Comment: To boldly go

There was more than a hint of Blake's 7 in the air last week with all the talk of confederations and the beta-test launch of Optician Space.

Optician has long been on the internet and blazed the trail for internet-based CET within the optical profession. www.opticianonline.net allows people to catch up on news, views and features via the web but Optician magazine remains the most accessible and popular way of absorbing information. Optician is in the blogosphere, the Twittersphere and even the Yammersphere. It also has contacts on Plaxo, LinkedIn, Facebook, MSN and other social media sites.

We felt it was high time we launched a social networking site for the professions and the retail optical community. Optician also recognises that the next generation will have grown up with social networks, so meeting their needs fits in with Optician's inclusive ethos. You can link to www.opticianonline.net/opticianspace direct or from the home page of www.opticianonline.net.