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Alan Cann

School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Leicester

www.pecha-kucha.org

How do we manage complexity?How do we manage complexity?

Do some reading!

Everything is MiscellaneousEverything is Miscellaneous

Weinberger’s key messages:

Things change when they become digital.

Filter on the way out, not the way in.

Categorization is doomed (everything is

miscellaneous).

Bottom up is the only way to cope (give up

control).

The Power/Wisdom of CrowdsThe Power/Wisdom of Crowds

Clay Shirky’s examples:

London Tube Bombings

Wikipedia vs. Britannica

Everyone is a media outlet

The Generalists - GoogleThe Generalists - Google

Not social!

The Generalists - deliciousThe Generalists - delicious

delicious - tagsdelicious - tags

delicious - networkdelicious - network

The Generalists - diigoThe Generalists - diigo

diigo - groups diigo - groups

diigo - discussiondiigo - discussion

The GeneralistsThe Generalists

All the others

Which one?

Try them out - find a network.

The Specialists:The Specialists:Bibliographic toolsBibliographic tools

EndnoteWeb - cost, features

RefWorks - cost, features

Connotea - publisher owned, spam

Zotero - Firefox only

The Specialists: Citeulike.orgThe Specialists: Citeulike.org

Citeulike - tags and searchCiteulike - tags and search

Citeulike.org - recommendationsCiteulike.org - recommendations

Citeulike - networkCiteulike - network

The Specialists: MendeleyThe Specialists: Mendeley

Desktop client:

The Specialists: MendeleyThe Specialists: MendeleyWeb:

The Specialists: Which One?The Specialists: Which One?

Not clear cut

Look for a network effect

Personal preference