Nov 9, 2009
Posted in Science at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 2 Comments; add yours
Twenty years ago today, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I lay on a bed in a cramped backpackers’ hostel in the Katherine Gorge National Park (now Nitmiluk), in Australia’s Northern Territory, watching news of the fall of the Berlin Wall (now rubble). Outside insects were buzzing ferociously, the temperature was in the high 30s, and the hostel owner told us that he wouldn’t bother going in the (tiny, dirty) pool unless the temperature in …
Nov 5, 2009
Posted in Geek, Science at 8:45 am by David Bradley -- 15 Comments; add yours
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Nov 3, 2009
Posted in Science at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 12 Comments; add yours
Laura Bonetta wrote an excellent article for the science journal Cell recently in which she quoted various science types who use Twitter on the subject of whether or not scientists should be tweeting. It’s a topic I’ve discussed more generally regarding scientists’ use of social media and online networking communities.
Anyway, she asked my opinion on a few matters regarding twitter and …