There's been some discussion recently of ScienceBlog reader get-togethers, and the question was raised of what ScienceBlogs ought to do to facilitate this. Of course, this is exactly the sort of thing that Facebook is useful for, and there is, in fact, a ScienceBlogs Facebook group. If you're a Facebook user, and interested in that sort of thing, join the group.
(I occasionally toy with the idea of making an Uncertain Principles group (or a Quantum Mechanics for Dogs group), but then, I don't really know what I would put on it at this point... The book is still a long way off, and it's not like I have a busy appearance schedule to promote, or anything. I'd probably just get depressed at not having anybody join my group...)
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Since I do have a Facebook account and get updates, as I am interested in social software and how it is used by the next generation (including our students), I've been following t
Yep, Facebook, love it or hate it, it's hard to ignore that life just hasn't been the same these past 10 years or so.
As usual, some get it, some don't:
Facebook-ing Philanthropy:
Tom Hodgkinson writes in The Guardian:
Speaking of networks, I just tagged you with a historical figure meme. Have fun.
Don't worry, Chad. I'll come to your group. But you might build community better if you are wearing 1000 digits of pi on your hairy chest!