denidzo
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That's exactly how I feel. I never celebrated, really, even though an HM is prestigious as well. I was holding off, just borderline excited, until we got notice. But now it's been almost three weeks, and the shine is rubbing off. When I eventually hear anything, whatever the result, my reaction may likely be "oh, that's nice." We deserve better than that, we all deserve a party!
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Yes, it can be extremely banal. No one cares if you just ate a peanut butter sandwich, or are taking your dog for a walk, and a LOT of the posts are used for that purpose. Lately I've been inundated by sales pitches on it. But just like any other piece of software, it is what you make of it. Everyone that I follow or follows me is someone I know, or are folks in academia that I can/will work with. You can block the idiocy by only getting the updates from your follows. It can also be useful in emergencies. The up side came out during the Mumbai attacks, and the crash of flight 3407. The down side is the insanity surrounding tweets today about the swine flu pandemic, and how they are feeding hysteria. Like every other media outlet, you have to take it with a grain of salt. It's just a tool. Some folks are craftsmen, and some are novices. Can you tell I research social media? :wink:
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NSF has a dozen twitter accounts, each one specified by program and/or grant. This one that we saw is not designated to any particular area. I am thinking the manner in which it responds to folks is too informal, with no real information. Anybody can set up an account that says anything. And hey, I use twitter all the time. We use it for the final project in the class I teach, too. I find it very useful and I've actually sent out inquiries on it and gotten good and timely responses. Beats FB hands down, no apps, no videos, no pics, no surveys, no LOLcats. All the folks I've met at conferences and workshops communicate this way and it's free (as opposed to SMS which costs me).
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I am thinking that's a very good idea. I'm going to plan for summer employment, and fight for a TA line at school, and pretend these past couple weeks are just a sweet dream. That way, no matter what happens and when, I won't be sorely disappointed. See, I was fine when I assumed my app would be rejected out of hand. It's nice to know that my proposal has merit, that it was well written, and that it came this close to being funded. There is no shame in an HM, and I will try not to be let down if I get one.