Academic Bio
Web and SaaS
site builder for academics
SHOW HN2016
113points
41comments
#318of 2,264 in 2016
Top 15%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
11 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.34.
Idea: 7 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple, and keeps site ownership with the user through open options
From 3 comments
I've wanted to do the dame thing for years because I'm always frustrated by colleagues or other academics with no online presence. This is awesome. The resulting web pages are…
p4bl0 on HNI have to admit, I am normally not impressed by "Show HN"s from a practical viewpoint (most are technical demos, I think), but your page really stood out. I really like, that you…
protomikron on HNBah every time I have a good idea it's taken :) I recently went through the pain of setting up a simple static website for a math professor[1], and it really is depressing how…
dougk16 on HN
Fills a real need for academics without personal websites
From 3 comments
Great work! As a grad student I can definitely say it addresses a need :). For the publications, importing from bibtex might be a useful alternative, since all the fields are…
raghavkhanna on HNAlso, the fact that the web page exists is already quite an achievement. I'm amazed by the number of academics who don't have a personal web page, and this kind of service may…
p4bl0 on HNHi James, this is pretty neat. I think this website could be a big hit among all the graduate applicants since they all are looking for creating a personal academic website at…
aaggarwal on HN
Objections
Publications on personal pages go out of date unless the tool is automated
From 1 comment
The biggest problem I see with academic websites is that their publications are always out of date. Google scholar has always more recent publications listed. Do you have any…
1337biz on HN
Open access papers belong in dedicated repositories, not personal pages
From 1 comment
Open accessing papers should not be done (only) on personnal web pages. Those may disappear and are less discoverable (or at least, the world depends on Google Scholar to find…
p4bl0 on HN
Requests
Import publications from BibTeX
From 2 comments
Great work! As a grad student I can definitely say it addresses a need :). For the publications, importing from bibtex might be a useful alternative, since all the fields are…
raghavkhanna on HNFor import: bibtex of course, as most bibliography managers can import/export bibtex, maybe also orcid, as it is becoming the standard "unique id" service for academia. Also, you…
p4bl0 on HN
Import from Google Scholar
From 3 comments
I'd probably import from google scholar, which allows export to BibTex, EndNote, RefMan and CSV.
rubidium on HNI would second google scholar, with a way to edit imports. Will you add an option to export to PDF--it's nice to have a single source of truth. For example, I maintain my CV as a…
ylem on HNThank you for this. I have been wanting to build something like this for a long time, and never got around to do it, and you made it better than I would have done anyway. As for…
jclos on HN
Import from ORCID
From 2 comments
Looks nice! I would suggest to enable import from ORCID. Seems to be the best initiative around to give a unique identifier to scientists. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-623X
BorisVSchmid on HNFor import: bibtex of course, as most bibliography managers can import/export bibtex, maybe also orcid, as it is becoming the standard "unique id" service for academia. Also, you…
p4bl0 on HN
Allow universities to offer it under their own domain
From 2 comments
Another option would be to allow institutions (e.g., universities, labs) to subscribe to your service to offer it to their members under their own domain name with a custom…
p4bl0 on HNPretty amazing, maybe you could let universities have their own domains and I think this would be a huge success!
dorianm on HN
Parse publications pasted in APA or MLA format
From 1 comment
I like it. I would love it if it was possible to paste in my publications in APA or MLA format and have the service parse the details out rather than having to manually enter in…
pazimzadeh on HN
Questions
Will it be free forever, and how will hosting be paid for?
From 1 comment
Just out of curiosity, will it be free forever and you will pay for the hosting? Do you plan to get some revenue from it somehow? Also, do you plan to open source the whole…
soneca on HN
Will the whole project be open sourced?
From 1 comment
Just out of curiosity, will it be free forever and you will pay for the hosting? Do you plan to get some revenue from it somehow? Also, do you plan to open source the whole…
soneca on HN
Can HTML from this tool be inserted into OpenScholar sites?
From 1 comment
This is great. I would love to have this. But my univ gives me an 'OpenScholar' access... (http://theopenscholar.org/) it's like this weird cms that I can't seem to figure out.…
pen2l on HN
Alternatives named
Jekyll and GitHub Pages
From 1 comment
Bah every time I have a good idea it's taken :) I recently went through the pain of setting up a simple static website for a math professor[1], and it really is depressing how…
dougk16 on HN
Lektor
From 1 comment
Just curious, did you check out Lektor? I haven't experience with it, but I think it is designed just for that kind of scenarios.
zokier on HN
jemdoc
From 1 comment
This looks good. http://jemdoc.jaboc.net/ comes to mind as one precursor that a number of academics have chosen, but it falls in the (marginally) more complicated categories of…
SamPutnam on HN
OpenScholar
From 1 comment
This is great. I would love to have this. But my univ gives me an 'OpenScholar' access... (http://theopenscholar.org/) it's like this weird cms that I can't seem to figure out.…
pen2l on HN