Well, I have moved around a lot, so I wouldn't want to list myself with any of my temporary affiliations--I dunno. I find it just as easy to search people out on their school's website most of the time.
A friend invited me via Facebook, and I haven't yet had a time to give it a real look. I need to figure out if there is a point to another social/professional network. After all, I already know where a lot of the people I need to talk to, and meet people through my blog ...
Thanks for the thoughts. I dunno about it either. I think it could be useful/ interesting but I don't really know how. Maybe for graduate students who ordinarily don't have departmental pages?
I got put onto it by Henrik Karl who blogs at Recent Finds and wrote about it here, but as yet I haven't explored it. I'm not quite sure what my motives would be for doing so, and that will be something I only discover when I make the time to waste having a proper look. At that point I might have an idea whther it will be useful for whatever my purposes turn out to be...
Well, I have moved around a lot, so I wouldn't want to list myself with any of my temporary affiliations--I dunno. I find it just as easy to search people out on their school's website most of the time.
ReplyDeleteA friend invited me via Facebook, and I haven't yet had a time to give it a real look. I need to figure out if there is a point to another social/professional network. After all, I already know where a lot of the people I need to talk to, and meet people through my blog ...
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Thanks for the thoughts. I dunno about it either. I think it could be useful/ interesting but I don't really know how. Maybe for graduate students who ordinarily don't have departmental pages?
ReplyDeleteI got put onto it by Henrik Karl who blogs at Recent Finds and wrote about it here, but as yet I haven't explored it. I'm not quite sure what my motives would be for doing so, and that will be something I only discover when I make the time to waste having a proper look. At that point I might have an idea whther it will be useful for whatever my purposes turn out to be...
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