Seeking references #academictwitter --- has anyone done a taxonomy of the ways in which we use anthropomorphic language (to describe computer systems or otherwise)?
There was something else I was searching for in my collections that dealt with how people tend to conceive of the body in terms of the dominant tech of the day, which I think is inversely related in an interesting way (e.g. the body talked about or visually rendered as a system of pulleys & gears, or rods & cranks, etc)
I've been reading a lot about the state of scientific publishing. Some people seem to think it's in trouble, but I see signs of health from the various innovations people are trying. Some interesting examples include the use of openreview.net to open up reviews and give credit to reviewers, and the decision by eLife to stop issuing rejections, but open up the process instead. There is an interesting critique of the eLife decision by @MarkHanson located here: https://mahansonresearch.weebly.com/blog/do-we-really-need-journals
It's a weird time for me to be working on a new journal publishing platform, but maybe it's the right time. I've always been bugged by the economics of journal publishing, and that's what got me started working on it. Maybe I should shift my focus to the social process of publishing. The death of #AcademicTwitter hasn't helped, and I don't think LinkedIn and #AcademicChatter on the fediverse have filled the need yet.
@tragiccommons I have vague ideas of a federated academic publishing model (primarily hosted by universities) on an OSS stack... but you're right there is evolution in publishing which may work better than revolution
On connecting with academics, you can also follow @academicchatter
This is my life. Every time I get a shipment, I evaluate whether the box will be a good one to ship robots in. The one I got today is perfect for a robot kit. #AcademicTwitter#AcademicChatter @BlackInRobotics
My students will soon submit a (digital) poster presenting the results of a small empirical study. Any ideas how to invite everyone to take a look at all posters and foster productive discussions during the last session (in presence)?
@BerLinguistin Maybe ask them to pick their favourite two and explain why? Maybe focus on identifying the common reasons people gave for their preferred ones rather than which posters happened to get the most votes?
How are #altmetrics services adjusting to the decline of #Twitter, especially #AcademicTwitter? Are they giving Twitter mentions less weight? Are they tracking mentions in other social-media platforms? If so, which platforms? Where do they think academics are going? Do they have good data?
@egonw@petersuber@academicchatter yeah I'm waiting to see if/how AltMetric responds. They can track any website you alert them to for links to papers, so maybe each Mastodon instance would be equivalent? But something like Bluesky with fewer instances might be more feasible...
I just realized that one of my Twitter threads, then followed by a peer-reviewed paper in English (meanwhile published in open access), has been plagiarized in a publication in a different language. What would you do? I'm considering approaching the journal. #AcademicTwitter#AcademicWriting#Publications#Publishing