This is the first pro-Facebook post that has resonated with me to any extent.
However, with all the discussion of government surveillance: If my wife sends
me an email to the effect that my son has exhausted his supply of clean
underwear and would I please do a laundry, no government entity coul
Indeed I find the list one of my best resources and when I have some
doubt on a subject, I search the old posts.
Kind regards,
Roberto
Roberto Ribeiro de Avillez
Professor Associado
Dept de Engenharia Química e de Materiais
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
tel. +55 21 3527 123
Oh, I didn't realize that my comment was understood by Alan C. as an insult. It
was definitely not thought as that. My excuses. Thank you, Alan H., for
commenting on that. I must admit that English is definitively not my mother
tongue.
I summarize, at least for me, that the best way how to cont
> > Powder Diffraction Discussion Group on facebook
> > http://www.facebook.com/groups/1087352967946225/
So from what I gather we have:
http://www.xrayforum.co.uk
http://www.reddit.com/r/crystallography
http://www.researchgate.net/topic/x-ray_diffraction
There are many other places where c
>
> the Rietveld mailing list is still where the best knowledgeable is
>
That's encouraging Alan. Thanks. Concerning the number of posts you are
right - there are fewer now. I would like to think it's because we have an
archive now, and people profit from past answers rather than asking the
same q
Radovan wrote:
>Looks like cleavage between troglodyts and tweeters. This of course should
be avoided.
>How many general scientific questions do you receive, Alan? I remember to
see ~ 1-2 /week on mailing list.
Not called for; people dont like being called names, no wonder the Rietveld
mailing l
This is my fifth month in the field of applied crystallography and as an
undergraduate who is still learning how to learn. I sometimes wish things were
a little more organised. Finding out about this mailing list (by a totally
random lunch-time conversation during an NMR conference) was a godsen
BTW: I will declare my vested interest in this discussion: I would love for
users of programs like GSAS/Fox/TOPAS/Full-prof etc... to ask scientific
questions in scientific forums rather each program having its own web page
trying to hold back the tide. There are so many young scientists asking
I can never write something and have it interpreted the way I want it to be.
The written word is so hopeless – in my hands that is.
Alan Hewat wrote:
>Hmm ? Are file servers still OK ? Like the Rietveld archive, where people can
>already include links to pictures
I'm afraid respectfully that li
>
> I don't doubt the value of the Rietveld list but pictures are also useful.
> ...at least none of it comes into your inbox.
>
... so you want to be able to post pictures...
... but you prefer they don't come into your own mailbox ?
Hmm ? Are file servers still OK ? Like the Rietveld archive, w
Davide,
I apologize for not being precise. I meant ‘no relevant search mechanism’. Of
course there is some search engine, but it suffers the same illnesses:
‘infinite scrolling’ instead of complete list, no complex filtering.
Eduard.
From: Davide Levy
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 2:59 PM
To:
In the right side under the picture, there is search in this group function
From: rietveld_l-requ...@ill.fr [mailto:rietveld_l-requ...@ill.fr] On Behalf Of
Eduard E. Levin
Sent: 09 June, 2015 2:55 PM
To: rietveld_l@ill.fr
Subject: Re: Powder Diffraction Discussion Group on Facebook
Dear
Dear all,
my five cents to this discussion, if I may add.
The problem of facebook for me is that there is no search mechanism. As a
consequence, questions one and the same will appear again and again as we saw
here and how it is on ResearchGate now. Add content built-in filtering on top
of that
the Idea of Radovan to link the archive is very good and I will do it
-Original Message-
From: rietveld_l-requ...@ill.fr [mailto:rietveld_l-requ...@ill.fr] On Behalf Of
Radovan Cerny
Sent: 09 June, 2015 2:23 PM
To: Alan Coelho; 'Jonathan WRIGHT'; rietveld_l@ill.fr
Subject: RE: Powder Di
Hi Alan,
I have nothing against the evolution of communication tools, protocols etc.
Yes, why not to evolve Rietveld mailing list to Rietveld_wiki? Maybe good time
to change also the name.
But I think that the (a)social networks are not a good choice. Already because
all what you post on Face
Hi again all
I’m no expert but after some quick googling it seems that wordpress, which
seems to fall under GNU-GPL, may be what a contender. It talks to facebook and
has 1000s of forum type plugins.
Or, how about https://www.dokuwiki.org/wiki:dokuwiki
"DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly
Radovan
Interesting discussion, html may allow graphics but doesn't still mean
e-mailing large files to everyone.
Jon: the IUCR also has a facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/iucr.org
Not recognizing the pull/power of facebook, twitter, Instagram etc… is akin to
IBM not recognizing the
As far I saw, it is possible to link a blog with a facebook page but not a
maillist
-Original Message-
From: rietveld_l-requ...@ill.fr [mailto:rietveld_l-requ...@ill.fr] On Behalf Of
Monica Dapiaggi
Sent: 09 June, 2015 11:45 AM
To: rietveld_l@ill.fr
Subject: Re: Powder Diffraction Discus
Dear All,
I think that Jan’s idea may be a good compromise. Facebook has a great
visibility among the youngsters, and it may give us more ‘appeal’ in general. I
like the mailing list and how it works, but my feeling is that many of the
young crystallographers don’t even know what a mailing list
Jon,
There is no problem to have pictures in the email. Just need to use HTML format
for your email.
But you have raised an important question: "public perceptions". Uni Geneva has
already everythink:
http://www.unige.ch/communication/diffuser/mediassociaux.html
I hope we will not start to di
Thanks Davide for this useful initiative, I have joined. I don't doubt
the value of the Rietveld list but pictures are also useful.
It was recently bought to my attention that funding may be related to
"public perceptions" of research and for this reason we should pay
attention to things like
Dear All,
is there any possibility to link facebook (or another social platforms) with
this email list? E.g. if somebody send email to reitveld list, this will be
automatically posted also to facebook and if somebody responds or posts a new
question to facebook, it will be posted also to the ri
Too many channels = crystallographer's death (freely translated from an old
proverb "Too many hunters= rabbit's death).
Rather to express my opinion that if you have too many options where to look
for an info, you spend too much time before you find it.
Why the troglodytes should learn Facebook?
Hi All,
I don't mind which forum the Rietveld list is conducted on - I can use most of
them.
However, the critically important issue (mentioned a little earlier in the
thread) is that we do not dilute where the requests/information is posted - we
are not a very large community and cannot reall
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