Feb

26

The Move is Complete

February 26, 2007 | 1 Comment

The move is now complete! After this I will be changing only “minor” details. Please let me know if you detect any errors or inconsistencies. Thanks. I will restart posting very soon.

Feb

23

Moving from TypePad to WordPress

February 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In the last few days, I’ve been preparing the move of this blog from TypePad to WordPress. I hope everything will be OK soon, but expect some turbulence around here in the next few days. I will post again after setting everything up.

Jan

21

Physics 2.0

January 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Talking physics in the social Web. ‘From “blogs” to “wikis”, the Web is now more than a mere repository of information. Martin Griffiths investigates how this new interactivity is affecting the way physicists communicate and access information.’
Brave new Web. ‘Physicists need to keep abreast of the latest changes in science publishing.’
Mixed States - The work [...]

Oct

1

Triangle Science Blogging Conference

October 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The Triangle Science Blogging Conference will be a day-long conference Saturday, January 20, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is a free, open and public event for scientists, educators, students, journalists, bloggers and anyone interested in discussing science communication, education and literacy — and [...]

Jul

6

Top Science Blogs

July 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Nature: Top five science blogs. ‘Weblogs written by scientists are relatively rare, but some of them are proving popular. Out of 46.7 million blogs indexed by the Technorati blog search engine, five scientists’ sites make it into the top 3,500. Declan Butler asks the winners about the reasons for their success.’
50 Popular Science Blogs
Related: RSS [...]

May

1

About Science Blogs

May 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment

If Einstein were a blogger… ‘At first glance, the wild, wooly world of blogs and the sober, serious world of science shouldn’t mix. After all, blogs — or personal Web logs — are all about opinions and attitude, with logic playing second fiddle to outrage. Turns out, however, that science and attitude combine quite well. [...]

Aug

4

Science Blogs

August 4, 2005 | 1 Comment

The Power of the Blog. ‘Few scientists have caught on to the Internet’s power of posting, commenting, and debating – where are the rest?’

May

5

University students blogs

May 5, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Just do it … blog it. ‘Students who write online journals or weblogs often do so as a way to keep in touch with family and friends from pre-university life. They generally find their own way to it, but some universities are starting to encourage students to keep weblogs.’

Apr

28

A very good list of Science weblogs

April 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Scientific weblogs. ‘The editor(s) of Scientific American has one, Science magazine has one, I have one. That’s right people, be prepared for the rise of the academic weblog.’

Apr

21

It is easy…

April 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment

10 Tips for Bloggers. ‘There are no hard and fast rules on how to blog. Having said that, bloggers will likely increase their exposure by following some simple blog guidelines.’

Jan

18

Weblogg-ed: Weblogs as Pedagogy

January 18, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Weblogs as Pedagogy