Blogging
laelaps | September 30, 2008
The next edition of the paleo-themed blog carnival The Boneyard (#24) will be on exhibition next Tuesday, October 7th, at The Other 95%. It would be nice if, in honor of the host, we could get some cool invert posts in this one (ammonites, rudists, bryozoa, you name it). Whatever paleo posts you might have will work just fine, though, so get them to me or Kevin before next Tuesday if you want in on the next edition!
clock | September 29, 2008Here are another five clips (out of a total of 47) from the Millionth Comment party at the NC Zoo:
sporte | September 29, 2008Calling all scientists and science-fans: you can help with science education by letting students know you're interested. How? Go and comment on classroom blogs and wikis.
I've been gradually collecting some blogs from different classes and I've even had some brave volunteers offer theirs for review.
So here goes:
www.missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog
Ms. Hoffman's AP class blog
Tomorrow's table from Pamela Ronald. This is going to be used for two months by students in a Genetics and Society class.
Biology in Action
Evolution and Diversity (Biol 124) at http://darwinslegacy.blogspot.com…
clock | September 28, 2008When we met at the Zoo we took 47 short movie clips. Here are the first five and I will post the rest over the next few days:
clock | September 26, 2008Remember this?
Well, apparently that blog post (not mine, but the source) raised quite a lot of hackles, so much that the PBS Obmudsman had to step in and try to explain:
But, I have serious problems with the episode that unfolded recently in which a journalism student at New York University, Alana Taylor, authored a Sept. 5 posting as an "embedded" blogger on MediaShift, writing critically about her class content and professor at NYU without informing either the teacher or her classmates about what she was doing. The headline read: "Old Thinking Permeates Major Journalism School." This…
clock | September 26, 2008Jay Rosen. Makes you think. Watch the video here (no idea why there is no embed code#$%%^&*) and read the accompanying blog post here.
The number one reason why journalists should blog is that it tutors you in how the Web works. You learn about open systems, and getting picked up; you become more interactive and have to master the horizontal part-- or your blog fails. Fails to stick.
As I like to say often - "blog is software". But there is more - watch the video.
awild | September 24, 2008Can't devote much to blogging at the moment, but since we're feeling sorry for the dipterists this week here's a fly for you to look at:
Gall Midge, Cecidomyiidae - California
Maybe one of you fly folks could explain in the comments why Cecidomyiids are so cool. Aside from looking like little fairies, that is.
photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon D60
ISO 100, f/13, 1/200 sec, flash diffused through tracing paper
clock | September 24, 2008The PLoS Biology article about science blogs and their (potential) relationship to the academic institutions has, as expected, received quite a lot of coverage in the blogosphere. Nick collects the responses and responds to the responses - join in the conversation in the comments there. Update: So does Tara.
Update: Jessica's post is what I would have written. Now I don't need to - go read hers.
clock | September 24, 2008Since BlogHer cancelled several parts of their Fall Tour, including the one in Greensboro, this does not mean that you go home on Friday night after ConvergeSouth as there WILL be a Saturday program, says Sue.
sciencewoman | September 24, 2008In all the excitement of our weekend travel, two important milestones went by unmentioned. Saturday marked the two-year anniversary of my Ph.D. defense, and the one year anniversary of my move from blogger to ScienceBlogs. In celebration of the latter, I undertook the ambitious and miserably overdue task of updating our blogroll. The old blogroll was nearly as old as Minnow and it didn't reflect the incredible growth in women in STEM related blogs over the past two years.
We've got so many and such excellent blogs in our community these days, that they deserve more than one blogroll. They…
aardvarchaeology | September 24, 2008The fiftieth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Yann Klimentidis' Weblog. Archaeology and anthropology, and all about Belqas, a town in the north-western corner of the Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt.
Belqas comprises in its jurisdictions the well known resort of Gamasa. Belqas is also known for its natural gas fields in the region of Abu Mady. Belqas remains a mainly agricultural region, although it supports some industrial activities such as sugar, rice and plastic factories. Belqas has a very old secondary school which is known to graduate good highly qualified students. This school…
grrlscientist | September 24, 2008The blogosphere, which is that part of the internet occupied by blogs, is experiencing explosive growth. According to Technorati, one of the major blog tracking services on the internet, the number of new blogs created increased from 75,000 to 175,000 per day from April 2007 to April 2008. Currently, there are at least an estimated 112 million active blogs.
These blogs discuss virtually everything from politics to dating, but there is one topic area that lags far behind in this public scrutiny: science. Even though many millions of active blogs exist, it is estimated that only 1500-2500…
purepedantry | September 24, 2008For those of you who are interested in science blogging -- either to ask questions or to start one of your own -- I will be participating in a panel discussion about science blogging next week (Wednesday, Oct. 1st at 7 pm) at the Apple Store in Soho New York. More info here if you would like to attend.
The panel is moderated by Katherine Sharpe and includes fellow SciBlings Jessica Palmer, Steinn Sigurdsson, GrrlScientist, and Brian Switek.
Please come by and join us if you are in the area.
In the vein of the significance of science blogging, SciBlings Shelley Batts, Nick Anthis, and Tara…
laelaps | September 24, 2008Next Wednesday, October 1, I'll be at the Apple Store in SoHo, NYC, talking about science blogging with Jessica, Jake, Steinn, Grrl, and Katherine. You can find out more about the event at the Apple Pro Sessions website, and you can get directions to the SoHo store here.
laelaps | September 23, 2008Even though discussions of it on the web has generally dwindled (it seems some people just can't bear to watch it anymore), Jurassic Fight Club is still generating a few comments and critiques. Over at his recently-minted blog, Sean Craven has posted a series of his thoughts on the show (parts 1, 2, and 3), including ideas about what could have been done better. For those of you frustrated with the show, it is edifying reading.
[Update: Sean has posted an update based upon some responses to his review. Have a look.]
laelaps | September 23, 2008How do the conversations that occur on science blogs foster the development of science in academia? While conferences and papers are certainly an important part of the current scientific infrastructure, conversations about those more formal sources of information have always played a pivotal role in the development of science, and according a new paper published by my fellow ScienceBloggers Shelley Batts, Nick Anthis, and Tara Smith in PLoS, science blogs are a good way to extend those dialogs.
The paper starts out with two well-known success stories; the rapid rise of Pharyngula to…
neurophilosophy | September 22, 2008The current issue of The Economist contains a short article about how weblogs are beginning to change the way science is being communicate:
Earlier this month Seed Media Group...launched the latest version of Research Blogging, a website which acts as a hub for scientists to discuss peer-reviewed science...The new portal provides users with tools to label blog posts about particular pieces of research, which are then aggregated, indexed and made available online.
...According to Adam Bly, Seed's founder, internet-aided interdisciplinarity and globalisation, coupled with a generational…
laelaps | September 22, 2008We're fast approaching the date for the next Boneyard, which will be posted on October 7th. The only problem is that we don't have a host! If you're interested in hosting the next edition send me an e-mail (or say so in the comments of this thread), as the 24th edition deserves a good home.
Update: And we have a winner! The next edition will be hosted at The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Big Lie, so send your submissions in to that blogger or to me within the next two weeks.