Why post? Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process.

They're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see. Crucially,

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're working to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our shared "field notebook".

Research notes can be:

• photos of what you've made
• requests for troubleshooting
• proposals for new projects
• announcements of events
• reports from a field test or meetup
• failed attempts at doing something
• etc!

Quick-start video

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• The "Template" button offers options such as "Ask for help" or "Post an Event"
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit
• Detail some best practices of tagging.

Also see paper research notes, from this thread:

Available as a post-it pad on Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com/public_lab_paper_research_notes-256220097941388444

Why post? Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process.

They're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see. Crucially,

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're working to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our shared "field notebook".

Research notes can be:

• photos of what you've made
• requests for troubleshooting
• proposals for new projects
• announcements of events
• reports from a field test or meetup
• failed attempts at doing something
• etc!

Quick-start video

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• The "Template" button offers options such as "Ask for help" or "Post an Event"
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit
• Detail some best practices of tagging.

Also see

Available as a post-it pad on Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com/public_lab_paper_research_notes-256220097941388444

Why post? Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process.

They're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see. Crucially,

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're working to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our online, social "field notebook".

Research notes can be:

• photos of what you've made
• requests for troubleshooting
• proposals for new projects
• announcements of events
• reports from a field test or meetup
• failed attempts at doing something
• etc!

Quick-start video

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• The "Template" button offers options such as "Ask for help" or "Post an Event"
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit
• Detail some best practices of tagging.

Also see

Available as a post-it pad on Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com/public_lab_paper_research_notes-256220097941388444

Why post? Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process.

They're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see. Crucially,

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're working to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our online, social "field notebook".

Research notes can be:

• photos of what you've made
• requests for troubleshooting
• proposals for new projects
• announcements of events
• reports from a field test or meetup
• failed attempts at doing something
• etc!

Quick-start video

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• The "Template" button offers options such as "Ask for help" or "Post an Event"
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit
• Detail some best practices of tagging.

Why post? Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process.

They're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see. Crucially,

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're working to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our online, social "field notebook".

Research notes can be:

• photos of what you've made
• requests for troubleshooting
• proposals for new projects
• announcements of events
• reports from a field test or meetup
• failed attempts at doing something
• etc!

Quick-start video

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit
• Detail some best practices of tagging.

Why post? Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process.

They're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see. Crucially,

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're working to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our online, social "field notebook".

Research notes can be:

• photos of what you've made
• requests for troubleshooting
• proposals for new projects
• announcements of events
• reports from a field test or meetup
• failed attempts at doing something
• etc!

Quick-start video

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit

Why post? Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process.

They're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see. Crucially,

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're working to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our online, social "field notebook".

Research notes can be:

• photos of what you've made
• requests for troubleshooting
• proposals for new projects
• announcements of events
• reports from a field test or meetup
• etc!

Quick-start video

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit

Why post? Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process.

They're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see. Crucially,

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're working to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our online, social "field notebook".

Share photos, videos, and other media of your projects, the sites you're investigating, etc., and they will become a part of our open source environmental science literature.

Quick-start video

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit

Why and how you should share your research

Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process.

They're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see. Crucially,

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're trying to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our online, social "field notebook". Share photos, videos, and other media of your projects, the sites you're investigating, etc., and they will become a part of our open source environmental science literature.

Video intro

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit

Why and how you should share your research

Research notes are the crux of Public Lab's collaborative process -- they're like a shared blog where everyone posts their work for others to see.

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're trying to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our online, social "field notebook". Share photos, videos, and other media of your projects, the sites you're investigating, etc., and they will become a part of our open source environmental science literature.

Video intro

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit

Why and how you should share your research

Research notes are the crux of Public Laboratory -- they are essentially a blog which you or anyone can post to, sharing your work. Most importantly:

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're trying to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. PublicLab.org is our online, social "field notebook". Share photos, videos, and other media of your projects, the sites you're investigating, etc., and they will become a part of our open source environmental science literature.

Video intro

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit

Why and how you should share your research

Research notes are the crux of Public Laboratory -- they are essentially a blog which you or anyone can post to, sharing your work. Most importantly:

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're trying to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. Share photos, videos, and other media of your projects, the sites you're investigating, etc., and they will become a part of our open source environmental science literature.

