Comments on: Facing up to Facebook

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:57:30 +0000

Heidi, I read somewhere this week that whatever you think Facebook is for, someone else will have found a different purpose. That probably applies to almost every Web 2.0 application. I also read that good old-fashioned net surfing via the search engines is becoming less common as sites like Facebook and MySpace take up soooo much of people’s time.

Thanks for the support over the OPML idea. I wonder whether others might care to share theirs. There OPML directories, but it would be interesting to pull together some science readers OPML files.

By: Heidi Cool

Heidi Cool — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:05:12 +0000

Nice article, I still don’t know what to do with Facebook. I have to keep reminding myself to check it, whereas Pownce I’ll check a few times per day. I was checking out the stuff at the bottom, and I think posting your OPML file is a great idea. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone do that before, but it’s a neat way to show what you’re reading.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:21:18 +0000

Too right Ses!

By: ses5909

ses5909 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:54:35 +0000

It’s a lot more fun to face our inner (and outer) geekiness than to hide it.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:27:23 +0000

...we used to have to like script clean wi' tongue. But, that's t'internet for you. Speaking of pubs. I did a guest post on Blah Blah Tech blog recently about communication precedence. db

By: CWJon

CWJon — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:49:59 +0000

*puts on flat cap, attaches lead to whippet*

Back in my day… Facebook wasn’t about how many gadgets, widgets and plugins you could cram onto your profile. It was about honest, decent things like arranging pub times or sharing embarrassing photos. It was about finding long lost acquaintances from school, saying ‘Gosh I haven’t seen them in ages’ and promptly ignoring them. What used to be a perfectly ordinary web-based popularity contest has turned into some kind of… useful tool? Despicable. It flies in the face of everything the internet stands for.

They never should have let non-students on… ;).

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:55:09 +0000

Thanks for the link Berci. Will check out thos FB apps.

By: Berci Meskó

Berci Meskó — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:18:50 +0000

You may be interested in my recent post: Top 20 Facebook Applications in Science and Medicine

http://scienceroll.com/2007/11/06/top-20-facebook-applications-in-science-and-medicine/