tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post902846995973659148..comments2010-08-26T21:37:38.554-07:00David.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-63210049402641604532008-10-06T15:30:00.000-07:002008-10-06T15:30:00.000-07:00You asked, "What key aspects of Web advertising are needed in a system to drive the evolution of scientific workflows?" That's pretty easy, you have to aggregate the conversations of the members of a discipline or profession, in an environment which enables insiders to get on and not be interrupted too often, and for outsiders, when they ask a question (at set times) get an answer.<BR/>======================================<BR/>Andrew William<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://mls.fastrealestate.net" REL="nofollow">MLS</A>andrew123http://www.blogger.com/profile/16349246125006394959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-29664826278434168172008-03-02T11:48:00.000-08:002008-03-02T11:48:00.000-08:00Hmm,<BR/>I liked the comments<BR/>"So the problem of decaying links has been solved, not by persistent URL technology but by rewarding good behavior and ..." (we'll leave out 'punishing bad behaviour', as that doesn't happen in academia).<BR/><BR/>We'd better back up a bit first though, don't you think? What brings in the advertising? Answer; the quality and amount of eyeballs. And these days the eyeballs are interactive ones, so we're talking about, in the first instance, conversations; which aren't often seen to happen in academic communities due to their need to stay up with the latest media fashion = blogs.<BR/><BR/>As much as I like the 'aggregating workflow' idea, it's pretty remote from the reality of Web 2.0 services (as this community calls them), which are based on providing a specific service or tool. Like this blog, they are about giving people the means to create. <BR/><BR/>You asked, "What key aspects of Web advertising are needed in a system to drive the evolution of scientific workflows?" That's pretty easy, you have to aggregate the conversations of the members of a discipline or profession, in an environment which enables insiders to get on and not be interrupted too often, and for outsiders, when they ask a question (at set times) get an answer. <BR/><BR/>This is trying to get out of the woodwork of course. You only have to look at the eyeballs on Chris's forums. http://forum.dcc.ac.uk/viewforum.php?f=18<BR/>Not a great design, but an attempt.<BR/><BR/>Until the kind of comments from your blog appear on a thread and a conversation begins to be seen to take place, all we can do is hope that all those nice people being rewarded for outmoded habits, some of which are described on another (community member's?)blog<BR/>http://ksulib.typepad.com/conferences/2007/12/<BR/>digital-curat-2.html<BR/>won't go bats going round in circles. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it's too late.simonfjnoreply@blogger.com