I started blogging in 2007, at my mother’s deathbed. This isn’t the story I usually tell. I usually say that I always liked to write, and that I was inspired by the communications education at the Scripps Center for Marine Biodiversity & Conservation, and that I had been reading other blogs like Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: To take arms against a sea of troubles: my life in blogging, and farewell
For the lay science enthusiast and the scientist interested in fields other than their own alike, there are few better perspectives you could get on the current state of things than “The Open Laboratory 2010: The best of science writing on the web”. Compiled by “Blogfather” and series editor Bora Zivkovic, who blogs at Blog . . . → Read More: Book Review: Open Laboratory 2010
I am very excited to announce that the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center will be offering two travel awards for ScienceOnline 2010. These will be awarded for the best of evolutionary writing on the Web that features new and emerging evolutionary research in 2009. See below for the full announcement. Are you a blogger who is . . . → Read More: Travel Awards for ScienceOnline 2010
One of my favorite remarks from the reviews of Deep Sea News over the years was “… gotta love them niche blogs”. I don’t see it in our current reviews, but trust me its been said, and it runs through my mind every time I see a new and fascinating blog. Consider Through the Sandglass, . . . → Read More: Who are you calling a niche blog?
By Dr. M, on  July 10th, 2009 Conferences, Open Access, Opinion & Editorial, Reviews blogging, Cold Springs Harbor, Conference, journal, Nature, reporting Recently, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory said it would require bloggers to ask permission before blogging about a presentation, just like reporters. A surprising editorial in Nature says “not only is that a bad idea, but it should just be disregarded.” Nature has made the case that blogging by researchers is good. Critical discussion of worthy . . . → Read More: To Blog or Not To Blog
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