This is FriendFeed…

…at its very best.

Scientists Embrace Openness – discuss.

Spreading the message, a few minds at a time

Given my passion for online science networking, it’s surprising that I’ve never given a talk on the subject [1]. So a big thank you to William who invited me over to his institute for an informal chat about the topic with a small group of staff.

I learned that:

• A good quote from an internet guru goes down well
• Everyone loves an xkcd cartoon
• Many biologists still don’t know what an RSS feed is

My slides are embedded, below or visit Slideshare – best viewed full screen.

1. Oh wait, I work in a university

Now officially living in my browser

Firefox screenshot, from left to right: Vertical tabs, courtesy of Vertigo – because you can never have too many tabs Main window: the feeds roll into GReader On the right, almost all the functionality of FriendFeed (except search) in fantastic new extension MySocial 24×7 On the right? Yes, because sidebars look better on the right IMHO, made possible by MultiSidebar

Tenuous bioinformatics connection: well, you work more effectively if you’re happy with your browser setup ;)