Blogging
clock | December 11, 2008Sam Dupuis (yes, the son of John) contacted Michael Nielsen and posted a nice, smart, long blog interview. Check it out.
clock | December 11, 2008Last night was the first time we had a Triangle blogger meetup at the new Carrboro Creative Coworking place. Wayne Sutton, John Rees, Rob G, Jeff Cohen, Jim Buie, Brian Russell and I got together and talked about Twitter and FriendFeed, about engaging the commenters and moderating comments, and many other things. That was fun.
clock | December 10, 2008YouTube Usage Decoded:
Why are certain videos on YouTube watched millions of times while 90 percent of the contributions find only the odd viewer? A new study reveals that increased attention in social systems like the YouTube community follows particular, recurrent patterns that can be represented using mathematical models.
The Internet platform YouTube is a stomping ground for scientists looking to investigate the fine mechanism of the attention spiral in social systems. How is it possible, for example, that one YouTube video of a previously unknown comedian from Ohio can be viewed over ten…
sciencewoman | December 10, 2008Remember the post on "Negotiating Beer with the Guys on a Job Interview"? from back in August. We had a lively discussion in the comment thread on the way a teetotaler interviewee could handle an interview schedule that included "throwing a few back" in a tailgate reception.
Today, a new comment popped up in the thread. And it's from the chair of the search committee.... For your ease, I've reprinted it below.
Hello all,
This message is coming to you from the chair of the search committee. That's right, somehow the internet, including blogs like this one, gets to institutions like mine. It…
skookumchick | December 9, 2008Bora has posted a list here of all the nominated posts to his Open Lab Anthology. While we don't yet know who will "make it" into the top 50, I was pleased to see some posts from Sciencewomen were nominated. Thanks to the nominator(s)! and go check out all the other great posts people put in the online pot.
clock | December 9, 2008Tina writes - Kinesthetic Learners: Why Old Media Should Never Die:
.....Many classrooms, however, don't offer this type of kinesthetic learning. The hands-on learner is left to fend for themselves and more often than not the only physical interaction they get is with the learning material itself.
You've seen them before. Sometimes, it's a student whose fingers trace the words as they read them. Or the highlighter: the student who makes a colored mosaic of their text as they try to physically interact with the material. Even note-taking is a kinesthetic activity. In a variety of subtle ways,…
clock | December 9, 2008Krugman goes to Stockholm to get a Nobel and give a speech, posts his slides on his blog and apologizes for "light blogging lately" using a LOLcat.
The future is bright....
clock | December 8, 2008Pulitzer Prizes Broadened to Include Online-Only Publications Primarily Devoted to Original News Reporting:
New York, Dec. 8, 2008 - The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, which honor the work of American newspapers appearing in print, have been expanded to include many text-based newspapers and news organizations that publish only on the Internet, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced today. [Who defines "newspaper" and "news organization"? Can I claim "A Blog Around The Clock" as one of those if I call it that way? If not, why not? Who decides?]
The Board also has decided to allow entries made up…
sciencewoman | December 8, 2008One of the perks of blogging at ScienceBlogs is that our overlords send us free copies of Seed magazine. In fact, Seed loves me so much that they send me two free copies of every issue, even though I've asked them to stop. This is an especially interesting issue, with profiles of global science funding and education, a survey of 1000 scientists, and an interview with Craig Venter. So, what to do with the second copy? One for upstairs and one for down? Wait, I've got a better idea...I'll send it to a blog reader.
But who to send it to? I know, I'll do a scavenger hunt. Below the fold, I've…
clock | December 7, 2008Nina Simon explains:
Getting a good comment is like getting a million puppies in the mail. I am so so so grateful whenever you write back and share your thoughts with all those faceless people and with me. But I've also learned not to rely on or have an unhealthy relationship with that gratitude. I'm ecstatic when you comment. I'm thrilled when someone links to me. I'm elated by reader numbers. But what keeps me going is an interest in writing, learning, and sharing
Read the whole thing - it is detailed and good.
clock | December 7, 2008Triangle bloggers will meet at Carrboro Creative Coworking on Wednesday, December 10th at 6pm. Please join us if you can.
clock | December 6, 2008Thanks to DrugMonkey for the reminder. We do this meme every year in December - the only rule is to "post the link and first sentence from the first blog entry for each month of the past year." Here we go (ClockQuotes are usually the first post of the day and thus of the month, so there is not much in terms of my own words):
January:
A man may fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame someone else.
February:
I have called this principle, by which, each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.
March:
Two things are aesthetically…
clock | December 6, 2008Michelle asks: What Kind of Online Superhero Are You?
The easiest way to think of this is through superheroes, of course. In many comics such as Superman, Spiderman, and Batman, the protagonist has double life. The characters seem to cherish both roles-the closeness of relationships with others in the standard life and the power and responsibility of the superhero life. In other comics such as X Men, the hero and the person are the same. Wolverine, although sometimes escaping into solitude as Logan, is always a Mutant. Jean Grey is always Jean Grey and Storm is always Storm. There is no…
clock | December 6, 2008erv and Ed Yong discuss science, blogging, science communication, HIV, and, er, vampires....
clock | December 5, 2008Not so long ago, the four existing anthropology bloggers were wondering "where are the others?" Now, there are so many that one can pick the Top 100 and still leave some excellent blogs out! Check them out. Who is missing from the list?
clock | December 5, 2008Euan analyzed connectivity of science blogs using their blogrolls, revealing a Big Head, a Skinny Neck and a Long Tail, as expected in every community. Linkfests, carnivals, aggregators, commenting on each other's blogs, signing up for ResearchBlogging.org, showing up at meetups and conferences - all of these are methods for people to move from the end of the Long Tail into the neck and head.
Christina did something similar and her lecture on this will be live video streamed on Wednesday (Dec.10th) from 14:15 till 14:45 American Eastern Standard Time (EST).
This also depends on the definition…
clock | December 4, 2008
Nomination for 2008 Edublog Awards is now closed and you can now go and vote.
Go and check them all out - there are some great edublogs there I was not aware of from before. This is how I voted:
1. Best individual blog
Using Blogs in Science Education
2. Best group blog
360
3. Best new blog
Teaching in Second Life
4. Best resource sharing blog
Discovering Biology in a Digital World
5. Most influential blog post
THE MACGYVER PROJECT
6. Best teacher blog
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
7. Best librarian / library blog
Blue Skunk Blog
8. Best educational tech support blog
JoeWoodOnline
9. Best…
clock | December 4, 2008Remember the Millionth Comment Contest? Remember that Peggy Kolm won it?
Well, she is in NYCity now on her winner's trip and blogging about it. Stay tuned over there, as this is just the first of four days...
clock | December 3, 2008I promised solutions in 24 hours, and it's been a little more than that now, so here are the sources:
1. I suppose that the mere fact that I was in the company of two friends itself proves that I wasn't actually some kind of hermit when it came to my rat studies.
Rats by Robert Sullivan (not a blogger, as far as I know)
2. They're screwing the security guards in the bathroom.
The Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani
3. By the end of the nineteenth century, organic synthesis was widely accepted and the vital force theory was abandoned.
Tomorrow's Table by Pamela Ronald
4. Cyanobacteria…
laelaps | December 3, 2008
The Boneyard #26 is now up for your viewing pleasure. It's a really good one, and my only regret is that I didn't have the time to write up an entry for it!