My Facebook Network
In response to Jude and Eric, I decided to check out my facebook friend network using Nexus. Nothing too surprising here, except what isn’t shown.… Read More »My Facebook Network
Matthew Bietz
NSF not cut from stimulus
Quick update: it’s looking like the NSF made it into the stimulus package after all. Good news, but I still don’t think we can relax.
Stimulation
I’m bothered by the rhetoric coming out of the debate on the stimulus package. In comments from lawmakers and the press, the arts and sciences… Read More »Stimulation
Recording Phone Interviews
I’ve been doing a lot of phone interviews for a study of Collaboration in Cyberinfrastructure, and many of them require international calls. In the past… Read More »Recording Phone Interviews
A New Name
The Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington (where I am a Research Scientist) is changing its name! We are now the Department… Read More »A New Name
Being Thankful
Nice post today by Jonathan Eisen about What Scientists Should Be Thankful For. A great list. “8. Study Subjects or Objects” seems especially important for… Read More »Being Thankful
Scientific Collaboration on the Internet
The Scientific Collaboration on the Internet book has (finally) been published. Check out my chapter (with Gary Olson and Marsha Naidoo) on the work we… Read More »Scientific Collaboration on the Internet
Is he anyone? Is this cool?
Last week I went to someone else’s conference. I’ve been to a lot of conferences in my field, but I don’t often attend conferences so… Read More »Is he anyone? Is this cool?
Google’s Way
I don’t like it when software insists that there is only one right way to do something. Most of the time it doesn’t matter (or… Read More »Google’s Way
Cyberinfrastructure Workshop
I’m organizing (with Charlotte Lee and David Ribes) a workshop at the upcoming CSCW 2008 conference. There’s still time to send a position paper! Here are the details:
Workshop on Designing Cyberinfrastructure to Support Science
At the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Saturday, November 8. San Diego, CA
Recent years have seen the rise of new forms of large-scale distributed scientific enterprises supported primarily through advanced information infrastructures. These advanced infrastructures are called “cyberinfrastructure,” although terms such as grid computing, collaboratories, and eScience are also commonly used. Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Cyberinfrastructure intersect in their aims to support collaboration within heterogeneous groups and across physical distribution. Furthermore the development of CI – or large-scale informational resources – is itself a form of collaborative work worthy of CSCW research. Read More »Cyberinfrastructure Workshop