Comments on: Enrico Coiera: Science as Haiku (Or how to get a PhD in 20 tweets)

By: Enrico Coiera

Enrico Coiera — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:34:56 +0000

So far it has mainly been rebroadcasting, but to ever different communities within the twittersphere. Prescheduled discussions around organised topics (e.g. the #hcsm events) would probably be one effective way to explore a topic like this in depth. Happy to try to do that if there is interest.

By: CliniSpace

CliniSpace — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:16:36 +0000

Interesting experiment in new media, Enrico! What is your estimate of the percentage of useful (read “new ideas”) responses to your tweets? Or is one mostly broadcasting into the void, or getting responses that agree with your position?

By: Chris Pearce

Chris Pearce — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:34:51 +0000

Yes, in this age where the issue is the speed (or lack of it) of getting research into policy, social media surely is a way of circulating information rapidly. Takes a long time to publish a paper and then even longer to get the relevant people to read it. Surely a profession (academia) that is about changing how we view the world, should itself embrace change. And isn't it a good discipline to only have 140 characters to do it…

By: Terry Hannan

Terry Hannan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:43:42 +0000

Well written. Enrico's neuroplasticity at its best. Terry Hannan