tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post7294948201461132294..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Brave new technologies: online manuscript submissionsundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-4257278909867909292009-01-02T12:41:00.000-08:002009-01-02T12:41:00.000-08:00eternalwriter, the lack of response drives me craz...eternalwriter, the lack of response drives me crazy, although some of the sites give you a confirmation number. Then again, it drives me crazy when I submit something through email and the conference organizer or whoever never acknowledges the submission.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-23592818412866098052009-01-02T09:03:00.000-08:002009-01-02T09:03:00.000-08:00I have noticed this year that it has started in my...I have noticed this year that it has started in my field (humanities). I found the process to be both easy and frustrating: indeed, the old system was much more flexible regarding the length of the abstracts for papers, whereas the online submission system had a word counter (which, of course, showed 20 words more than my Word word counter!). Argh.<BR/><BR/>And maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I am never quite sure if my submission has really been received unless I receive a personal response through e-mail from a real person...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-86750769625265900382008-12-31T16:10:00.000-08:002008-12-31T16:10:00.000-08:00I never thought of the CD speed problem, meteechar...I never thought of the CD speed problem, meteechart, but I've seen enough bad Powerpoints to think that you're right on the imposing order on chaos idea.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-8951526376165705732008-12-31T08:30:00.000-08:002008-12-31T08:30:00.000-08:00Online submission systems are not common in the vi...Online submission systems are not common in the visual arts. Although, they are out there.<BR/><BR/>Often times, calls for entries for exhibitions, conference-related exhibtions, grants, etc. require mailed-in CDs/DVDs of images or videos along with a couple of large, printed images that help people get an impression of your work before putting your disc into their computers.<BR/><BR/>I've always assumed that online submission systems were attempts to bring order to chaos when artists: name files in ways that make them not open, open in a specific application, or become dissociated with their resume; burn CDs at super high write speeds that make them unreadable by old, slow CD drives; send god awful Powerpoints that interrupt the flow of image screening processes; etc.<BR/><BR/>In other words, it places the burden of increased work on the submitter rather than the reviewing staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com