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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 > > > Wellcome Trust > > > 183 Euston Road > > > London NW1 2BE, UK > > > > > > T +44 (0)20 7611 7316 > > > The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in > > > England, no. 210183. 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