A Scientist Who Gets “It”

This weekend, I stumbled upon an old post (from December 08) by Dr. Racaniello, a virology scientist, about why he blogs and why scientists should also blog and/or podcast.

I really enjoyed reading his post and I was very glad to have stumbled upon it, because his goals are perfectly aligned with the objectives I had when I started this website (Closing the Science Gap). Dr. Racaniello understands the importance of communicating science to the public.

Further, I think that his blog serves as a model to help both senior and junior scientists alike to use the web as a tool to share ideas and learn from each other.

I encourage you to read his post and also note the comments between me and him at the end of the post.