Science Blogging Conference: Closing thoughts

(I know it's weird to have closing thoughts before the middle thoughts, ie. session summaries, but it's my blog and I'll do it this way if I want to ;-)

As I said in my first post, the conference was truly a great experience. The sessions were mostly pretty good, sure, but it was the company that transformed the conference from good to great. I can't recall meeting so many committed, engaged people in one place at one time, all of whom were so clearly doing something they were totally passionate about.

So, I thought I'd take a moment to point you all to the blogs of some of the people I met for the first time at the conference. This is unlikely to be a complete list, as my memory is imperfect.

I encourage you all to check out their blogs and visit for a while.

In no particular order:

• Jean-Claude Bradley
  
• Bora Zivkovic
  
• James Hrynyshyn
  
• Peter Etnoyer
  
• Martin Rundkvist
  
• Tom Levenson
  
• Ryan Somma
  
• Virginia Hughes
  
• Bill Hooker
  
• Molly Keener
  
• Salman Hameed
  
• Deepak Singh
  
• Eric Roston
  
• Euan Adie
  
• Karen James
  
• Josee-Nadia Drouin & Pascal Lapointe
  
• Shelley Batts
  
• Mona Albano
  
• Jamie DePolo
  
• Vedran Vucic
  

And, of course, tons of other non-bloggers too! I really hope to make it to the conference again next year, to renew all these acquaintances and to forge new connections.

BTW, if you're a blogger and you're reading this and you remember that we spoke at some length during the conference but I haven't listed you here, please leave a note in the comments. Really, my memory is faulty and I've just forgotten. On the other hand, if you're on the list and don't remember talking to me, well, insert humourous remark here.

Online participation page for links to session videos.

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