tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post7675104900436284989..comments2024-03-14T20:55:21.709+09:00Comments on Janne In Osaka: Research PublicationA Modest ProposalJan Morenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-25736658347036905582011-10-30T08:28:05.988+09:002011-10-30T08:28:05.988+09:00OK, so it doesn't scale :)
But I've thoug...OK, so it doesn't scale :)<br /><br />But I've thought a bit more about this, and ignoring the written paper thing, I would actually like a situation where people could call up paper authors and expect to be able to book a quick online discussion about their work. It would be a very good way to make personal contact with people, and with videoconferencing it wouldn't be a very large imposition on your time. And you'd certainly learn a lot more, going both ways, than with just the static paper.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-27639334063622709882011-10-30T01:07:44.317+09:002011-10-30T01:07:44.317+09:00I agree, it sounds like an excellent but unrealist...I agree, it sounds like an excellent but unrealistic idea. It would surely be much more fun. But can you imagine the kind of video conference discussion e.g. the faster-than-light neutrino paper would generate? :)<br /><br />It does indeed feel like wasted effort to write papers that hardly anyone reads.Jonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044979283768727077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-15017462399685428072011-10-28T23:05:32.574+09:002011-10-28T23:05:32.574+09:00It's not really meant as a serious proposal of...It's not really meant as a serious proposal of course; though that kind of one-on-one presentations could really help make many new research contacts.<br /><br />It jsut struck me that I work so hard to convince a small handful of people, when I could actually <i>talk</i> with them — and many more — using much less time and effort doing so.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-4709622625379277472011-10-28T22:30:45.373+09:002011-10-28T22:30:45.373+09:00This is one of the best ideas I've heard in a ...This is one of the best ideas I've heard in a long time, made all the more practical with the proliferation of ways we can connect online.<br /><br />This will never happen of course, because papers tend to be the 'currency' by which we are measured, not just the universities who employ us, but our peers as well.<br /><br />Even if no one reads them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00545869079057893784noreply@blogger.com