Comments on: Chemical blogs, wikis, and quanta

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:02:03 +0000

I think blogs can definitely help chemists, if they are done the right way. The concept of a “blog” is evolving, and nowadays blogs can be so much more than people ranting. Blogging is just another platform of communications and I’m all for it.

By: C Thompson

C Thompson — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:29:10 +0000

I don’t think “Chemical blogs, wikis, and quanta”, will benefit chemists or scientists. After researching a few websites I noticed that most are Chemical Directories which benefit the consumer or mass buyers of chemicals.

By: myspace designer

myspace designer — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:38:46 +0000

Web 2.0 seems to be filled with so much information from non experts. It’s a platform to discuss the latest and greatest in every field. The trick to maneuvering through myspace, facebook , orkut, and the others is finding those experts that do blog. It’s great to get the latest thoughts from the experts. Don’t wait for the chemistry book to be published get the chemists’ thoughts today.

By: Sandesh

Sandesh — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:19:18 +0000

I tend to agree with your interviewee especially when it comes to blogs. Wikis, however, or other similar web-based applications that allow collaborative work could definitely aid research. I personally like the idea of the Open Science project.

By: Andrew Sun

Andrew Sun — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:20:24 +0000

‘Chemists to benefit realistically from blogs and wikis’ is a too demanding wish for web 2.0 network, IMHO. But there may be still some possibility. I talked about this in my latest post.