It’s nice to be back home after a wonderful fortnight in the US, UK and France.
At Science Blogging 2008 in London I have met with people whom I had known for several months only on the virtualsphere. That was great. Just as Marco has already pointed out in his blog, I am astonished at how young you can become a leader in the UK, compared to Italy. Matt, Corie, Timo, Ben, the lady who introduced us to the Royal Institution, and Karen, just to name a few, are all young faces occupying leadership positions. In Italy, that is very rare. To see you all concentrated in one spot for a day was impressive. You guys have all my appreciation for getting there at your age.
At the conference, Matt has convinced me to venture in the world of microblogging. If I am on twitter now, Matt, it’e entirely your responsibility. Likewise, I learned about friendfeed via you.
I am uploading a few pics on flickr. You can find them here
And I have enormously enjoyed conversations with many more of you. Thank you.
Looking forward to seeying you again at the next stop of this blogging virtual bus. If you happened to be in Rome one day, make yourself heard!
Hey, Massimo, the feeling was mutual! It really added a great buzz to the conference that so many came from all over the place, and I do believe you were the only representative (and young and accomplished at that) of the Bel Paese.
Massimo,
it was very nice finally meeting you in person. Please drop me a line when your conference tour bus stops in Berlin or Hanover.
Thank you Martin!
Heather, that suggests that you did not meet with Marco! He is now also navigating these seas.
Yes, Massimo is not the only italian NN blogger! Seems like a few people appreciate my star… :-(
I meant “my start”…
Keep it up Marco! I had not realised that you produced four more posts in the time that I have been away.
It was lovely to meet you in London, Massimo, and thanks for your kind words at the meeting. I like your plugs! At home we have three plastic bags containing plugs and currencies: it used to be more than that before the Euro!