Why are lab webpages sooooo last millenium?

Pimm thinks that

scientists were out of the first inhabitants of the word wide web, and most academic web pages were made by scientist-turned web geeks in the 1.0 era.

He shows some examples of good webpages. I added the Reffinetti lab as an example of a good one.

How's yours? Last updated in 2004? On a corporate template?

If you have an example of a really good one, send the link to Pimm.

Maybe they're soooooo last millenium because most of us are concentrating on doing actual research instead of trying to come up with a pretty wrapper.

I actually setup and attempt to maintain this website, but unfortunately it falls far down the list on priorities.

It's not about a pretty wrapper, it's about a functional lab page (to me, anyway; I haven't read Pimm's entry, maybe that's not what he means). Lab pages on OpenWetWare are essentially sub-wikis; see, for instance, the Silver Lab page on OWW. Jean-Claude Bradley uses a wiki for lab notes, and two blogs for lab discussion. Those strike me as the most functional approaches; static pages are never going to do much more than present a quick overview and links to publications. Using a wiki and/or blog makes the lab page a living thing, part of lab life.

Yes, the Bradley and Redfield labs are so way ahead, they are a category of their own. I hope more people follow their lead. Still, it's nice to see some semi-static webpages that are done well and are updated regularly as well.

I used to blog about our turtle research in my blog. But over time, my Supervisor requested that I stopped blogging about her projects, so I obliged.

But yea, I think it is very important to have an updated lab (or research-based) site. To me, it encourages discussions, and it is one of the easiest ways to create and promote awareness on a certain issue.