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Category Archives: The Interwebz
Too Many Tweets Make A… Historical Record?
In which we debate the historical usefulness of hashtags, especially in connection with scientific conferences like IUPS 2013. I occasionally get asked, within my University and even beyond it, to pose as some kind of social media expert. Which I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, History, Physiology, The Interwebz, The Life Scientific
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No passion please, we’re scientists
In which I put a damper on all this over-invoked passion. Regular readers of this blog (you know who you are, you two – stop giggling at the back), or of others in the OT stable where I can be … Continue reading
Posted in Annoyances, Grumbling, The Interwebz, The Life Scientific, Uncategorized
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Job or vocation
I have recently been doing a bit of live on-line virtual commentating. Strange but true. I’m not sure exactly why. Perhaps it is another of my frustrated ambitions to be a sports commentator (of which more later). Or an online … Continue reading
Posted in Chess, Conferences, Nerdishness, The Interwebz, The Life Scientific, Uncategorized
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In praise of the somewhat shambolic
The Scienceblogs saga continues to rumble on, with more people quitting – the departure of Bora Zivkovic making perhaps the biggest ripples in this latest group – and now PZ Myers going on strike (see some discussion in the comments … Continue reading
Posted in Annoyances, Grumbling, The Interwebz
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Just when I thought I was out…
In case you’re wondering where I’ve been (and I’m sure no-one was): apart from grading a few essays, and servicing my growing Twitter addiction, I have done what I regularly swear I won’t and got involved in an argument with … Continue reading
Posted in Annoyances, Medicine, Pseudoscience, The Interwebz
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