Video intro

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how the "Contributors" page and your profile page track research you post so everyone gets due credit

Why and how you should share your research

Research notes are the crux of Public Laboratory -- they are essentially a blog which you or anyone can post to, sharing your work. Most importantly:

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, we're trying to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. Share photos, videos, and other media of your projects, the sites you're investigating, etc., and they will become a part of our open source environmental science literature.

Video intro

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive and drag it to the Main Image area. This will appear at the top, and there is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media from anywhere by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use the simple text editor or use Markdown which is a suite of clever shortcuts for formatting text and content. It’s fun to learn. Here is some more information and a quick list of formatting hints.
• Don’t forget to include some tags (keywords) at the bottom to link your note to others about the same subject. You can also add more later.
• As soon as you click "Publish," your note will be live at the site (unless it is your first note). Embedded media like videos will not appear the first time until you refresh the page.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how your notes accumulate on the "Contributors" page so you get credit and on your profile

Why and how you should share your research

Research notes are the crux of Public Laboratory -- they are essentially a blog which you or anyone can post to, sharing your work. Most importantly:

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, but we're trying to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. Share photos, videos, and other media of your projects, the sites you're investigating, etc and they will become a part of our open source environmental science literature.

Video intro

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive. This will appear at the top. There is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• You can include any hosted video or most media anywhere in the note by using the embedding code from the hosting site.
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use rich text editor, or use some kind of obscure Markdown code stuff that most people have never heard off. It’s fun to learn. Here is a quick list of magic you can do with *_#….
• Don’t forget to include some tags to link this note to others about the same subject.

Things this page should be expanded to include:

• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how your notes accumulate on the "Contributors" page so you get credit and on your profile

Research notes: why and how you should post them

Research notes are the crux of Public Laboratory -- they are essentially a blog which you or anyone can post to, sharing your work. Most importantly:

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, but we're trying to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. Share photos, videos, and other media of your projects, the sites you're investigating, etc and they will become a part of our open source environmental science literature.

Video introduction

...coming soon...

Outline:

• How to post in 10 seconds
• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how your notes accumulate in the "Contributors" box so you get credit and on your profile

Tips

• Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive. This will appear at the top. There is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.
• If you want to include other photos, the Gallery can be used to automatically embed images which are all displayed as thumbnails under the Main Photo but will enlarge in a shadowbox/lightbox. The photos display three across, so including multiples of three looks awesome.
• You can include any hosted photo or video or most media anywhere in the note by using the embedding code from the hosting site. The notes are about 510 pixels across, so edit the “width” variable to about 500. (Known bug: These might not display if you “Review” the note, so just trust that they will when you save it and then refresh the page.)
• You can always edit the note after you save it.
• You can either use rich text editor, or use some kind of obscure Markdown code stuff that most people have never heard off. It’s fun to learn. Here is a quick list of magic you can do with *_#….
• Don’t forget to include some tags to link this note to others about the same subject.

Research notes: why and how you should post them

Research notes are the crux of Public Laboratory -- they are essentially a blog which you or anyone can post to, sharing your work. Most importantly:

Posting a research note open sources your work.

While it's important to talk in person or on the mailing list about ideas, but we're trying to develop permanent documentation of our collaborative research. Share photos, videos, and other media of your projects, the sites you're investigating, etc and they will become a part of our open source environmental science literature.

Video introduction

...coming soon...

Outline:

• How to post in 10 seconds
• Examples of short/informal and long/detailed posts
• Show how people cite each other and how notes display related notes
• Show how your notes accumulate in the "Contributors" box so you get credit and on your profile

Tips

Please include a main photo. Just choose something on your hard drive. This will appear at the top. There is no associated caption. It will be resized to fit perfectly. Everybody is happier if you include a main photo.

If you want to include other photos, the Gallery can be used to automatically embed images which are all displayed as thumbnails under the Main Photo but will enlarge in a shadowbox/lightbox. The photos display three across, so including multiples of three looks awesome.

You can include any hosted photo or video or most media anywhere in the note by using the embedding code from the hosting site. The notes are about 510 pixels across, so edit the “width” variable to about 500. (Known bug: These might not display if you “Review” the note, so just trust that they will when you save it and then refresh the page.)

You can always edit the note after you save it.

You can either use rich text editor, or use some kind of obscure Markdown code stuff that most people have never heard off. It’s fun to learn. Here is a quick list of magic you can do with *_#….

Don’t forget to include some tags to link this note to others about the same subject.