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Where will the third Nature Network hub be? Why not NC?

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Posted on: May 24, 2008 4:14 PM, by Coturnix

Nature Blog Network has two hubs - the Boston one and the London one. They are planning on adding a third one soon but the question is where? So, they will see where the most people are. There are currently only two people signed up as living in the Triangle, but this can change. If you are already in the network, go and change your profile by adding a North Carolina city and add yourself to the Triangle network (if that is actually true, i.e., you really do live in NC) even if you live in a different part of the state. I know there are many NC folks already on, and new people can always join. Let's try to give Toronto, New York City and Berlin the run for their money.

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I'm not getting much response yet on my call for Toronto people to join the T.O. hub ( http://science.easternblot.net/?p=710 ), but I'm hoping it's just because people are enjoying the sunshine in the non-virtual Toronto today.

Posted by: Eva | May 24, 2008 5:00 PM

Maybe Eva, it's because the Nature hubs offer nothing of particular interest to, well, pretty much anyone?

Seriously, the only thing the Boston hub seems to offer is some posted talks or seminars... and posting talks on a poster in a hallway seems, for better or worse, to work just fine. Any other reason that one would go to these hubs?

Posted by: riptide | May 24, 2008 7:46 PM

I don't really know what it's like in Boston, but in Toronto pretty much all the science occurs within a few city blocks (the "Discovery District", although nobody uses that name), yet those hallways only ever post events that happen in that building (even though the other ones are SO close). I have missed several interesting events that I could have easily make it to because there is no centralized place for everything. Even university run mailing lists only offer a selection of what the department finds interesting. In my department alone we are automatically subscribed to three separate events listings, and STILL miss out on some good stuff.

For example, I'm attending a conference next weekend called "Subtle Technologies". It combines art and science, and is organized from the art community but definitely also meant for scientists. A few scientists are attending or participating, but the organizers have complained that it's so hard to *reach* Toronto scientists, and I agree. You can reach small groups, but there is no central spot.

Posted by: Eva | May 24, 2008 8:42 PM

Thanks Bora! We like to foster a little friendly competition on Nature Network. So far, New York http://network.nature.com/group/nyc and Berlin http://network.nature.com/group/berlin are in the lead, since their groups are the biggest local ones but other city-based groups and hubs could soon surpass them!

Posted by: Corie Lok | May 27, 2008 11:52 AM

I am new to Nature Network and already ID myself as living in the Triangle. Good luck !

Posted by: Minerva | September 9, 2008 2:59 PM