Posted by
Jeremy Adler-2 on
Apr 07, 2017; 5:31am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-Plugins-shop-tp5018455p5018460.html
I have a visceral reaction to the monetarization of the sharing of scientific knowledge. Resources that mostly originate from public/charity funded research.
Sharing and free advice/discussion benefit us all.
A notable absence is a clear statement about the benefits that will accrue to the creators/operators of the site.
Jeremy Adler
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Sent: 06 April 2017 13:26
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Subject: ImageJ Plugins shop
Hello!
When I was a grad student I have done some plugin development of my own. I
knew a couple other friends and colleagues who were good software tool
making for the sciences.
Most grad students are good tool makers. However, the tools that a student
builds often get lost when the student leaves.
When we develop software tools for ourselves - these tools start out in a
form that is useable mostly by yourself. It is usually when we are
developing it for our friend/colleague that we care for re-useability.
But once we do develop for someone else - the tool quality improves,
documentation gets added, the tool gets feature updates and bug-fixes, etc.
We want to build a web-based community of developers and users that benefits
from such exchanges.
We want to enable tools to be - discoverable, re-useable and supported by
the author, for a price. Existing media (methods section of a paper,
supplementary pages, and methods journals) are unsuitable for this purpose.
I am writing to you about a shop that we have just launched -
imagejplugins.com <
http://imagejplugins.com/> . We intend for it to be a
medium for plugin authors to earn a side income while the community benefits
from their tooling expertise.
So please visit us at imagejplugins.com <
http://imagejplugins.com/> ,
browse through the range of software products for ImageJ and - we would be
so thrilled if you join and become a plugin author on our shop!
We intend for imagejplugins.com <
http://imagejplugins.com/> to be a
marketplace for premium ImageJ plugins and macros that are contributed by
authors and consumed by a web-based community of ImageJ users.
Your comments/suggestions are welcome! Please feel free to share
imagejplugins.com <
http://imagejplugins.com/> , with your co-developers /
colleagues/friends who may benefit from it, Tweet us, share us on Facebook -
spread the good word :)
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Pushkar
imagejplugins.com
P.S.: imagejplugins.com is in its nascent stages, we will learn and improve
as the user-base grows and we receive feedback.
Currently, we have added the free NIH plugins catalog to our collection - so
you may find a plugin that you authored to be listed there!
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