My first pitch of http://paperhustler.com and an overview of what the paper of the future could look like.

1. PAPERS
Casey Stark
WACT
February 24, 2011

2. You are a scientist
http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/12/crackpot-science/
http://seds.org/messier/more/m-hubble.html

3. You are a scientist
http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/12/crackpot-science/
http://seds.org/messier/more/m-hubble.html

4. You are a scientist
http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2008/07/12/crackpot-science/
http://seds.org/messier/more/m-hubble.html

5. You work hard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/201844037/
http://ignatz.buzznet.com/user/photos/math-is-hard/?id=48938861

6. You work hard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/201844037/
http://ignatz.buzznet.com/user/photos/math-is-hard/?id=48938861

7. You work hard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/201844037/
http://ignatz.buzznet.com/user/photos/math-is-hard/?id=48938861

8. Eurekas
http://comedymeltdown.com/2009/05/03/free-comic-book-day-2009great-success/

9. NOW WHAT?

10. Dissemination

11. Dissemination
Talk

12. Dissemination
Talk
Poster

13. Dissemination
Talk
Poster
Paper

14. You know the drill

15. You know the drill
Write some background.

16. You know the drill
Write some background.
copy-paste the intro from your last paper

17. You know the drill
Write some background.
copy-paste the intro from your last paper
Explain what you did.

18. You know the drill
Write some background.
copy-paste the intro from your last paper
Explain what you did.
not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting error

19. You know the drill
Write some background.
copy-paste the intro from your last paper
Explain what you did.
not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting error
Report what you got from that work.

20. You know the drill
Write some background.
copy-paste the intro from your last paper
Explain what you did.
not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting error
Report what you got from that work.
and triple check the units

21. You know the drill
Write some background.
copy-paste the intro from your last paper
Explain what you did.
not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting error
Report what you got from that work.
and triple check the units
Pontificate on said results.

22. You know the drill
Write some background.
copy-paste the intro from your last paper
Explain what you did.
not including the 3 days you spent debugging that one plotting error
Report what you got from that work.
and triple check the units
Pontificate on said results.
maybe name something after yourself or significant other

23. THEORY VS. EXPERIMENT

24. Scientist efficiency

25. Scientist efficiency
Wscience
escientist =
Wscience + WBS

26. Scientist efficiency
Wscience
escientist =
Wscience + WBS
≈ 0.7 ?

27. Scientist efficiency
Wscience
escientist =
Wscience + WBS
≈ 0.7 ?
* Significant dependence on definitions

28. Keepin’ it Real
Writing a paper is fraking hard

29. Keepin’ it Real
Writing a paper is fraking hard
I can’t find anything about this TeX error

30. Keepin’ it Real
Writing a paper is fraking hard
I can’t find anything about this TeX error
Why won’t the table stay in the same place?

31. Keepin’ it Real
Writing a paper is fraking hard
I can’t find anything about this TeX error
The science is hard
Why won’t the table stay in the same place?

32. Keepin’ it Real
Writing a paper is fraking hard
I can’t find anything about this TeX error
Emailing versions and comments back and forth
The science is hard
Why won’t the table stay in the same place?

33. Keepin’ it Real
Writing a paper is fraking hard
I can’t find anything about this TeX error
Emailing versions and comments back and forth
The science is hard
Why won’t the table stay in the same place?
How the hell do I get my plotting library to do that?

34. Keepin’ it Real
Writing a paper is fraking hard
I can’t find anything about this TeX error
Emailing versions and comments back and forth
The science is hard
Why won’t the table stay in the same place?
How the hell do I get my plotting library to do that?

35. You are a scientist
http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/HU001769.html

36. You are a scientist
http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/HU001769.html

37. You are a scientist
Not a typesetter
http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/HU001769.html

38. The Editor Landscape
http://tutorialfreakz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Grassland-Landscape-Wallpaper.jpg

39. Spectrum
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

40. Spectrum
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

41. Spectrum
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

42. Spectrum
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

43. Spectrum
WYSIWYG
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

44. Spectrum
WYSIWYG Document Source
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

45. Spectrum
WYSIWYG Document Source
Monolithic file
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

46. Spectrum
WYSIWYG Document Source
Monolithic file “Repository”
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

47. Spectrum
WYSIWYG Document Source
Monolithic file “Repository”
Has that shiny Microsoft look
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

