[Air-L] Fwd: 22.186 Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches

[Peter Timusk]

I agree too as popular music and statistics seem to missing as  
research interests. I have requested by feedback to the site that  
they open up the research interests to free fields.

Code seems to rule this site and it also is not very intuitive design  
and I wonder how those with no sight can navigate it.

Seems another example of poor web design with big ideas.

On 1-Sep-08, at 3:48 AM, Anders Sundnes Løvlie wrote:

> Interesting. But for a project with global ambitions, it seems a  
> little
> eschewed towards English language. E.g. in the "research interests"
> section there are two categories for literature studies: "English
> literature" and "World literatures"... Neither does it handle non- 
> English
> characters well. My new, easy-to-remember homepage url:
>
> http://uio.academia.edu/AndersSundnesL%C3%B8vlie
>
> ;)
> -- 
> Anders Sundnes Løvlie
> Research fellow
> Department of Media and Communication
> University of Oslo
> Tlf: (+47) 40 45 04 85
>
> On Mon, September 1, 2008 01:39, jeremy hunsinger wrote:
>> sorry for the xposting, think it is interesting
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Humanist Discussion Group <willard.mccarty at MCCARTY.ORG.UK>
>>> Date: August 31, 2008 6:55:58 PM EDT
>>> To: humanist at Princeton.EDU
>>> Subject: 22.186 Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
>>> Reply-To: Humanist Discussion Group <willard.mccarty at MCCARTY.ORG.UK>
>>>
>>>              Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 22, No. 186.
>>>      Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
>>>                       www.princeton.edu/humanist/
>>>                    Submit to: humanist at princeton.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:42:38 +0100
>>>        From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty at mccarty.org.uk>
>>>        Subject: Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
>>>
>>> From: Richard Price
>>> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:21:46 -0700
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I’m a prize fellow in philosophy at All Souls College Oxford,  
>>> where I
>>> recently finished my D.Phil on the philosophy of perception.
>>>
>>> I’ve just launched a website, www.academia.edu, which does two  
>>> things:
>>>
>>>
>>> -          It displays academics around the world in a ‘tree’  
>>> format,
>>> according to what university/department they are affiliated with.
>>>
>>> -          It enables an academic to have an easy-to-maintain  
>>> academic
>>> webpage. My webpage on Academia.edu is here:
>>> http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
>>>
>>>
>>> My hope for the site is that it will list every academic – Faculty
>>> members, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students - in the world, and  
>>> display
>>> where they are working. I also hope people will use the site to keep
>>> track of what people in their field are working on.
>>>
>>> I’m trying to spread the word about www.academia.edu, so, if you
>>> have a
>>> minute, please visit the site, and add yourself to your department.
>>> (Or
>>> add your department/university to the tree if it is not there  
>>> already;
>>> it is easy to add a university or department by clicking on the
>>> arrows).
>>>
>>> And do spread the word to your friends and colleagues if you can.
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Richard Price,
>>> Prize Fellow,
>>> All Souls College,
>>> Oxford,
>>> OX1 4AL
>>> http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
>>
>> jeremy hunsinger
>> Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
>> Virginia Tech
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>> School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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