Comments on: Geobloggers: submit posts to Research Blogging website

By: Research Papers

Research Papers — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:36:57 +0000

Zachary Tong

Also thanks from me! Ifeel I’ll subscribe right now.

Cheryl Bollinger
CEO of Research Papers Production Inc.

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goodSchist.com » Blog Archive » The GeoBlogosphere Review #1 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:05:52 +0000

[...] then gives a review of the BPR3 ScienceBlogging.org; I think this is great. Firstly, the reader can click on that [...]

By: Lab Lemming

Lab Lemming — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:39:50 +0000

So I tried registering and posting a paper review, but it doesn’t seem to have picked up. Or acknowledged my registration. What is the difference between a blog url and a feed url anyway? I’m starting to think that this is looking like a IT guru only type thingo…

By: BrianR

BrianR — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:24:12 +0000

Zach…thanks for the note…I’m sure many of us will subscribe right away.

By: Zachary Tong

Zachary Tong — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:21:23 +0000

Hey everyone. I’m Zach, the programmer for ResearchBlogging.org. Thought I’d drop by to say that the RSS feed is now functioning. That was the single-most requested feature immediately after release. There are still some cosmetic issues related to the feed (mostly encoding artifacts) but it appears to be working well.

Thanks again to everyone participating!

By: ResearchBlogging.org: Successes and … er… opportunities for improvement | BPR3

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:11:25 +0000

[...] Clastic Detritus: I think this is great. Firstly, the reader can click on that right away to get the paper…that’s just plain and simple convenience. Secondly, it keeps posts out that aren’t really about a real paper. Most science blogs (including me) have other posts not really about any particular research paper. This is a great filter. I simply don’t have the time to sift through the hundreds or thousands of science-related posts per day to find good comments about a recent study, especially if it’s out of my field. [...]

By: BrianR

BrianR — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:08:16 +0000

Dave … thanks for chiming in on our discussion. I appreciate it.

Did ya hear that everybody? Get writing …

By: Dave Munger

Dave Munger — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:01:21 +0000

Great discussion going on here. It’s difficult to come up with a categorization system that works for everyone. We’re actually already working on v. 2.0 of the system, which will be an entirely different platform (but with the same underlying data). This system should be more robust, with two levels of categories, and the second level will be user-definable. We’ll choose the primary categories based on the actual registrations for researchblogging.org.

In short, if a lot of geologists register, then geology will be a primary category in v. 2.0.

By: ChrisR

ChrisR — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:26:06 +0000

Lemming - fill out the form here.

I’ve never felt that geology is fundamental in the sense of physics of chemistry - it’s a different sort of subject, where the experimental tools used are less important than the overall goal - working out “how planets work”.

But in the case of a portal aimed more at the public, I have to say: if people clicking on Earth/Environmental in search of climate stuff are exposed to posts discussing sedimentology, or tectonics, and if even a few of them are tempted to click through, I’m not going to complain. There are risks to excessive subcategorisation.

By: Lab Lemming

Lab Lemming — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:26:59 +0000

Computer illiterate question:
How, exactly, do we sign up for this thing?
(continue semantic debate below, please)