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Obviously you're focusing on journalists now, but there are other groups of content creators who might be into your product; I see cartoonists and photographers

by slvv 13y ago

Obviously you're focusing on journalists now, but there are other groups of content creators who might be into your product; I see cartoonists and photographers are mentioned in the article. I wonder whether this model would be useful to young academics, too - especially those who are moving to careers outside of academia but might still like to conduct and share research. Publishing in academic journals is (supposed to be) a way to get your research out there, and peer review does matter. But academic journals don't pay their authors, and often have very limited audiences. It seems like Beacon could help solve those problems. Maybe another interested population for you in the future!

SandersAK 13y ago
Yes! So first off with regards to photographers we're starting to experiment with that. Dmitri and I built an app called Backspaces before so we brought on a power user from there. his project on Beacon was super successful: http://www.beaconreader.com/projects/extraordinary-everyday-new-yorkers http://www.beaconreader.com/projects/extraordinary-everyday-... And we're also moving into political cartoons and comics: http://beaconreader.com/ted-rall http://beaconreader.com/ted-rall At the end of the day, we're very keen to experiment and are open to lots of mediums and content types. If you know people who might be interested, please SEND THEM MY WAY: Adrian@beaconreader.com Happy to hop on the phone and chat with anyone!
unignorant 13y ago
Yeah, I'd second your thoughts about academic contributors. I know a few HCI grad students who are interested in sharing their work in more informal kinds of venues (I'm one of them). Sure, conference papers are nice, but almost no one reads them. A lot of research in our field would appeal to a more general audience.
- SandersAK 13y ago
  Yes! I think it could work awesome for academia - particularly in a format where the value transaction is really transparent and well documented. You could even imagine a time where citing sources actually trickles money back to them to reflect their value to a new study. If you know grad students, I'd love to chat with them: adrian@beaconreader.com

by slvv 13y ago

SandersAK 13y ago

Yes! So first off with regards to photographers we're starting to experiment with that. Dmitri and I built an app called Backspaces before so we brought on a power user from there. his project on Beacon was super successful: http://www.beaconreader.com/projects/extraordinary-everyday-new-yorkers http://www.beaconreader.com/projects/extraordinary-everyday-... And we're also moving into political cartoons and comics: http://beaconreader.com/ted-rall http://beaconreader.com/ted-rall At the end of the day, we're very keen to experiment and are open to lots of mediums and content types. If you know people who might be interested, please SEND THEM MY WAY: Adrian@beaconreader.com Happy to hop on the phone and chat with anyone!

unignorant 13y ago

Yeah, I'd second your thoughts about academic contributors. I know a few HCI grad students who are interested in sharing their work in more informal kinds of venues (I'm one of them). Sure, conference papers are nice, but almost no one reads them. A lot of research in our field would appeal to a more general audience.

SandersAK 13y ago
Yes! I think it could work awesome for academia - particularly in a format where the value transaction is really transparent and well documented. You could even imagine a time where citing sources actually trickles money back to them to reflect their value to a new study. If you know grad students, I'd love to chat with them: adrian@beaconreader.com