29.10.2012
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetLast week we presented the public alpha version of PUSHPIN to interested researchers at the University of Paderborn. As part of the seminar series “Computer Science and Education”, the developers and supervisors of PUSHPIN introduced the service to more than … Continue reading
08.04.2012
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetI finally did it. Last Thursday, I defended my Dissertation at the Open University of the Netherlands and have been promoted to Doctor. The ceremony was a truly remarkable experience with all members of the committee wearing Togas and scientific … Continue reading
12.03.2012
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetOn Friday I was in the Netherlands for a test presentation as preparation for my public defense on 05.04. It was also the date on which I finally received all copies of the printed book. After the printer had some … Continue reading
21.12.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetYesterday evening, at exactly 21:00:41 CET, I submitted my PhD thesis with the title “Awareness Support for Knowledge Workers in Research Networks“. Now it is the committee’s turn to assess it and given they will let me pass, the public … Continue reading
10.04.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetI’m currently writing an article on OpenScience in TEL together with my colleagues Peter Kraker, Derick Leony and Günther Beham. In the process of this writing I was searching for good examples of OpenScience and requirements that people expressed. Yesterday … Continue reading
10.04.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetToday I stumbled upon the OpenHeatMap project. You can upload a Excel spreadsheet or connect to a spreadsheet in Google Docs and visualize your data in a heat map. It’s simple as that. While the navigation through the map feels … Continue reading
08.04.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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Tweet Tonight we started the closed beta of ginkgo, a cool new tool for the management of scientific events. ginkgo is no classical conference management system. It rather combines conference management functions with those known from social networking sites. … Continue reading
30.03.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetDuring my time here at the JTEL Winter School 2011 in La Clusaz, France I had the opportunity to reflect about my Ph.D. thesis. Tomorrow I will have to give a simulated thesis defense including the presentation of the overall … Continue reading
31.01.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetIn this post I’ll explore the social interactions in Twitter that were made by participants and supervisors of an exploratory seminar as well as the external experts that joined the discussion. The seminar was designed to let students explore the … Continue reading
01.12.2010
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetIn two earlier posts I reported about my tests with Amazon’s MTurk for transcribing interviews I did in the context of my Ph.D. First of all, I’d like to mention that all-in-all I’m satisfied with the results of the transcriptions … Continue reading