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On the good and evil of scientific stories.
tl;dr: telling a good story is a vital tool in science communication, but it’s easy to go too far for a simple narrative. If you’ve read this blog, attended a talk that I’ve given, or sat in on one of...
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Academentia and the iPad: an update from 2010.
Daniel Bogan via Compfight Prompted by a conversation on Twitter yesterday, I revisited my old ‘how I use my iPad in academia’ post and since it’s been about 2.5 years, it seemed time for an update....
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Social media and academics…
“Did you hear about that new paper?” — Tarik Browne via Compfight If you’re reading this, then chances are pretty good that you’re an academic who uses social media on a reasonably frequent basis....
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Academics and social media: the talk that you helped me write!
When I asked about academics’ use of social media, I got a gratifying number of responses that helped inform the content of the talk I’ll be giving next week at the GSA 2013 conference here at UNSW. I...
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Your voice here: social media for academics, objections edition.
“Twitter, huh? That’s just a bunch of people talking about what they had for lunch, right?” *headdesk* Hands up if you’ve heard that one. Or any of the other clichéd objections to the use of social...
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Some tips for an academic job talk over Skype…
I recently had the experience of applying for a postdoctoral position at A Very Important University and made the shortlist to be interviewed. Now, let’s face it, that’s a pretty terrifying thing to...
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Hug an advisor today.
It’s inevitable. Put two or more grad students1 in a room, and sooner or later the talk will turn to advisors; wait a little while longer and chances are good that someone will start complaining...
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Nobel prize or GTFO.
After reading this great and thought-provoking post by scicurious on ‘failure’ in academia, I came across this comment (which was itself a reply to another comment): Jenna, with respect, this is a...
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Who is Andrew Fabich?
tl;dr: Andrew Fabich is a creationist 'microbiologist' at Liberty University who isn't a great scientist. Who is Andrew Fabich? This question has haunted me since I watched the debate between Ken Ham...
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Science isn’t a pizza, so stop slicing it up.
Praj, author of the blog Do I Need Evolution, drives me nuts. Don’t get me wrong, he seems like a nice guy and a well-meaning one at that. Yet as one of the new wave of commentators on the science vs...
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