Blogging
aardvarchaeology | October 27, 2009A very prominent German Wikipedian, Meisterkoch ("Master Chef"), doesn't like bloggers much. In a recent opinion piece he manages to insult all the world's blogging scientists in one fell swoop.
"At best, blogs are run by second-rate scientists; typically, however, just by unemployed people. ... In fact, blogs allow the repeated and systematic transfer of half-knowledge and subjectivities which can be 'consumed' and amplified even further by other non-scientific media (other blogs, Twitter, etc.). ... Bloggers usually react with anger and denial if you point out that their blogs are not as…
jdupuis | October 25, 2009Registration for Science Online 2010 is open. The conference web site is here and program info is here.
Time is running out. There are currently about 175 registered and the organizers are going to cap it at 250.
I've attended the conference for the past two years and it's a blast. I really enjoyed the sessions as well as the informal times between sessions, at the meals and in the bar.
I've registered already, as has my son, Sam, who's in grade 11. He attended last year and also had a great time. Bora even interviewed him!
There's been a good tradition of librarians attending the…
awild | October 24, 2009The students of IB 401: Introduction to Entomology here at UI have started a bug blog, and they've taken to it like...um... belostomatids to water.
Go pay them a visit and leave some comments.
clock | October 23, 2009The October winner will be announced on the 1st of November. Make sure your posts are aggregated on ResearchBlogging.org.
sciencewoman | October 23, 2009Don't worry, SciWo's storytime is coming later today. But first a word about our on-going DonorsChoose challenge. Along with 22 others, DonorsChoose has already given $50 to our challenge, and now they want to give more...based on how much we raise by Sunday. Here's the scoop:
Next week, we will distribute $200,000, the rest of HP's contribution, to all Social Media Challenge Giving Pages. But this time, your share will be calculated on a pro-rata basis based on the amount you've raised by Sunday. What does that mean? Now is the time to motivate your readers, followers, friends, fam and…
clock | October 21, 2009Go say Hello to David Sloan Wilson on Evolution for Everyone.
You can check his past blogging over on Huffington Post.
emjohnson | October 21, 2009
For those of you who don't know his work, I encourage you to check it out immediately (if not sooner). Among my favorites are Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior and the book that became the title of his blog, Evolution For Everyone.
It's a testament to the power of social media to have such an influential and important working scientist joining the network here at Seed. Please join me in offering him a warm welcome.
aardvarchaeology | October 21, 2009The seventy-eighth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Paddy K's Swedish Extravaganza. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology!
Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to me. All bloggers with an interest in the subject are welcome to volunteer to me for hosting. The next vacant hosting slot is in two weeks, on 4 November. It's a good way to gain readers. No need to be an anthro pro.
emjohnson | October 20, 2009Click on over to Genetic Influence for the latest edition of this biweekly science carnival. Some great editions have been selected and it's a pleasure to be among their company.
clock | October 18, 2009Go say Hello to Pamela Ronald on Tomorrow's Table.
You can check her past blogging here and here.
aardvarchaeology | October 16, 2009
Dr. Isis made the 10,000th comment here on Aard earlier today! Flatteringly, she said that I had made half the women on the Internet lose their shit. I simply know not my own strength.
It took two years and almost ten months to get to 10,000. As her prize, I hereby offer to call the good doctor trans-Atlantic at a time to be agreed on and sing her the Queen song (naturally) of her choice.
*howls* "I was just a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad, but I knew life before I left my nursery..."
aardvarchaeology | October 15, 2009The 78th Four Stone Hearth blog carnival will run at Paddy K's Swedish Extravaganza on Wednesday. Submit great recent stuff to Paddy, your own or somebody else's. Anything anthro or archaeo goes!
The carnival needs hosts. The next open slot is on 4 November. Drop me a line!
emjohnson | October 14, 2009The Primate Diaries will have been at its new home here at ScienceBlogs for three months this coming Halloween. I know there are a considerable number of regular readers but from where I sit you're all a faceless mob, sitting invisibly out there in the impenetrable dark. I'd like to turn on the houselights for a moment and see who you are.
If you've commented before please introduce yourself and tell me your interests. If you haven't commented before, now's your chance. One of the great things about social media is the interaction between author and audience. The author may offer…
aardvarchaeology | October 7, 2009The seventy-seventh Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at A Place Odyssey. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology!
Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to me. All bloggers with an interest in the subject are welcome to volunteer to me for hosting. The next vacant hosting slot is in less than two weeks, on 21 October. It's a good way to gain readers. No need to be an anthro pro.
emjohnson | October 5, 2009Grrl Scientist has posted The Nobel Prize Edition of Scientia Pro Publica at Living the Scientific Life. Grrl will be leaving for Germany soon so please stop by and congratulate her on another great science carnival.
emjohnson | October 1, 2009The Carnival of Evolution #16: The [find modest synonym for outstanding] edition is now up at Pleiotropy. Head on over and thank Bjørn for another great edition.
jdupuis | October 1, 2009In a reputation economy, social media can provide a powerful set of tools for establishing and enhancing your reputation. An enhanced reputation can lead to enhanced opportunities, in the form of job offers or other professional opportunity.
Academia is a reputation economy, of course, but really any knowledge economy/creative class job is going to be easier to get if you have a good reputation. Which brings us back to social media.
It seems to me that in a competitive job market, students can really make their own applications stand out if they can refer potential employers to a really…
clock | September 30, 2009We are very excited to announce a new sponsor for ScienceOnline2010! It is National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). Among some other ways they will help the meeting get bigger and better than ever, the good folks at NESCent are also going to help two bloggers with travel costs to the conference. Read carefully how you can get one of these two grants:
Application deadline: December 1, 2009  Â
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Are you a blogger who is interested in evolution? The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is offering two travel awards to attend ScienceOnline2010, …