As far as I can tell, the research interests are actually added by users. I added "Communication," for example. Not sure we need YASN, but this one at least seems more clearly oriented to academics, particularly those who don't already have spaces on the web, and adding academics who aren't on the site is a smart plan for growth. Worth watching, at least. - Alex ---------------- Now playing: The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun http://foxytunes.com/artist/the+beatles/track/happiness+is+a+warm+gun On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Peter Timusk <ptimusk@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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
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