Bora has a post taking issue with the claim made in Slate’s blogging guide article that blog posts should be short. At least, I think that was his point– the post was much too long, and I didn’t read it all. I’m constantly amazed by how evergreen the “how to blog” topic is. It’s just… Continue reading Blogging Is Not Complicated
Category: Blogs
Bloggers vs. Journalists, Aleph-Nought in a Series
What with one thing and another, I didn’t watch this week’s Bloggingheads Science Saturday– Kate’s parents were visiting, and then there was the Snowpocalypse, and I have book edits to finish, and I don’t enjoy the John Horgan/ George Johnson pairing all that much. Apparently, I really missed out, because three-quarters of the way through,… Continue reading Bloggers vs. Journalists, Aleph-Nought in a Series
World’s Deadliest Novel?
The Yorkshire Ranter points out the similarities between last week’s horrific attacks in Mumbai and Frederick Forsyth’s The Dogs of War, and dubs it the “world’s deadliest novel.” Steinn picks up on this, and wonders if it’s accurate: The plot of Dog’s of War is a coup in an African country, and it seems likely… Continue reading World’s Deadliest Novel?
Me On TV (On the Internet)
As mentioned briefly the other day, I recorded a Bloggingheads.tv Science Saturday conversation with Jennifer Ouellette on Thursday. The full diavlog has now been posted, and I can embed it here: This was the first time I’ve done one of these, and it was an interesting experience.
Best Blogging of the Year
Bora’s beating the drum for submissions to this year’s science blogging anthology. He doesn’t seem to be suffering from a lack of submissions, but if you’ve got something you would like to see re-printed in dead tree form, submit it before December 1. I’m not clear whether this will be going through Lulu again this… Continue reading Best Blogging of the Year
Imminent Death of the Blogosphere Predicted, .GIF at 11
The announcement of Cosmic Variance’s sell-out has prompted some people to link to Nicholas Carr’s lament for days gone by: Blogging seems to have entered its midlife crisis, with much existential gnashing-of-teeth about the state and fate of a literary form that once seemed new and fresh and now seems familiar and tired. And there’s… Continue reading Imminent Death of the Blogosphere Predicted, .GIF at 11
The Rich Get Richer, Internet Edition
Via FriendFeed, an interesting analysis of Internet traffic at compete.com. They set out to test the assertion that the “Long Tail” of low-traffic sites account for more traffic than they used to, and found exactly the opposite– the share of all pageviews for the top ten domains increased from 29% to 40% between 2001 and… Continue reading The Rich Get Richer, Internet Edition
Why Doesn’t Blogging Generate More Science?
Steinn responds to yesterday’s post about his comments about science blogging. I’m going to continue the tradition of responding here, rather than in his comments, because, well, I need something to post today. He concedes that outreach is a worthy purpose of blogging, but continues to be concerned about blogging as a tool for more… Continue reading Why Doesn’t Blogging Generate More Science?
What Is the Use of [Academic Discipline] Blogging?
Steinn asks a provocative question: has science blogging done any good? I can think of science policy issues where blogging has made a contribution, and the general spread of information and communication done by blogs has probably had some impact, but has any actual science been directly impacted by blogs, or discussion on blogs? I… Continue reading What Is the Use of [Academic Discipline] Blogging?
Weird Windows by Various Authors
I tagged Ethan Zuckerman’s post abpout video “windows” to other places in a links dump recently. The idea is to put big video screens and cameras in fast-food restaurants around the world, and provide virtual “windows” into other restaurants in other countries. In talking about the idea, Ethan threw out a great aside: (If I… Continue reading Weird Windows by Various Authors