"...we’d like you to write a short piece about your experiences with social media and what you hope to get out of the 23 Things for Research programme."
I am part of the generation whose social media life began with Myspace, first creating my profile around age 12. Myspace was all about crafting your profile to accurately convey your personality; choosing a suitably 'edgy' but aesthetically pleasing theme, and choosing the perfect profile song which would intrusively begin playing every time somebody viewed your profile.
Maybe though I am applying too much meaning to the phenomenon of Myspace. If you had asked me at age 12 why I used social media the answers wold have likely been the following: "all the other kids are on it" and "I want to chat to girls". If i'm honest those reasons haven't changed much even now...Hopefully the 23 Things Programme can allow me to use my blog and other social media outlets for more productive purposes. I look forward to writing of my EngD work for a public audience. I believe that the act of updating my blog, will allow myself to reflect on the work I have achieved. I also hope that the blog will widen my scientific interest, by encouraging me to read up on other subjects within my field so I can introduce them to the general public.I hope you will all become regular readers. At this age many kids have already begun to separate their interests and identity from that of their parents, crafting out their own personality as they grow to become more self aware. Myspace was one of the many tools and outlets where I could try and build and showcase my personality and style.
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