48. Spectrum
WYSIWYG Document Source
Monolithic file “Repository”
Has that shiny Microsoft look Source looks insane, output is gorgeous
http://nlu.nl.edu/careerservices/search/images/WordIcon.jpg

49. Hacksauce
http://www.volkerschatz.com/tex/thacks.html

50. Formatting

51. Formatting
should play no role
while editing a
paper

52. Having and Eating Cake

53. Having and Eating Cake
WYSIWYG

54. Having and Eating Cake
WYSIWYG
Source control

55. Having and Eating Cake
WYSIWYG
Source control
Preset layout

56. Having and Eating Cake
WYSIWYG
Source control
Sweet spot
Preset layout

57. MODULES

58. from http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.3958

59. Modular web editor dedicated to scientific papers.

60. [screenshot]

61. [screenshot]

62. [screenshot]

63. Things you can do

64. Things you can do
The power of the internets

65. Things you can do
The power of the internets
Planning for interactive plots (pan and zoom) with inline link to plotted data

66. Things you can do
Syntax highlighting wizardry
The power of the internets
Planning for interactive plots (pan and zoom) with inline link to plotted data

67. Things you can do
Syntax highlighting wizardry
eventually interactive?
The power of the internets
Planning for interactive plots (pan and zoom) with inline link to plotted data

68. Version Control
In the works, but it will be completely transparent to the user.
Example Diff...

69. Modern Information
http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/feature_stories/2008/powering_discoveries.php

70. Modern Information
http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/feature_stories/2008/powering_discoveries.php

71. Modern Information
Should have been like 5 years ago
http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/feature_stories/2008/powering_discoveries.php

72. Pages?

73. Pages?
Limitation of print.

74. Pages?
Limitation of print.
Presents problems:
Breaks flow by introducing unnecessary gaps in content

75. Pages?
Limitation of print.
Presents problems:
Breaks flow by introducing unnecessary gaps in content
Items must be sized down to fit page (large tables, hi-res images)

76. Pages?
Limitation of print.
Presents problems:
Breaks flow by introducing unnecessary gaps in content
Items must be sized down to fit page (large tables, hi-res images)
... many things I could rant about for too long ...

77. Pages?
Limitation of print.
Presents problems:
Breaks flow by introducing unnecessary gaps in content
Items must be sized down to fit page (large tables, hi-res images)
... many things I could rant about for too long ...
journals being able to charge a page cost

78. UI BLAH BLAH BLAH

79. β

80. β

81. β
I really need feedback to make this useful.

82. β
I really need feedback to make this useful.
You can influence big design decisions.

83. β
I really need feedback to make this useful.
You can influence big design decisions.
You can (maybe) give up LaTeX.

84. β
I really need feedback to make this useful.
You can influence big design decisions.
You can (maybe) give up LaTeX.
http://paperhustler.com/
@paperhustler

85. NEW PAPERS ON THE BLOCK

86. Web Full Text
http://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(11)00107-3

87. Web Full Text
http://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(11)00107-3

88. Web Full Text
http://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(11)00107-3

89. Web Full Text
Richer content, much
better reading
experience, ...
but needs work before
it beats the PDF.
http://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(11)00107-3

90. Beyond The PDF

91. Beyond The PDF
Workshop at UCSD, January 19 - 21

92. Beyond The PDF
Workshop at UCSD, January 19 - 21
All the open science usual suspects

93. Beyond The PDF
Workshop at UCSD, January 19 - 21
All the open science usual suspects
Big product was “Research Objects of the Future”

94. Beyond The PDF
Workshop at UCSD, January 19 - 21
All the open science usual suspects
Big product was “Research Objects of the Future”
The La Jolla Manifesto (https://sites.google.com/site/beyondthepdf/home/program-
draft/notes-from-the-breakout)

95. Research Objects

96. Research Objects
Replayable – go back and see what happened

97. Research Objects
Replayable – go back and see what happened
Repeatable – run the experiment again

98. Research Objects
Replayable – go back and see what happened
Repeatable – run the experiment again
Reproducible – run new experiment to reproduce the results

99. Research Objects
Replayable – go back and see what happened
Repeatable – run the experiment again
Reproducible – run new experiment to reproduce the results
Reusable – use as part of new experiments

100. Research Objects
Replayable – go back and see what happened
Repeatable – run the experiment again
Reproducible – run new experiment to reproduce the results
Reusable – use as part of new experiments
Repurposeable – reuse the pieces in a new experiment

101. Research Objects
Replayable – go back and see what happened
Repeatable – run the experiment again
Reproducible – run new experiment to reproduce the results
Reusable – use as part of new experiments
Repurposeable – reuse the pieces in a new experiment
Reliable – robust under automation

102. Modern Information
Papers are the preservation of science.
Science must be reproducible.

103. Modern Information
Papers are the preservation of science.
Science must be reproducible.
⇒ The paper should include everything.

