When “Work Blog” started, the idea was that I would write to “my mother” about what I was doing at work. Well, I have been wracking my brains, and the best that I can come up with at the moment is something that I am supposed to do every second Monday:
Provide a list of newly published Nature Protocols that can be added to chemistry@nature.
These protocols get added to the chemistry e-alert that is sent every second Friday, and are archived in the research collection under a list of handy keywords. When I was at my most prolific (editorially speaking) and when Baldo Lucchese was still working with us (in 2006 and 2007), Nature Protocols contributed loads and loads of manuscripts in the synthetic category, but now most of ours that are relevant probably find their way into biochemistry.
I notice, looking at the homepage for chemistry@nature, that there is also a Chemistry Podcast! Goodness me! Things have really moved on in the last year – I must try to listen to that at home!
I confess I have not really got my head round this podcast thing, despite not having the excuse of “I have returned from maternity leave, and will probably start out by blogging about work, as this seems All Very New again.” – and despite being mother of two teenagers. I’ve always been more of a reader than a listener. Though everyone says these podcasts are great – I admit to having a hankering for the one called “neuropod”, sounds lovely!
This is only the third podcast of any sort that I have ever listened to. The reasons have almost nothing to do with the maternity leave thing, and are as follows:
1. I don’t like putting anything into my ears so listening while commuting has not really been an option.
2. I don’t multitask effectively.
Perhaps I should make a CD of science podcasts to play when I need to lie down with my eyes shut as they do seem to be very good!
PS. I have just heard on the podcast that there is a Nature Video Channel on youtube! Whatever next!