Comments on: ScienceOnline2010 Follow-up: The Intersection of Medicine 2.0 and Science 2.0 http://www.walterjessen.com/scienceonline2010-follow-up-the-intersection-of-medicine-2-0-and-science-2-0/ Walter Jessen Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:15:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Walter http://www.walterjessen.com/scienceonline2010-follow-up-the-intersection-of-medicine-2-0-and-science-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Walter Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:05:21 +0000 http://www.walterjessen.com/?p=386#comment-177 <p>I agree completely Niek. That's why the slides as well as our discussion at Science Online 2010 focused on using the web for communications between doctors, patients and researchers, and were devoid of technology terms such as "Ajax" or "Semantic Web". Sure, many of the recent technologies have improved user interfaces, but in the end a GUI is just a GUI. The real advance isn't the technology, it's how we're <em>using</em> the technology.</p> I agree completely Niek. That’s why the slides as well as our discussion at Science Online 2010 focused on using the web for communications between doctors, patients and researchers, and were devoid of technology terms such as “Ajax” or “Semantic Web”. Sure, many of the recent technologies have improved user interfaces, but in the end a GUI is just a GUI. The real advance isn’t the technology, it’s how we’re using the technology.

]]> By: Niek Maas http://www.walterjessen.com/scienceonline2010-follow-up-the-intersection-of-medicine-2-0-and-science-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Niek Maas Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:26:24 +0000 http://www.walterjessen.com/?p=386#comment-170 <p>As a medical student, currently research scholar in the U.S., and web developer for years (including working 1 year full-time on a social network for gamers) I am a little sceptical about developments like "Medicine 2.0". </p> <p>When reading the article and slideshow mentioned in this article who the people are that jump onto the "Web 2.0 hype". The images look like they wanted to use some catchy phrases like "Ajax", "Semantic web" and "XML". Do these people know what they are talking about or are they just fans of, what used to be, fancy terms?</p> <p>I do see the advantages of using the modern web for communication between researchers, doctors and patients. But to have a good and fundamental discussion about the possibilities I believe that it should be held in constructive way. Not by throwing in some random terms to look cool...</p> As a medical student, currently research scholar in the U.S., and web developer for years (including working 1 year full-time on a social network for gamers) I am a little sceptical about developments like “Medicine 2.0″.

When reading the article and slideshow mentioned in this article who the people are that jump onto the “Web 2.0 hype”. The images look like they wanted to use some catchy phrases like “Ajax”, “Semantic web” and “XML”. Do these people know what they are talking about or are they just fans of, what used to be, fancy terms?

I do see the advantages of using the modern web for communication between researchers, doctors and patients. But to have a good and fundamental discussion about the possibilities I believe that it should be held in constructive way. Not by throwing in some random terms to look cool…

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