OpenWetWare:Blogs

What's the point?

• Jason R. Kelly 08:02, 12 March 2008 (CDT):OWW started the blogs as a trial when it was clear that the SC could benefit from having a blog. What's the point of user blogs in the OWW ecosystem? Scientists could just get blogs on blogger or whatever - what is OWW hoping to accomplish with its own set of blogs?

Commentary on what science blogs might be useful for

• this post generated a lot of discussion recently.
  • a lot of the responses are aggregated here

Other science blogging communities

• Jason R. Kelly 08:06, 12 March 2008 (CDT): What's the point of these communities is there any lessons to be learned?
  • ScienceBlogs- run by SEED media, Inc. Bloggers are paid based on traffic and required to post at a certain clip. No editorial control over content (doesn't even need to be about science). Invitation only, 70 or so blogs.
  • Nature network blogs - part of nature. network users can request a blog. I've heard second hand that all posts are pre-screened by nature editorial staff (and need to be about science?), does anyone have direct experience?

Improvements / Issues with the blog

• Jason R. Kelly: Can we get the Author to show up in time stamp at the bottom of the post? (particularly important for blogs that have multiple contributors like the SC blog).

Possible extensions for OWW Blogs

• postgenomic integration
• list of other plugins of interest

Blogs on OpenWetWare

See Blogs.

References

• Good list of existing science blogs