Comments on: To Blog or Not To Blog http://deepseanews.com/2009/07/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:14:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alex H. http://deepseanews.com/2009/07/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-7789 Alex H. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:15:32 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=5078#comment-7789 Science blogging is an opportunity for important research to be more easily accessible. This especially holds true for people who don't peruse thousands of peer-reviewed journals night and day, and are just looking for an interesting, researched story. I support the "Nature" editorial comment. Science blogging is an opportunity for important research to be more easily accessible. This especially holds true for people who don’t peruse thousands of peer-reviewed journals night and day, and are just looking for an interesting, researched story.

I support the “Nature” editorial comment.

]]> By: Zen Faulkes http://deepseanews.com/2009/07/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-7538 Zen Faulkes Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:53:11 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=5078#comment-7538 Meetings have always been public venues. A competitor has always been able to walk up to your poster, look at it, and tell anyone they want. I don't get why people think the rules have changed. Meetings have always been public venues. A competitor has always been able to walk up to your poster, look at it, and tell anyone they want. I don’t get why people think the rules have changed.

]]> By: CK http://deepseanews.com/2009/07/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-7532 CK Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:59:07 +0000 http://deepseanews.com/?p=5078#comment-7532 I read (and occasionally write for) science blogs. My feelings are along the lines of Dr. Isis' post (quoted below) except that I think a blog-safe icon would be a good idea: http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/2009/06/all_the_conference_stuff_thats.php "I want to see journalists and bloggers at conferences talking about all the science that is ready to talk about. But, if it's that much a non-issue then bloggers can ask for permission too. I like to talk about my science. I like to see my science discussed. But, as the architect of my science, I need to have the discretion to decide the venue in which my science appears. The answer isn't to ask participants to put a blog-safe icon on posters so that you don't have to interact with the scientists and can crank out as many tweets and posts as fast as possible. It's to talk to the scientists, ask them about their work, and learn the reasonable interpretation of their findings. Otherwise, I'm not gonna lie, I'm gonna start clamming up." I read (and occasionally write for) science blogs. My feelings are along the lines of Dr. Isis’ post (quoted below) except that I think a blog-safe icon would be a good idea:

http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/2009/06/all_the_conference_stuff_thats.php

“I want to see journalists and bloggers at conferences talking about all the science that is ready to talk about. But, if it’s that much a non-issue then bloggers can ask for permission too. I like to talk about my science. I like to see my science discussed. But, as the architect of my science, I need to have the discretion to decide the venue in which my science appears.

The answer isn’t to ask participants to put a blog-safe icon on posters so that you don’t have to interact with the scientists and can crank out as many tweets and posts as fast as possible. It’s to talk to the scientists, ask them about their work, and learn the reasonable interpretation of their findings.

Otherwise, I’m not gonna lie, I’m gonna start clamming up.”

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