On a new publishing model
UPDATE: Entries so far Twitter, what is it good for? Hunh. There’s been rather an interesting couple of posts over at the Scholarly Kitchen, recently. What am I saying? They’re all interesting. Anyway,...
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On a new publishing model-update
Wow. I created a twitter storm yesterday, as people leapt on the #sci140 meme like kangaroos. Thanks to everyone who picked up on it, RTed and entered. Some of you made me laugh out loud. Below the...
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On a new publishing model-update 2
And… here’s the next batch of #sci140 entries, since 10.40 today. If you think yours should be on the list, then please let me know (with the twitter URL if possible). Keep ‘em coming… djryan What do...
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On a new publishing model-the winner!
Ladles and gentlespoons, the results are in. We had an amazing response, and after sifting through a mass of #sci140-tagged tweets, discarding all the retweets and publicity (and a huge thank-you to...
View ArticleWhat's your worst scientific mistake?
Just a reminder that I’ve extended the deadline for our twitter #scifubar competition until Monday. Post your most embarrassing scientific error or egregious lab-based manipulation to Twitter with the...
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At the movies
Busman’s Holiday Faculty of 1000 published 1472 evaluations last month. This is a world record! And it should help you predict when we’re going to hit 90,000. Remember, we’re running a competition:...
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At the movies
Busman’s Holiday Faculty of 1000 published 1472 evaluations last month. This is a world record! And it should help you predict when we’re going to hit 90,000. Remember, we’re running a competition:...
View ArticleA better way to tweet
One of my laments concerning the internet age is that not enough publishers use high quality metadata to identify their content. By metadata, I mean hidden parts of content which seek to describe that...
View ArticleA better way to tweet
One of my laments concerning the internet age is that not enough publishers use high quality metadata to identify their content. By metadata, I mean hidden parts of content which seek to describe that...
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Tweeting evolution
It’s been a while since I gave away anything. And a tweet by Catherine Anderson (@GeneGeek) yesterday gave me an idea for a competition. So, if you’re on Twitter, give us your best shot at explaining...
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Tweeting evolution-the shortlist!
How would you define ‘evolution’ in just a few words? In the competition inspired by the genegeek blog, about fifty of you had a go at this on twitter, with another 30 or so entries in the comments...
View ArticleHow social are you?
Following on from saying how great Flickr is for when your hard drive fails, we’re wondering how you use social media. Please check all that you use ‘frequently’, say more than a few times a month....
View ArticleTwit me
There’s a bit of a holiday mood at F1000 Towers this week. A long Easter weekend with glorious weather (remind me to show you some photos of the vineyard in Surrey we visited), and another long weekend...
View ArticleA journal club with a difference
Twitter, what is it good for? Yesterday evening, a good fifty or so scientists, clinicians, students, journal editors and other interested parties took part in a twitter journal club–as far as I know,...
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Twit me
It’s competition time! You might have noticed that we have a shiny new F1000 homepage. We’re hoping that this new look will make it more clear what we do to the casual browser, without losing the...
View ArticleName that drug
“Pandemrix” The word might not mean anything to you now, but if I were to tell you it was a drug–or a vaccination–you’d probably guess right away what it was for. Pandemrix is an adjuvanted anti-flu...
View ArticleTweet your thoughts about F1000Research
Did you know that we have a Twitter account? We use it to notify people of new papers, to discuss the latest news in science publishing, and of course to keep up with the vibrant science community...
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The Twitter view on peer review
Last night, scientists on Twitter starting sharing six-word peer review reports, parodying particular types of referee reports. We were following along, and noticed that a lot of the #SixWordPeerReview...
View ArticleScience and researcher diversity tweetchat recap
This past Wednesday, March 19th we had our third #F1000Talks tweet chat installment where we discussed science and researcher diversity. The discussion was a fast-paced one, full of great ideas and...
View ArticleTreasure hunt tweets
Thanks to those of you who participated in last week’s twitter treasure hunt, in which we sent you across the F1000Research site. Below is a Storify with tweets. Congratulations to the winners! [View...
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