clock | June 19, 2010Christine Ottery, on her awesome new blog Women's Mag Science (check older posts) did a very interesting interview with Dr. Petra Boynton about the way sex surveys in women's magazines are done, and how misleading they often are. Watch the video:
The quick and dirty world of women's magazines from Christine Ottery on Vimeo.
clock | June 18, 2010A principle is one thing; a maxim or rule is another. A principle requires liberality; a rule says, "one tenth." A principle says "forgive"; a rule defines "seven times."
- F. W. Robertson
clock | June 18, 2010Back in 1999, during the NATO bombing of Belgrade, Salon.com bragged that they could send a reporter to Serbia - the first online-only magazine to do such a thing. That was a sign that online-only journalism was maturing. But Dave Winer, while agreeing this is a sign of maturity for a US-based outlet, voiced the opinion that the Web was already there, in Yugoslavia, and that the people were on it, using it. Last week, Dave remembered that episode in a different context and I have, in a few posts before (regarding Mumbai attacks and Iran revolution), wondered why would American audience put…
clock | June 18, 2010There are 20 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
A Locomotor Innovation Enables Water-Land Transition in a Marine Fish:
Morphological innovations that significantly enhance performance capacity may enable exploitation of new resources and invasion of new…
clock | June 17, 2010Faces are as legible as books, with this in their favor, that they may be perused in much less time, and are less liable to be misunderstood.
- F. Saunders
clock | June 17, 2010There are new articles in four PLoS journals today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Variable Mutation Rates as an Adaptive Strategy in Replicator Populations:
For evolving populations of replicators, there is much evidence that the effect of mutations on fitness depends on the…
clock | June 16, 2010It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
- Elizabeth II
clock | June 16, 2010First piece of news, there is a new PLoS app for iPad. Even if you don't have this new gadget, you can download it and test-run it and post a review here - we appreciate all the feedback.
Second piece of news is that the PLoS physical office in San Francisco is moving to a new location - it was busting at its seams even back in 2007 when I went there, it is just too small to contain all the new employees that needed to be hired in order to keep up with the growth of the operation, especially PLoS ONE.
Third piece of news is that Brian Mossop just got hired as community manager for PLoS Hubs…
clock | June 16, 20103rd PechaKucha Night event June 17th!
May 24, 2010--Raleigh, NC - Triangle PechaKucha is pleased to announce their third PechaKucha Night sponsored by Lonerider Beer, Relevance and Yelp!. The event will take place in Durham, NC, on June 17th, 2010, at 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:30). The event is free, but to attend you must register. Space is limited. Go here to register.
What is it? PechaKucha Nights are local idea-sharing events in the 20 x 20 format: speakers present 20 slides for 20 seconds per slide. Slides advance automatically to keep things moving forward at a rapid pace. Anyone can…
clock | June 15, 2010Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and sometimes its awakener.
- F. Marion Crawford
clock | June 14, 2010Sometimes we need to separate the facts and figures from the people we are dealing with, in order to make things work out.
- Everette Huskey
clock | June 14, 2010Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years' interviews as well: 2008 and 2009.
Today, I asked Julie Kelsey to answer a few questions.
Welcome to A Blog Around The Clock. Would you, please, tell my readers a little bit more about yourself?
My name is Julie Bloss Kelsey. I am a full-time stay-at-home mom and a part-time freelance writer with a…
clock | June 14, 2010The list is growing fast - check the submissions to date and get inspired to submit something of your own - an essay, a poem, a cartoon or original art.
The Submission form is here so you can get started. Under the fold are entries so far, as well as buttons and the bookmarklet. The instructions for submitting are here.
You can buy the last four annual collections here. You can read Prefaces and Introductions to older editions here.
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clock | June 13, 2010A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.
- Euripides
clock | June 12, 2010The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.
- Eric Hoffer
clock | June 11, 2010Carnival of the Blue #37 is up on Blogfish
I and the Bird #127 is up on The Drinking Bird
Friday Ark #299 is up on Modulator
clock | June 11, 2010Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world.