blogging & bloggers

In Protest Of SOPA And PIPA

January 17, 2012

This blog will go dark tomorrow to protest crimes perpetrated by people who know all about the internet aided by their toadies in government who know nothing of it. From SOPAStrike.com: On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need [...]

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It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way, Google (Reader)

November 1, 2011

Yesterday, Google released the overhaul of its feedreader, Reader, which features increased integration with Google’s relatively new answer to Facebook, Google+. If you like auto-spamming your Facebook or Google+ timeline with links to articles minus context or, in general, do not think of the internet as a space in which to share information in a [...]

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Donors Choose And ROCK!

October 25, 2011

The 2011 Science Bloggers for Students online charity challenge was once again a smashing success thanks to all of you who donated. The overall drive brought in more than $51,000 from 698 people. Ocean and Geobloggers brought in around $3100 of that money to which you guys contributed $585 $645! In order of donation date, [...]

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Please Give To Science In Classrooms!

October 5, 2011

Yes, it’s that time of year again when I beseech you, dear readers, to donate to the DonorsChoose Science Bloggers For Students online charity challenge that helps high-poverty science and mathematics classrooms in need. There is a lot less fanfare and competition between us science bloggers this year, but classrooms are more underfunded than ever. [...]

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Scientists On Twitter, Treme Bloggers

July 28, 2011

The American Geophysical Union’s blog interviewed a number of physical scientists on why scientists should use Twitter. My response reflects two important requirements I have of science: that it is increasingly inter-disciplinary and shares findings with the public as much as possible. *** OffBeat Magazine: Treme Bloggers – Ray Shea and I were part of [...]

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Blogs, Newspapers, Your Arm, Whatever. Just Write.

January 21, 2011

Bora Zivkovic: “Not all bloggers want to be journalists.” Bora talks about science blogging in particular, but you could apply his explanation to any discipline. I’d like to add that those of us in New Orleans in late 2005 learned quickly that if we didn’t blog, many local and national journalists would write a limited [...]

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But First, The Hostilidays

December 9, 2010

Aaah, it’s that swell time of year again. Presenting Marshmallow World, now with white boys in Cosby sweaters. Money shots at 2:02 and 2:17. Don’t forget to check out other entries scattered across the NOLA blogosphere, especially Suspect Device’s latest. It takes the fruitcake. Tweet

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Give Me Ideas For A New Professional Women Geoscientists’ Network

November 12, 2010

I belong to a professional geophysical society whose executive committee has proposed the formation of a women’s network. Similar networks are American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ PROWESS committee and Society of Professional Engineers’ Women’s Network. Why bother? Who’s going to fulfill your energy requirements, for starters? Consider it a staffing problem. A large hurdle for [...]

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Thank You, Donors Choose Participants!

November 11, 2010

As you can tell from the sidebar, the 2010 Science Bloggers For Students fundraising campaign is officially over. Anna Doherty of Donors Choose sent us some wonderful news today: I wanted to send out a HUGE THANK YOU for all the awesome work that went into making Science Bloggers for Students a success.  472 citizen [...]

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Why Blogging Still Matters

October 12, 2010

O’Reilly Radar interviews Anil Dash on the enduring power of blogs … That was the promise we had when we all first discovered the web. Someday it would bring us all together and we’d be able to have these conversations. It’s not perfect. It’s not ideal. But in some small way here’s somebody like me [...]

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