Did anyone else browse the current issue of Nature, spot this article’s title, and think it was going to be a self-help piece for addicts?
Just me?
Carry on.
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rENNISance woman by Cath Ennis
Matt Brown said: "You can blog about whatever you wish, as long as it is related to science and research". His wish is my command! Here are some snippets from my life as a cancer research grant wrangler in Vancouver. Mostly the silly bits.
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12 step programme
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- Wednesday, 08 Jul y 2009 - 20:46 UTC
Last updated: Wednesday, 08 Jul 2009 - 20:46 UTC
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I am preparing my rebuttal as we speak…
Initially, I was more concerned by this one – a genome paper from a Korean group headed by Kim Jong Il! Apparently, not the tracksuit wearing dictator however.
Nice! Well spotted!
Oh, and Tee hee! Ian said butt!
(My brain doesn’t work properly after a morning of sustained number crunching. You may have already noticed this).
We like to have our little laugh – glad it is infectious!
I set up a Nature Network forum to discuss the self-help editorial, by the way – it is here. Looking forward to any views.
Next issue – President of France reports invention of fab new synthetic for making burkhas.
You clearly know your audience well!
How to stop blogging:
Step 1. admitting you have a problem.
That’s why I clicked the link ;)
I did click thinking cold turkey was going to be suggested! I’m torn on the issue discussed in the article. Discussion and presentation of unpublished work at conferences feels like an endangered species as it is, without people panicking about their results being tweeted? Making the organizer policy clear up front is a good suggestion anyway.
I agree Sarbjit, it is rare these days to hear anyone present unpublished work at meetings and conferences. I wonder if the “tweeting” of results from talks will be self-defeating? That is, by further discouraging presenters from disclosing unpublished results, there may in fact be nothing novel discussed to tweet about?
Yeah, “Dr X gives exact same talk as last year” is not going to be the most interesting tweet in the world. But it would give you that feeling of “being there”.
But if you were there last year anyway? I hear what you’re saying though, tweeting feels much more in the moment/real-time than a formal meeting report. Tweet-friendliness is likely pretty field dependent I suspect.
Actually Darren and Cath, maybe the Dr. X tweet would push them to fire up Powerpoint?