Comments on: The Connector of Open Science: A Talk With Antony Williams of ChemSpider http://significantscience.com/2010/01/09/the-connector-of-open-science-a-talk-with-antony-williams-of-chemspider/ Showcasing Science Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Blog Review: Significant Science « The Amazing World of Psychiatry: A Psychiatry Blog http://significantscience.com/2010/01/09/the-connector-of-open-science-a-talk-with-antony-williams-of-chemspider/#comment-161 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:31:58 +0000 http://significantscience.com/?p=243#comment-161 [...] be a very interesting area to follow. The subject of Open Science is the topic of discussion in this post which features an interview with Anthony Williams from ChemSpider, which is an open science project [...]

]]> By: ChemSpiderman http://significantscience.com/2010/01/09/the-connector-of-open-science-a-talk-with-antony-williams-of-chemspider/#comment-120 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:05:47 +0000 http://significantscience.com/?p=243#comment-120 Steffan’s summary statement “There’s a lot of noise out there and social media can be extremely anti productive.” hits the nail on the head. It is not difficult to burn many hours a day reviewing the activities on the social network. A number of people have commented that I have become less visible in the network since joining the RSC with ChemSpider. I agree. The reason is quite simple…I have a full time job now and responsibilities to projects and timelines that leaves me a lot less time to participate as much as I did previously. I still participate as fully as I can but a lot less than I’d like.

]]> By: Hope Leman http://significantscience.com/2010/01/09/the-connector-of-open-science-a-talk-with-antony-williams-of-chemspider/#comment-118 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:23:43 +0000 http://significantscience.com/?p=243#comment-118 Hi, Steffan. Thank you so much for your very interesting comments. I am buoyed by your statement, “It’s a wide-spread misconception that you have to be connected and producing content all the time to be successful…” given that I don’t post as often on this blog as I had hoped!

Apropos of your comment, “Open science, open standards, open government. It gets the data into the hands of the people who need it most and who are in positions to use it to make the greatest impact on society…” I have been quite surprised and dismayed by the lack of comment on this initiative and at this formum:

http://blog.ostp.gov/2010/01/07/phase-iii-wrap-up/

It started off well in Phase 1 with over 200 comments but as of today in the final period for open comment I am the sole respondent–pretty sad on such an important matter in a country of over 300 million! I have tried spur others in various realms to add input with scant success. I am really baffled–important decisions are to be made and it was wonderful of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to sponsor the forum.

Thank you for starting the discussion Antony Williams pointed me to.

Hope

]]> By: Steffan Antonas http://significantscience.com/2010/01/09/the-connector-of-open-science-a-talk-with-antony-williams-of-chemspider/#comment-117 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:43:00 +0000 http://significantscience.com/?p=243#comment-117 Hope,

There’s a lot here, but I’ll just respond to this quote:

“I’m focusing instead on building closer working relationships with a select group of people with whom I can get things done and produce an outcome or measurable output. I found that I was losing a lot of time in a week on conversations that didn’t lead anywhere.”

This is the smart approach. There’s a lot of noise out there and social media can be extremely anti productive. The trick is to maintain time limits, communicate only with people that add value to the experience, and to focus on using the channels only when it helps you. It’s a wide-spread misconception that you have to be connected and producing content all the time to be successful. The reality is that simply having a presence and contributing in meaningful ways when you can gets you most of the way there.

That said, this is a great talk. Open standards in general is (and should be) the trajectory we chose as a society. Open science, open standards, open government. It gets the data into the hands of the people who need it most and who are in positions to use it to make the greatest impact on society.

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