Palm pilots - possibly a better usage

[Anita F. Cholewa]

Sorry I'm coming in the middle of this conversation but with respect to
the public and online interactive keys ... our experience (woody tree
key of Minnesota - http://geo.cbs.umn.edu/treekey/navikey.html ) if it's
not simple to use they'll leave the site quickly.  If there's too much
introductory information, the public won't even get to the key.

Anita
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Anita F. Cholewa, Ph.D.
Curator of plants and Consulting botanist
Bell Museum of Natural History
University of Minnesota
1445 Gortner Ave
St Paul MN 55108
612-625-0215


christian thompson wrote:

>Yes, Tim, I would like to see the public embrace interactive keys/ software.
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>But having produce one (fruit fly expert system [INTKEY] now also in LucID, go to
>http://delta-intkey.com/ffl/www/_wintro.htm
>I am sorry to say after 8 years the Public has not come to my door the way they reacted to Paul Hebert's DNA barcodes.
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>Earlier I named a new species after Bill Gates, but no response either.
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>So, sadly I not sure what we, as a community, need to do to promote our science as we see it. All I can tell you is what has failed.
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>Oh, well ...
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>>>>"Timothy M. Jones" <TPolonski at ADELPHIA.NET> 03/09/06 08:11AM >>>
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>Chris,
>    Curious if you think the public or taxonomy will ever embrace
>interactive keys/software?   Seems to me that this technology may give
>taxonomy the boost it needs.
>Tim
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