There are more ways than ever to communicate science discoveries. For people who soak up the latest discoveries and gadgets, it's an exciting time. A few months ago, I attended a National Science Foundation conference on using social media to spread science news. The leaders emphasized Twitter as a real time way to spread science cheer. As part of the two day event, we all practiced and promised to tweet "all science, all the time." I have gotten better about Twitter, but still have room for improvement. 

Recently, I spotted Ph.D. Comics' fun list of tweets that could have been written by scientists from the past. Enjoy and share some of your own!  Historical Science Tweets 

I haven't posted in a while because I was thinking the blog would soon be incorporated into my author website, but there is still tweaking to be done. 

It isn't easy to find just the right combination of resources, ideas, formatting and aesthetics for a website focused on science and writing. 

Let me know what parts of a website best meet your needs. This is all new territory for me even though I've been reading a ton of online articles about social media, websites, and blogs. 

Truthfully, I'd rather focus on science and let the other take care of itself. That's probably what the users of the first telephones and computers said. It's a good thing forward thinking inventors, scientists, and engineers kept digging deeper. Materials science and communications are progressing at an amazing clip. Go science!

Pinterest for Science

If you're like me, adding another social media program to an already full plate is daunting. But, I'm a visually oriented science geek and Pinterest feeds my need for the latest science images/links and allows me to SAVE them. So I justify the hours I spend on Pinterest as getting organized!

It's fun and something I've come to look forward to. If a picture is worth a thousand words, I'm way ahead of the curve in keeping up with science, photography, writing, humor, cooking, etc. Plus, I get to exchange favorite wow moments with the ease of a "pin". Here is a link to my science and nature board. http://pinterest.com/sciwhisperer/science/
Send me your favorites. I can hardly wait!