaborative lab play.
  • Challenge: How to get lab members to adopt wiki to use. Control privacy.
• Ilya: Uses for notebook, like to see more searchable.
• Austin: Uses for playground for wiki technology, like to use it as lab notebook.
• Jenny: Uses for interior design space. Would like to see more user-friendliness.
• Natalie: Uses for lab course, notebook for research, literature collection, would like to see grow as teaching tool and maintained as stored information become accessable.
• Drew: Uses for research/research management, education, community development for synthetic biology, and publication (sharing of information that is recognizable outside wiki). Would like to see it realize potential without consuming all allowable energy from folks running it.
• John Cumbers: Uses for lab website, highlights, private lab wiki to encourage people to use wiki. Very interested in publishing --would like to put an idea on wiki and it can be referenced from there.
• Maurine: Uses for organize/advertise lab. Would like to collaborate with other groups. Would like private side of wiki.
• Julius: Uses for information/resource. Thinks OWW doing great job for collaboration. Would like to see to supercede current publishing model to see small, scientific steps be published to be community reviewed by broad community rather than small number referees.