On social writing and other things
Disclaimer: This post is more personal than usual for this blog. But it is necessary… It is necessary to help me keep going. Read more…
2014 in review
And so it is, we are well into 2015 and things have been frantic for the last year few months. Yep, I know what you are thinking…. Apart from this blog. Read more…
‘Tech 4’ Academic Networking: Academia.edu
Similarly to ResearchGate, Academia.edu has as its main purpose to facilitate the exchange of papers and research information. Read more…
‘Tech 4’ Academic Networking: ResearchGate
Work in academia is grounded on knowledge development and exchange of information. Some believe this should be a good reason for academics to be interested and get engaged in social networks. ResearchGate is built on this idea. Its main purpose is to facilitate the exchange of papers and research information. What differentiates this network from many others is the discussions it generates and the way it encourages researchers to share raw data and failed or unpublished work as well as good ones. The intention is to stop researchers wasting their time trying what has been tried before.
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‘Tech 4’ professional networking: Linkedin
If you haven’t signed up for LinkedIn yet, you might be losing a lot of opportunities out there. Read more…
‘Tech 4’ sharing presentations: SlideShare
The time allocated for presentations in academic conferences is usually short. Besides that, some conferences have several parallel sessions and we usually feel like we are missing lots of interesting presentations. If you have been in any of these situations, you probably wished your work had more exposure or to have access to some of the presentations you missed. Read more…
‘Tech 4’ Networking: Twitter
This first post of the ‘Tech 4’ series after the unannounced end-of-year break is about a social network tool I have been using since September. Twitter has been around since 2006, but I was resistant. Read more…
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