Blogging
clock | January 22, 2007Audio of Dr.Willard's talk is here
Update: for ease of use, here it is cut in two:
Part I: 16.6mb
Part II: 10.72mb
Slides of Dr.Stemwedel's talk are here - apparently the mic got turned off after the first 7 minutes of her talk - we may post those later, but slides (and her own pictures and comments) should be sufficient for you to get the idea.
Podcast of the Open Science/Open Notebook sesssion is here.
Check out what people are saying about the conference here (perhaps the best strategy is to go down to the bottom of the page and work your way up until you are exhausted).
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clock | January 22, 2007If you were at the conference on Saturday, please take a couple of seconds to let us know what you think about it by filling this short feedback questionnaire.
And if you post stuff online (blogs, podcasts, photos, videos), do not forget to use the Tag: sciencebloggingconference
clock | January 22, 2007Nature: Science blogger Bora Zivkovic
Nature Newsblog: Science blogger Bora Zivkovic
Addendum: The author/interviewer, of course, blogged about it as well: North Carolina Science Blogging Conference-pt 2-how blogging saved one man's science career
Funny, in order to put that picture of me there, they had to cut out Atrios out of it. Atrios who? See the uncropped original under the fold....
clock | January 22, 2007You may have missed a mild slam of mine I snuck into the middle of this post yesterday (as well as an earlier one), at a guy who thinks he can dictate to a blogger how to blog and what to blog about. He is reviewing all Seed Sciencebloggers without, apparently, digging through anyone's archives to see their formidable output over the months and years of blogging, and without a thought that his notions of what a blog should be about are irrelevant to the blogger, the readers of the blog or the popularity of any particular blog.
Well, I would not review a book without reading the whole thing,…
clock | January 22, 2007I still need from some of you the letters regarding copyright etc., and I need your snail-mail addresses to send to Lulu.com so you can get your free copy shipped to you. Just e-mail me....
clock | January 21, 2007Darren Naish started Tetrapod Zoology a year ago. As a systematist, he does everything systematically, including the analysis of his own year in blogging:
Volume I
Volume II
clock | January 21, 2007A good article in Business Week.
Oh, btw, while I was conferencing, I heard that Clinton and Richardson announced. Anyone surprised?
clock | January 21, 2007More pictures under the fold (until my batteries died). Again, tell me if I misidentified or non-identified somebody:
Abel PharmBoy
Abel again
Amy Hughes
Bill Hooker
Bill Hooker, Zuska, Janet D. Stemwedel, Dave and Greta Munger
Christina
Lenis Chen (left) of DESTINY (science-teaching bus) and Claire Edwards (right) from the American Physiological Association.
Liz (Pump Handle) and Corie (Nature)
Kelly Rae Chi
Paul Jones and some of the swag (before we had to add a second table to accomodate all of it)
Paul Jones again.
Rob Knop
Robert Peterson
More swag
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clock | January 21, 2007On Friday night we had dinner at Town Hall Grill - the service and the food were excellent! Yum! [For those of you not local, the John Edwards campaign headquarters are exactly above on the second floor]
Under the fold you'll see the pictures (let me know if I misidentified or non-identified someone - I will come back to these pictures-posts later and add links to everyone):
This is pretty dark but, you can probably see half of Anton Zuiker's head from behind, Xan Gregg on the left, Bonnie Springer and Eric Roach on the right.
Another mess of a picture...you see Xan Gregg on the left. Behing…
clock | January 20, 2007It must be hard writing a report on a conference where one of the most frequently voiced opinions is that mainstream media reports always get science stories wrong! But, Kristin Collins did a great job describing what just transpired on UNC campus at the Science Blogging Conference in this article (free registration may be required).
Update: The article was re-published in Charleston (SC) Post and Courier: Scientists hope blogging brings discoveries to the masses
Update 2: Syndication works like a charm: Houston Chronicle: Scientists hope blogging boosts public's interest
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clock | January 20, 2007Well, I am back from the Science Blogging Conference, exhilarated and exhausted! After months of preparation, and last few days of frantic last-minute work, the Big Day has come and I could finally relax and enjoy myself. And enjoy it I did! I hope the others did as well.
First order of duty: go say Hello and Thank You to Anton without whose ideas, persistence, hard work and organizational skills, there would have been no conference!
From what we heard in person, everyone was excited about the meeting and voiced hope we will organize it again next year. To make your opinions heard, if…
clock | January 19, 2007Inaugural Edition: Brain Fitness Blog Carnival #1 is up on SharpBrains
There were 21 of us at the dinner tonight and it was grand. I will say more once I have the pictures uploaded. Now I better get my intro for tomorrow in shape and get some sleep before the big event!
clock | January 19, 2007I am about to go to the airport to pick up four attendees. Tomorrow for dinner, we'll be joined by US. Rep. Brad Miller! Never too late to sign up for dinners!
purepedantry | January 19, 2007The Eli Lilly leaked documents story has exploded.
Just to recap, on Dec. 17th last year the NYTimes reported on documents leaked from Eli Lilly that show that the company tried to play down the side effects of Zyprexa, a popular schizophrenia drug. The documents were released by the company to a lawyer suing them on behalf of plaintiffs who got diabetes and other problems while on the drug. These documents were under a court ordered seal.
Then an unrelated lawyer from an unrelated plaintiff case subpoenaed those documents, and he released them to the NYTimes and others. The documents…
clock | January 19, 2007You can hear me talk about the conference on NPR's Marketplace if you listen to this audio file (the segment starts at minute 2:59)
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clock | January 18, 2007Go say Hello to Karen Ventii of ScienceToLife, the newest addition to the ScienceBlogs.com Universe!
clock | January 18, 2007We (Anton, Brian and I) packed hundreds of beautiful bags full of goodies for the conference-goers.
Then, when we were done, we celebrated with a brand new bottle of Croatian slivovitz, tasting just like home, courtesy of Anton's Cleveland friend. Thanks, Anton, the bottle safely made it home and is not empty yet!
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clock | January 18, 2007Just finished with the Skills Sessions. About a dozen new blogs were started there. Everyone works at their own pace, so I'll give them a few days to get their feet wet before I link to them, blogroll them and ask you all to give them some commenting love! They look really promising so far!
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clock | January 18, 2007
Jason Lundberg, Janet Chui, Kipp Bodnar and Denise Haviland are coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | January 18, 2007Criticize Congress go to jail?
"In what sounds like a comedy sketch from Jon Stewart's Daily Show, but isn't, the U. S. Senate would impose criminal penalties, even jail time, on grassroots causes and citizens who criticize Congress.
"Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill currently before the Senate, would require grassroots causes, even bloggers, who communicate to 500 or more members of the public on policy matters, to register and report quarterly to Congress the same as the big K Street lobbyists. Section 220 would amend existing lobbying reporting law by creating the most…