Facebook too?
Now the answer, as I digress, will get the thread closed and/or worse.... my apologies...
I, for one, prefer that respected researchers and academic colleagues eschew such crass popularity-cum-braggadocio media forms as twit(ter), facefright, etc.
This made me wonder, are people I respect in science and physiological using twitter to communicate? i am sure they are and I am remiss in not previously seeking them out. I will now. Thanks for the idea.
I'll bite. Are you a musician? What concert?LOL, after my live concert from Berlin this morning, 5 am NYC time, I put on a CD of hers for the first time.
I work in research, in the Neuroscience field. Twitter, unfortunately, is quite pervasive there. The big "names," whether what they have to tweet is really all that important, is rabidly followed and recycled by the masses. IMHO, twitter is not much better in academia. It is, like eljr said, just a tool for communication, albeit a stunted one.
Heck Yeah.The redoubtable Ms Perry reminds me somewhat of the 1973 model cars-You remember, the 1st ones to have the "5-MPHcrashable front bumpers"{.?!?"...There was a movie, "The Seven-Ups
, & a car that featured prominently in the flick, a '73 Pontiac Gran Ville. It was the "Get-Away" car, they drove it all over Gotham City.. & basically tore it to pieces. But the mighty. mighty 5-MPH bumpers saved the poor Grand Am's Front End... "That movie's chase scene, IMHO ranked right up there w/"Bullitt",,& "Gone in 60 Seconds"....
My commentary is more to us as humans. Why do we tend to revere actors, recording stars and athletes above our scientists and researchers?
Too bad. I guess I am fortunate to be affiliated w/ an extremeley conservative institution where this nonsense in simply not tolerated.
I work in research, in the Neuroscience field. .
Don't forget Neil DeGrasse Tyson.