12. Some serious people & organisations
are on Twitter
@NERCscience (research council)
@figshare (share research results)
@spotonLondon (formerly Science Online London)
@carlzimmer (Science journalist)
14. Uses for Twitter
• Conversation/eavesdropping
• Conference broadcasting (using hashtags)
• Attracting attention for a project/idea
• Asking for help
20. IMHO
• LinkedIn is your online CV
• Facebook is for “friends”
• Blogging is for recording ideas, thoughts,
opinions (and engaging in debate)
• Twitter is for conversation and discovery