Category: Social Networking Scientists
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Science Online 2010
This last weekend I burned several month’s worth of Science Friday and This Week in Science episodes to CDs for the ride and made my yearly trip to the Sigma Xi conference center in Durham North Carolina to spend a couple days being overwhelmed with fantastic resources, ideas, and projects in the realm of online…
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Science Online 2009
Bora Zivkovic and Anton Anton Zuiker Kick Off the Conference The last two years I have had the pleasure of attending Seed Media’s blogtogether.org’s yearly Science Blogging conference in Research Triangle (See previous years’ posts 2007 here and 2008 here, here, and here). Each year I come away from the conference brimming with so much…
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David Ng’s on my Facebook!
David Ng is a difficult name to research as, Mr. Ng himself writes, there are a bazillion David Ng’s in the world; however, “David Ng” is also a few genes: Currently, the code for DAVIDNG9 can be found only in the genetic instructions of one Thermus Aquaticus, a very old species of bacteria that have…
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Boo-Yaaa! Janet D. stemwedel’s on my Facebook!
Behold the latest addition to my Facebook trophy friends! Dr (X 2) Janet D. Stemwedel Photo by base10 Janet Stemwedel (Bio here and homepage here) has two, count ’em, two Ph.D’s. One in chemistry from Stanford University, and then went for another in Philosophy from San Jose State University. This consilience of academic disciplines gives…
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Interview with A Blog Around the Clock
Check it out! I’m famous! Kids with ‘Dr’ in front of their names: Interview with Ryan Somma Hyper-Cool Infrared Ryan Check out all the other SBC’08 Interviews here. Bora’s posting one a day, and there are many more to come, which means many more interesting science blogs to discover. : )
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New Facebook Trophy Friend: Phil Plait
Phil Plait on My Facebook Look upon my Facebook Friends List ye mighty and despair!!! Author of the Bad Astronomy blog, Phil Plait’s book Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing is highly recommended by the National Science Teachers Association. He has a new book, Death from the Skies, due…
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North Carolina Science Blogging Conference 2008 (NCSBC 2008)
I attended NCSBC 2008 this last weekend, and I’ve got much to write about on it. Just like last year’s event I’m left will a great deal to mull over, new intellectual avenues to pursue, and issues to work out. Bora Zivkovic has the best roundup of coverage from the conference, including several videos of…
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PZ Myers is Rockin’ on my Facebook! Suck it H8rs!!!
PZ Myers on my Facebook A Biology professor at the University of Minnesota, PZ Myer’s sharp wit and powerful logic put the smack down on Intelligent Design’s anti-science agenda. For the last five years, Myer’s evolution-promotin’, evangelical-blastin’, cephalopod-appreciatin’ blog Pharyngula has generated between 10,000 and 25,000 hits daily and posts that exceed hundreds of comments.…
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Andrew Kavanagh’s on my Facebook!
Hey all you “cool” kids from my high school, remember this? Ryan: Hey guys! Can I ride to school with you? Cool Kids: Okay Ryan, but we can’t be seen with you, so you’ll have to ride in the trunk. Ryan: Sweet! Now I won’t be like all those losers who ride the bus to…
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My Faith in Ira Flatow has Not Improved
Ira Flatow responded to my friend’s request on Facebook (still denied), after I wrote to him back in September explaining my obsession with collecting Science exponents on social networking sites and singing their praises when they add me. This was his response: To Ira’s credit, he did actually click the link to my blog. To…
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Dr. Kirsten H. Sanford’s on my Facebook!
Food Science with Dr. Kiki Sanford No wonder my mom says I’m cool. Doctor Kirsten (“Kiki”) H. Sanford, Ph.D hosts this week in science radio show and podcast, authors The Bird’s Brain blog, co-created the Unicorn Museum website brilliantly parodying the Creation Museum, and stars in the totally ass-kicking anything-goes culinary ninja videoblog Food Science,…
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Ira Flatow Doesn’t Get Social Networking
Ira Flatow Ira Flatow, host of NPR’s Science Friday has denied my request to be added as his friend on both MySpace and Facebook. That’s okay. I didn’t wanna be Ira Flatow’s friend anyhow. He’s a big stupid dummy head. Ira’s new book is called Present at the Future. Phooey! Why would I read about…