When I was a relatively young scientist just starting out in the big world of science I, like most people, didn’t have the slightest clue about almost any of the actual day to day workings of a research job. My most googled for things in my first days of work were Read more…
Now, before I start, I need to explain something – I attended SET for Britain in early March and the original post was written shortly after. However, there was one point I wasn’t happy with, that needed further investigation. Which then took 3 months. So apologies for the time delay, but it’s very Read more…
As I covered a couple of weeks ago i recently attended a very different seminar/conference/symposium which was objectively awesome. The morning after was a bit hangover-y but such is the price you pay for ‘socilaising’. And because I was worried I hadn’t traveled (and drunk) quite enough yet, last week I was off in Read more…
This week I am attending the conference Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS) in Brazil. At the conference I am presenting a poster on some work I did earlier this year. I’ve done posters before but this time I decided to go a bit more infographic/cartoony with it.
So last week I had the pleasure of attending one of most unusual meetings I’ve ever been at. Normally when I visit other universities to meet other research teams, I am treated to a conference room with fluorescent lights and an urn of coffee. It’s not the fault of the hosts it’s simply all Read more…
Regular readers may note that last month I detailed some tips for people giving presentations. But after writing it, I realised that I had focused on the wrong group of people. Presenters can’t move for advice on how to present, but as an attendee you are left to fend for yourselves in a Read more…
UPDATE: I’ve had a parenting emergency so can’t make it for the Friday sessions 🙁 UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Parenting emergency dealt with so I’m heading down today! Yay! This weekend (Friday 14th and Saturday the 15th) I’m going to be in London attending SpotOn 14. SpotOn is a cool Read more…
I suppose the first thing to do is actually tell you what EGU is. EGU stands for European Geosciences Union (the parties are legendary), and it was formed in 2002. They hold an annual conference in Vienna, Austria; and pretty much every gorram person on the planet attends. At least, Read more…
ScienceOnline Together 14 (Scio14) was held last week in Raleigh, North Carolina in the US. It’s a huge conference all about the future of science online and involves a lot of discussion about how best to communicate science using some of the new online tools available. I would have loved Read more…
One year ago this month I started OpenOptics.info a departmental blog, which became the pre-cursor of Errant Science. While I had run a blog before, OpenOptics was purely science focused and actually in my name, as opposed to a deniable pseudonym. To say I was out of my depth is a Read more…