What is our role as bloggers?

In the last days im thinking about us - the bloggers and our role in conjuction with the industry in general or in the Health 2.0 world specifically.

Do we have to be always a "cheerleaders" of every entrepreneur in the field or we are taking more serious part and sometimes even can criticize some trends in general and even specific application when we think it can contribute to positive and constructive discussion?

I had these thoughts again after I wrote a minor criticism regarding a new site called Researchgate.com.

unfortunately it seems that some entrepreneurs are taking personally any kind of criticism.

People

Criticism is a part of developement
Its a matter of maturity to accept criticism and its one of the first and importanat gates that every entrepreneur must pass through.
As I wrote before it only for the matter of building a stormy dialog.

Everyone who is respect such constructive dialog should promote such kind of criticism side by side to compliments and enthusiasm from platforms and application which deserve it.

Conference on blogs and social media in healthcare

After the science roll's post about Healthcare 100 : the top medical blogs
I want to inform you about the 3rd conference on blogs and social media in healthcare that will take place this fall in Chicago ( september 17/18).
You will have all the detailes from the link (It's from the Trusted.MD).
You can also find there the list of the sessions and the speakers.

Third conference on this subject is just another proof for becoming a well established sector in the overall blogosphere.

101 Essential Blogging Resources

Hi
The next link is for all of us, the bloggers and those who will join to our family in the near future :
101 Essential Blogging Resources gives important and very usefull links and resources for all the bloggers, including us, in the medical field and in the medical 2.0 sector.
Keep it for yourself, and share it with all the others in our blogsphere.