The life of a Ph.D. student is a strange one. Extraordinary focus can be commensurate with a curious sense of solitude. It can be difficult, at times, to escape that unusual sense of detachment from the world around you as you delve deeper into the intricacies of your research. This Read more…
Here are all the cartoons you might have missed over the last week or so. Follow on instagram, twitter or Facebook to see daily cartoons from ErrantScience.
An infographic (in pieces) on the types of people on twitter, based on an original idea by Jojo Scoble. A version of this with Jojo’s taxonomy of twitter users is available on her blog The Online Acadmic!
Social media and science is not for everyone. I am a prolific user of Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram and Vine videos (also occasionally Facebook) and I post tons of content. When my experiments go wrong the very first thing I normally do is photograph it and post it to Twitter. I’m not Read more…
Here’s my guide to using Twitter from a science research perspective. I’ve been asked about this before and I’ve even had to give this as a mini talk so I thought it was time to share it with the world. First a very basic introduction. Twitter is a social network Read more…