If you are a regular visitor to 2020 Science, you may have noticed some changes creeping into the site in recent days. The content’s still the same—a clear perspective on developing science and technology responsibly, with an emphasis on nanotechnology and synthetic biology (and anything else that piques my interest). But hopefully the new layout and format make reading it a more pleasurable and productive experience.
If you don’t like the changes, blame Ruth Seeley at No Spin PR—she’s the one who is sucking me into putting the blog on a more professional footing!
Actually, that’s not at all fair—Ruth is helping develop a social networking strategy for 2020 Science (and doing a great job of it), and the changes have been prompted in part by the need to move the site to a new web host as we begin implementing the strategy. And so far, the changes enabled by the move are rather exciting. Not only does the website now look substantially better, but I can actually start playing around with WordPress plug-ins—geek heaven!
I’ll be refining the site further over the coming weeks, but in the meantime here’s a quick rundown on the more significant changes you should check out:
Quick access to nanotechnology and synthetic biology posts. Simply clicking on the relevant tab in the page header will take you to all blog posts on that subject.
Subscribe button. Actually, you’ve always been able to subscribe to 2020 Science, but this is such a neat feature I thought a reminder was due. And the button now takes you to Feedburner, to make life even easier.
Twitter feed. This is where recent 2020 Science “Tweets” are posted (do other Twitter users cringe as much as I do at the terminology here?) – check this column out for breaking news and comment on emerging science and technology, and beyond–it’s usually updated several times a day.
Top Notes. Stuff that I think is worth highlighting—expect the content to change frequently.
Lots of lovely links. Now broken down into what are hopefully helpful categories, this is a growing list of links to other blogs and websites that I enjoy reading and find useful – located towards the bottom of the right hand sidebar.
“Share this” button. If you like a blog post, please share it with your friends—it’s now as easy as pie with the neat ShareThis link on each entry.
Technorati button. If you like 2020 Science, it’s now easy to add it to your Technorati favorites – simply click the button in the sidebar.
Resources tab. In the header—this is where you can find links to lectures I’ve given, stuff I’ve published, and media articles where I’ve been quoted. Probably not interesting for most people, but the stuff’s there, just in case.
That’s pretty much it for the moment. Next blog: back to the business of writing about “important” stuff.
Enjoy.
(And please don’t forget to comment!)
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It’s sort of like sending a man out to buy a pair of black lace-ups and having him come with a pair of brown loafers and look hurt when you react negatively to them (accompanied by a plaintive, ‘you told me to buy shoes,’ of course). (See the ‘geek heaven’ remark above. )
It’s true we’re working on a social media strategy for 2020 science and in proper consultant fashion I continue to prod, insist on developing a strategy, counsel and advise. And then Dr. Maynard does exactly what he wants to anyway.
It’s always a pleasure to work with someone who is not only such a naturally good communicator, but also someone who realizes the need to embrace both old and new forms of media.
2020science is becoming better and better. I wish you will continue like this.