Currently, one of the most pressing questions in science communication is what impact does participating in these kind of activities have on individual scientists. These…
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Become a Social Media Pro User: Tweeting Your Own Talk
Tweeting during a conference and joining in on a conference hashtag is becoming the norm for scientists on Twitter. Indeed conference’s hashtags are becoming a…
View More Become a Social Media Pro User: Tweeting Your Own TalkLessons From Creating an Online Outreach Empire
Lessons From Creating an Online Outreach Empire from Craig McClain Last Friday I delivered a preliminary talk on the opening night of ScienceOnline Oceans. I…
View More Lessons From Creating an Online Outreach EmpireAn Introduction to Social Media for Scientists, now in PLoS Biology
Science is defined by expertise. We researchers are constantly trying to expand our own knowledge, or collaborate with those who can contribute the necessary skills. Unfortunately,…
View More An Introduction to Social Media for Scientists, now in PLoS BiologyTo take arms against a sea of troubles: my life in blogging, and farewell
I started blogging in 2007, at my mother’s deathbed. This isn’t the story I usually tell. I usually say that I always liked to write,…
View More To take arms against a sea of troubles: my life in blogging, and farewellInto TheBlu, virtually
Try to imagine a virtual ocean, an online watery world divided into discrete ecosystems, each populated with semi-autonomous avatars of every marine species that lives there. …
View More Into TheBlu, virtuallyWhat is Twitter and Why Scientists Need To Use It.
Twitter is a microblogging site, restricting posts, i.e. Tweets, to 140 characters or fewer. This limit allows real-time posts to be made using SMS (short…
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