Just for fun, I searched Twitter using some microbial-related terms (not many, as the query cannot be more than 140 characters long!). I have added an RSS feed for this query to the side bar on this blog.[Note (added on 15th Nov): I removed the RSS feed from the side bar -- the automated search was not very useful]
Is Twitter useful for scientists or for science educators? For some, it seems to be.
Will Twitter (or a similar tool) be of general use among scientists in a near future? Perhaps.
As a new user, I know very little about Twitter. But interesting things are happening there.
I just find difficult to make sense out of most of them...
But I´ll keep trying.
And you should, too.
On Twitter, I am TwistedBacteria (obvious). But, definitely, you should be following at least MicroBytes and MicrobeWorld.
I also created a Twibe (a group of Twitter users interested in a common topic) called Microbiology.
(Thanks so much to Alan Cann for introducing me to the Twitter universe!)
Twitter is all about conversations, and to have a conversation, you need to have people to talk to. The best advice is to "follow" people who tweet about things you are interested in - use the twitter search function to find them. You may also find it useful to follow the people who follow people who you find interesting.
ReplyDeleteI agree, well put. Dan Howitt. NyC
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Some great Microbiology resources here:
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