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On Wed, November 28, 2007 7:52 am, Christopher Kimberley wrote: > I do have a Facebook account but until Caroline joined up the other day I > hadn't logged in for a long time. Like her I'm not sure how its functions > are best applied. > I suspect that it can be used in many different ways. Although it is > intended for social networking it has been used of late for E-recruitment > for example. However, I suspect that for many of us the tools that we use > for 'work' and 'recreation' are essentially the same now. This perhaps > leads to a growing sense of 'E' stress. After the last Death, Dying and Disposal conference, a Facebook group was opened for postgraduates who had attended. I've not spent much time on it so far since I've been busy with writing up. It looks promising, there's a really interesting discussion started up; the main problem for me is finding the time to look at one more place. I live quite removed from academic centres (in my fields) so e-contact is important, it's just the time factor really. And by the way, I wouldn't say that Facebook itself is 'tacky', but it's amazing the kind of thing some people like to play with online. -- Margaret Gouin PhD Candidate Centre for Buddhist Studies Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of Bristol (UK)