User Day
The Influence and Impact of Web 2.0 on eResearch Infrastructure, Applications and Users
VRE timeline
VRE2
Repository Enhancement
April 2009
November 2007
Closed
beta
July 2007 launch
March 2007 start
embedding
Open Beta
myExperiment currently has 1640 registered users,
138 groups, 651 workflows, 170 files and 50 packs
Total workflow viewings: 85168
Number of viewings for most viewed workflow: 2934
Total workflow downloads: 68525
Number of downloads for most downloaded workflow: 3524
Sharing pieces of process
http://www.mygrid.org.uk/tools/taverna/
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/tc/trident.mspx
http://usefulchem.wikispaces.com/page/code/EXPLAN001
Ownership and Attribution
The most important aspect of myExperiment
Designed by scientists
24/5/2007 | myExperiment |
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Google Gadgets
Bringing myExperiment
to the iGoogle user
Taverna Plugin
Bringing myExperiment
to the Taverna user
Facebook
Reuse and Symbiosis
Self by Service
Providers
refine
validate
seed
Experts
refine
validate
seed
Workflows and Services
refine
validate
seed
Social by User
Community
seed
refine
validate
Automated
Six Principles of Software Design to Empower Scientists
1. Fit in, Don’t Force Change
2. Jam today and more jam
tomorrow
3. Just in Time and Just
Enough
4. Act Local, think Global
5. Enable Users to Add Value
6. Design for Network Effects
1. Keep your Friends Close
2. Embed
3. Keep Sight of the Bigger
Picture
4. Favours will be in your
Favour
5. Know your users
6. Expect and Anticipate
Change
De Roure, D. and Goble, C. (2009) Six Principles of Software Design to
Empower Scientists. IEEE Software vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 88-95, Jan/Feb 2009.
Take homes
 We chose a software platform that enabled us to
spend more time with the users in development and
provide agile response in operation.
 We have really good developers who care about the
user experience (including developers as users) and
are prepared to throw code away!
 We work with “friends and family” and “community
champions”.
 Contributions of the National Centre for e-Social
Science have been crucial.
Contact
David De Roure
dder@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Carole Goble
carole.goble@manchester.ac.uk
Further info
wiki.myexperiment.org
Thanks
The myGrid Consortium
National Centre for e-Social Science