Given that web 2.0 is just a couple of years old, I would be surprised were it mainstream in anything, much less a very conservative domain like biology. And while it may be true that scientists don't read blogs a lot (though, I don't take statements that begin "If I were to poll my colleagues..." as evidence) they read blogs many times more than they did ten years ago. Or even five years ago. I completely agree that "Scientists interact in very different ways than teenager and their peers, or rock bands and their fans." But I think young scientists interact differently than old scientists, and I think that the 'conference etiquette' cited here is rather more fluid than one might suspect. Biologists will discover, like the rest of us, that the most effective way to 'keep up' is to access a highly relevant feed of current announcements from their colleagues. Whether these are called 'blogs' or not irrelevant. Via Daniel Lemire.
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