Matthew Battles https://scienceblogs.com/ en Aglitter in the net: reading, writing, genes, and leaving your desk https://scienceblogs.com/neuronculture/2010/06/29/aglitter-in-the-net-reading-wr <span>Aglitter in the net: reading, writing, genes, and leaving your desk</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/reading-isnt-just-a-monkish-pursuit-matthew-battles-on-the-shallows/">Reading isn't just a monkish pursuit: Matthew Battles on "The Shallows" » Nieman Journalism Lab</a> More on Carr's ideas from "The Shallows"</p> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2010/06/scienceonline2010_-_interview_57.php">BoraZ interviews Eric Roston </a> and gets some good ideas about journalism and reporting, past, present and future.</p> <p><a href="http://the99percent.com/tips/6650/the-cure-for-creative-blocks-leave-your-desk">The Cure for Creative Blocks? Leave Your Desk.</a> Or why my move to London is a good work idea.</p> <p>Razib says what can't be said too often: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/06/your-genes-are-just-the-odds/">Your genes are just the odds</a></p> <p>Also worth many reminders: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/timeblogs/wellness/~3/JMyTjKsR3Cg/">Healthcare: U.S. spends more, but gets less</a>, from the Well</p> <p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/Bioephemera/~3/V4x9bbjVYW4/not_again_with_the_renaissance.php">Not again with the sekrit Renaissance brain anatomy!</a> But yes: again. </p> <p>I want to see this movie: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nybooks/~3/GWsRjTb3tU4/">Metropolis, Enlarged</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/PD_Smith">@PD_Smith's</a> review of Restless Cities, a collection of urban essays, is a delightful way to start your day. <a href="http://bit.ly/95U4phï">http://bit.ly/95U4phï</a>»¿</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/neuronculture" lang="" about="/neuronculture" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">ddobbs</a></span> <span>Tue, 06/29/2010 - 08:53</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/art" hreflang="en">Art</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/brains-and-minds" hreflang="en">Brains and minds</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/culture-science" hreflang="en">culture of science</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/digital-culture" hreflang="en">Digital culture</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/genetics-genomics-incl-behav-genetics" hreflang="en">Genetics &amp; genomics (incl behav genetics)</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/journalism-media" hreflang="en">Journalism &amp; media</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/reading" hreflang="en">Reading</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/boraz-0" hreflang="en">BoraZ</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cities" hreflang="en">cities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/eric-roston" hreflang="en">Eric Roston</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/fritz-lang" hreflang="en">Fritz Lang</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/healthcare-reform" hreflang="en">healthcare reform</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/matthew-battles" hreflang="en">Matthew Battles</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/metropolis" hreflang="en">Metropolis</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nicholas-carr" hreflang="en">Nicholas Carr</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/pd-smith" hreflang="en">Pd Smith</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/razib-khan" hreflang="en">Razib Khan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/art" hreflang="en">Art</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/culture-science" hreflang="en">culture of science</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/reading" hreflang="en">Reading</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2476189" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1277918042"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Here is a news item that might be up your alley:<br /> "Anger drives support for wartime presidents"<br /> <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news197131402.html">http://www.physorg.com/news197131402.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2476189&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="2mJzbljTI8S-pX4VXzrttXX9g1-NHk-O9eeS-p-Dg0c"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Birger Johansson (not verified)</span> on 30 Jun 2010 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/35242/feed#comment-2476189">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/neuronculture/2010/06/29/aglitter-in-the-net-reading-wr%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:53:19 +0000 ddobbs 143437 at https://scienceblogs.com