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How building your online social network may affect your offline social life
One of the main reasons drawing people of all ages online is the prospect of connecting and communicating with others. This need for connecting online is the impetus behind the immense popularity of...
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Who uses Twitter? Less than 3% of internet users do so regularly.
Everyone is certainly talking about it. Most companies, news agencies, and entrepreneurs have Twitter accounts. Although I’ve been on Twitter since early 2009, most of my real-life friends and...
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How do Physicians Behave on Twitter?
As the popularity of social media has increased during the past few years, it is not surprising that the number of physicians using these tools has steadily increased. In general, I would argue that...
View ArticleSocial Media Can Improve Healthcare, But Are Doctors Holding Us Back?
Travis’ Note: Today’s Guest Post is from Houston Neal from Software Advice. The original article was posted here. Thanks to Michael Koploy for bringing this post to our attention, and to Software...
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Top 5 Twitter Etiquette Tips
While I claim to be no expert on Twitter etiquette, I would hope that over the past 2 years of tweeting I have picked up at least a few morsels of useful info. Whenever I’ve tried to explain how...
View ArticleKnowledge Dissemination: blogging vs peer review
Travis’ Note: Today’s post is from Dr David J Phipps of ResearchImpact, a Canadian knowledge-exchange network. The original post can be found on Mobilize This!, the ResearchImpact blog. Thanks to...
View ArticleWhat science blog networks do you visit most frequently?
It’s no secret that the science blogosphere has undergone massive changes in the past 18 months. There have been new networks (Scientopia, PLoS BLoGs), dramatically expanded/revamped networks...
View ArticleSocial Media for Scientists: A lecture
Travis and I recently gave a keynote presentation at our alma mater, Queen’s university, on the utility of social media use among academics, researchers, and graduate students. The 1 hr presentation,...
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