Interacting with the EGU displays: Choose your own adventure!
Hazel Gibson, Terri Cook, Chloe Hill · 2020
You log on to a computer in a dimly lit room. The screen shines with a yellowish, night-setting tint since you discovered that it’s more comfortable for your eyes that way. You sift through the many, many open windows, documents and spreadsheets, looking for the one — the one you know will take you to the next level: the browser window. Finding it, you nervously type in the address that had been whispered to you through the ether (of social media, email and video chats)… Which one do you type? www.egu2020.eu (go to paragraph 2) https://egu2020.eu/sharing_geoscience_online/ (go to paragraph 2) As you enter the text into the browser window, you are thrust, sci-fi style, through a glowing tunnel of light as your roommate enters the room and turns on the annoyingly bright overhead light. After you turn it off and they apologise by making you a hot beverage, you return to the screen and notice an icon – your #shareEGU20 material that you uploaded last week now has a comment! What do you do? Click on the comment notification email (go to paragraph 3) Navigate to your abstract and click on the speech bubble icon (go to paragraph 3) You click. Straight away the comment pops up – someone likes your work! They want to collaborate with you on an idea sparked by your material, and it sounds like there is funding! What do you do next? Reply to the comment (go to your material upload) Web search the person, then reply to the comment (go to your personal programme) Get up, do a little happy dance, then reply to the comment (go to the short courses playlist on Youtube) This is the beginning of a big adventure. Throughout the week of #shareEGU20 and beyond, we are providing a range of ways for you to interact about your research with the global Earth, planetary and space science community. You will have to choose which one works for you, be it commenting on your material, live chat during your session slot, or discussions on social media using one of our official hashtags. Whichever method you choose, we hope you’ll reach out to others and discuss your ideas. I’m sure you will choose well, DARING ADVENTURER!