104. Modern Information
Papers are the preservation of science.
Science must be reproducible.
⇒ The paper should include everything.
Procedure

105. Modern Information
Papers are the preservation of science.
Science must be reproducible.
⇒ The paper should include everything.
Procedure
Raw Data

106. Modern Information
Papers are the preservation of science.
Science must be reproducible.
⇒ The paper should include everything.
Procedure
Analysis
Raw Data

107. Modern Information
Papers are the preservation of science.
Science must be reproducible.
⇒ The paper should include everything.
Procedure Processed Data
Analysis
Raw Data

108. Modern Information
Papers are the preservation of science.
Science must be reproducible.
⇒ The paper should include everything.
Procedure Processed Data
Analysis
Derivations
Raw Data

109. Totality
http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

110. Totality
The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project.
http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

111. Totality
The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project.
“publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the
development, capacities, and uses of software designed
for use by researchers in any field.”
http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

112. Totality
The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project.
“publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the
development, capacities, and uses of software designed
for use by researchers in any field.”
Submission requirements:
http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

113. Totality
The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project.
“publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the
development, capacities, and uses of software designed
for use by researchers in any field.”
Submission requirements:
•Code and license
http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

114. Totality
The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project.
“publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the
development, capacities, and uses of software designed
for use by researchers in any field.”
Submission requirements:
•Code and license
•Fully documented
http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

115. Totality
The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project.
“publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the
development, capacities, and uses of software designed
for use by researchers in any field.”
Submission requirements:
•Code and license
•Fully documented
•100% test coverage of public functions
http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

116. Totality
The paper isn’t an overview - it’s the record of the entire project.
“publishes peer reviewed articles that describe the
development, capacities, and uses of software designed
for use by researchers in any field.”
Submission requirements:
•Code and license
•Fully documented
•100% test coverage of public functions
•Example data and code
http://www.openresearchcomputation.com/

117. The Future
http://www.flixist.com/the-future-is-here-maybe-3d-without-3d-glasses-update--197839.phtml

118. Blogs?
Great model for
instant publication,
but journals are
centralized for a
reason.
http://terrytao.wordpress.com/

119. Open Notebook Science
Keep extremely
detailed records as
you do research.
“real-time research”
Becoming serious
business in chem
http://usefulchem.wikispaces.com/dopal

120. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

121. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
Versions
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

122. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
Versions
Different content for different readers
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

123. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
Versions
Different content for different readers
“Levels”
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

124. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
Versions
Different content for different readers
“Levels”
Choose how detailed you want your information
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

125. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
Versions
Different content for different readers
“Levels”
Choose how detailed you want your information
Distributed editing
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

126. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
Versions
Different content for different readers
“Levels”
Choose how detailed you want your information
Distributed editing
Open, public annotation
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

127. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
This would be amazing, but scientists already have
Versions no time writing the brief version of the paper
Different content for different readers
“Levels”
Choose how detailed you want your information
Distributed editing
Open, public annotation
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

128. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
This would be amazing, but scientists already have
Versions no time writing the brief version of the paper
Different content for different readers
“Levels”
Choose how detailed you want your information
Distributed editing
Open, public annotation
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

129. “Paper 2.0”
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/scientific-communication/
This would be amazing, but scientists already have
Versions no time writing the brief version of the paper
Different content for different readers
“Levels”
Choose how detailed you want your information
Distributed editing
Open, public annotation
Still, it is what we should aim for.
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/26/magic-major.jpg

130. Summary
Scientists should never do an editor’s job.
We are in need of a new model of the paper.
At least an update on the technology behind them.
Check out Paper Hustler for suping up your papers.
http://thestarkeffect.com/
@caseywstark

131. Summary
Scientists should never do an editor’s job.
We are in need of a new model of the paper.
At least an update on the technology behind them.
Check out Paper Hustler for suping up your papers.
http://thestarkeffect.com/ http://paperhustler.com/
@caseywstark @paperhustler