• I have not been blogging-I have been thinking.

      Thursday, 11 Jun 2009 - 21:58 UTC

      Why?

      I changed labs, and I have been working on a new record and a new tour to support the record, which I will do this summer while working in my new lab.

      I have re-written a post like 5 times over the past few months about how being a nice person and a successful scientist don’t seem to mix. But I realize that blogging is different than, say a phone conversation or a lunch conversation… your words can be held against you later.

      Maybe I have figured out why scientists may be reluctant. Maybe I have already diminished my career. Is this the soft fascism that blogging brings? Who knows? Will my digital trail ultimately be the rap sheet that will be presented in the court of scientific banishment? These are questions we all should ask ourselves while banging away on those plastic keys.

      Last updated: Thursday, 11 Jun 2009 - 21:58 UTC

      • Comments

        • Date:
          Friday, 12 Jun 2009 - 08:07 UTC
          Henry Gee said:

          There you are, Michael. I had been wondering. But don’t worry – here at least you are among friends.

        • Date:
          Friday, 12 Jun 2009 - 09:17 UTC
          Heather Etchevers said:

          Right you are.

        • Date:
          Friday, 12 Jun 2009 - 09:57 UTC
          Maxine Clarke said:

          Nice to “see” you again, Michael. I am sure that your blog is far more than a moment in crime ;-).

        • Date:
          Friday, 12 Jun 2009 - 21:13 UTC
          Michael Nestor said:

          Hi guys, it is nice to know that NN friends have not forgotten about me! Had a rough stretch in there, but things seem to be looking up! I have resisted the urge to jump in on all the goings on with NN and telling us what we can and can’t write…

          :)

        • Date:
          Friday, 12 Jun 2009 - 23:04 UTC
          Stephen Curry said:

          Hey Michael, the ID photos on NN are so tiny that I can’t figure out which one is you in the photo on your MySpace page…! The guy on the right looks like “Rafa Benitez…”:

          Congratulations on your new album – awesome!

        • Date:
          Tuesday, 16 Jun 2009 - 03:07 UTC
          Michael Nestor said:

          Stephen, I am the dude with the sunglasses who looks like he is praying! And thanks for the nod of awesomeness!

        • Date:
          Tuesday, 16 Jun 2009 - 21:48 UTC
          Lee Turnpenny said:

          Michael, I’m intrigued. Diminished your career? By blogging? But some boats need to be rocked now and again. Don’t despair; you obviously have other talents to fall back on.


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