Hi i am new to science communication and have found this list to be so
valuable. The other formats may look so much more but don't deliver
have as much. a blogger could take six months to gather some of the
answers that the list gives over a day or two.
Colin Murphy
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On 30 Nov 2008, at 14:54, Frank Norman wrote:
> Your wish is their command - the upgrade in 2 weeks' time will
> include RSS abstracts - "The RSS abstract is either generated
> implicitly from existing text of the message, or specified
> explicitly by a tag in the message. "
>
> See:
> http://tinyurl.com/5cgvcr
>
> Frank
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Kenward <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:34 pm
> Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Is pscicom list a dinosaur?
>
>> Excellent. I had not noticed that.
>>
>> It is a pity that the jiscmail implementation is so spare. Titles
>> only.First few lines of the messages would help. But you can't have
>> everything.
>> MK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: psci-com: on public engagement with science
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frank Norman
>>> Sent: 30 November 2008 11:09
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Is pscicom list a dinosaur?
>>>
>>> Re. RSS, actually these have been available for a while now.
>>> If you look at the list home page
>>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com you
>>> will see RSS buttons and links down at the bottom right.
>>>
>>> Frank Norman
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Michael Kenward <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008 7:31 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Is pscicom list a dinosaur?
>>>
>>>> I would say that it is a generation thing, but I know that this
>>>> list has
>>>> some younger persons aboard.
>>>>
>>>> I belong to a lot of lists, but rarely play in the Facebook
>> world,
>>>> which I
>>>> consider to be suitable for the terminally trivial.
>>>>
>>>> I am a regular on various forums, but I often use email to keep
>>>> track of
>>>> those.
>>>>
>>>> Blogs are completely different.
>>>>
>>>> The one thing that this list misses, but that others manage, is
>> an
>>>> RSS feed.
>>>>
>>>> This is the delivery mechanism that unites blogs, social
>>> networks and
>>>> forums.
>>>>
>>>> I am surprised that jiscmail has not implemented RSS feeds on
>> its
>>>> lists.
>>>> ____________________________
>>>> Michael Kenward
>>>> ABSW e-minder
>>>> http://www.absw.org.uk
>>>> http://absw.blogspot.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: psci-com: on public engagement with science
>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kaplish, Lalita
>>>>> Sent: 29 November 2008 15:54
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: [PSCI-COM] Is pscicom list a dinosaur?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> In a recent converstion with me, a new young science writer
>>>> expressed> surprise that this mailing list was still so active.
>> The
>>>> idea
>>>>> of mailing
>>>>> lists seemed old-fashioned to him, given the rise of forums
>> and
>>>> blogs> etc. So I wondered what other people on the list
>> thought. Is
>>>> our list
>>>>> coming to an evolutionary dead end? Have mailing lists had
>> their
>>>> day?> Has the younger/more foreward looking science
>> communication
>>>> community> migrated to other watering holes in the virtual
>> world?
>>>> If you are
>>>>> talking/sharing science communication or PUS issues
>> elsewhere, I'd
>>>>> really like to hear about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lalita
>>>>>
>>>>> Lalita Kaplish
>>>>> Wellcome Library
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