The SuperReaders, site-wide around scienceblogs.com, have been selected. I had considered a number of people (some contacted me, I contacted some), some said No, and after a long and hard deliberation (it was tough, I wish I could have chosen ten people or so) I chose my two SuperReaders and sent in the names. They have been green-lighted by the Overlords and contacted. Unfortunately, their identities will have to remain secret. But they will be the select few (OK, 70 blogs X 2 = 140 people) who will have the ability to form the new RSS feed as well as a special advisory focus group that can help improve the site etc. in the future.
More like this
I like anniversaries and it's a good month for them.
The monthly recap of posts I liked, but you may have missed. Lotsa politics, understandably, but not all - I did manage to post some other cool stuff as well. Where are the SuperReaders when one needs them?!
For those just coming back from their summer vacations, too busy to dig among hundreds of brief posts, here is a list of the posts that I myself consider to be my best in July and August 2008 (and perhaps SuperReaders can pick a few more of these - only 2-3 of those have been picked so far):