blogging & bloggers

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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Science Bloggers For Students Challenge!

October 8, 2010

It starts with education. We’re not inspiring children. Somewhere down the line we forgot that science and engineering were creative, exciting, and rewarding—that they could achieve the impossible and change the world. We need to look at how we teach, test, and challenge children. I can see why No Child Left Behind is increasingly coming [...]

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Narratives a.k.a. Of Happy Hive Minds And Prevailing Versions Of History

September 3, 2010

It appears America up and exploded in these past few weeks. Specifically in the last few days. But It’s All Under Control. As you were. On August 22nd, a 400-person riot broke out in the peaceful, hippie-beatnik town of Ft. Collins, Colorado. Irony: It happened right after Earth, Wind & Fire performed at something called [...]

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Checking In

September 1, 2010

This blog post from the second segment of my two-week, four-city tour. New Orleans – Colorado – Columbus – Akron – home. America, f*** yeah! The fifth annual Rising Tide conference was a great success as was the A Howling In The Wires book launch. There are posts coming on the experiences of moderating the [...]

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