linkouts

a good slideshow of data storage options from Go2Web20

then...

adobe air and some of the applications built for it

The Adobe® AIR™ runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across operating systems.

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microsoft's silverlight

Microsoft® Silverlight™ is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

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jooce - a personal desktop

intute - from MIMAS and JISC

check out intute...

Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources.

... we're here

elsevier release illumin8

elsevier have released a powerful semantic search tool for R&Ders... illumin8

in their words, it's...

the first web-based research tool that integrates natural language search technology with content from Elsevier’s full-text scientific articles, millions of scientific abstracts, patents and billions of web sources to give users actionable solutions for research initiatives. The products is Elsevier’s latest online solution that transforms its high value content into actionable knowledge, in formats that fit into the professional’s workflow.

the encyclopedia of life

an ambitious new project soon (tomorrow) to release it's first 30k entries...

i quote...

Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Our goal is to create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike. To transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating all known data about every living species. And ultimately, to increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.

it's been a while...

as you can see from below it's been over a month since my last post... there has been a combination of factors that have led to this hiatus, but in the meantime i have been starring and storing items in gReader to come back to an post on...

so watch this space for a fair few 'linkout' posts in the near future...

Are journals effective/efficient at getting research across?

New publication on PLoS ONE...

Stringer MJ, Sales-Pardo M, Nunes Amaral LA (2008) Effectiveness of Journal Ranking Schemes as a Tool for Locating Information. PLoS ONE 3(2): e1683 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001683