http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/10/17/what-the-web-means-for-science/ Berkman Center for Internet & Society Podcast Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:27:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/10/17/what-the-web-means-for-science/comment-page-1/#comment-328 notebook - somdaj.com » Doing Science in the Nude Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:52:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/10/17/what-the-web-means-for-science/#comment-328 [...] Dave Weinberger from Joho the Blog has an interesting commentary on a talk by Timo Hannay, director of web publishing for Nature magazine, on What the Web Means for Science. (There are also some other talks on the Berkman Luncheon Series dealing with Open Source Science.) Open WetWare and UsefulChem put info into a wiki. Science isn’t used to this, says Timo, because “it’s like doing science in the nude”: It exposes scientists to embarrassment because what they’re posting may not be finished, perfect or right. [...] [...] Dave Weinberger from Joho the Blog has an interesting commentary on a talk by Timo Hannay, director of web publishing for Nature magazine, on What the Web Means for Science. (There are also some other talks on the Berkman Luncheon Series dealing with Open Source Science.) Open WetWare and UsefulChem put info into a wiki. Science isn’t used to this, says Timo, because “it’s like doing science in the nude”: It exposes scientists to embarrassment because what they’re posting may not be finished, perfect or right. [...]

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