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The fifth edition of Praxis, the new carnival about the academic life, is online at Effortless Incitement with all sorts of interesting posts on a range of issues to do with the scientific life!

The next edition will be arriving on January 15th 2009, at the home of the Pod Black Cat, in my opinion one of the best writers in the community.

Welcome to the 4th edition of Praxis, and the first edition to be held at the home of Praxis, and embarassingly late due to a temporary blockage in the Windsor internet pipes or something. So without further ado, here are the entries for this month!

The third edition of Praxis, the new carnival about the academic life, is online at The Other 95% with all sorts of interesting posts on a range of issues to do with the scientific life!

The next edition will be arriving on November 15th, right at The Lay Scientist.

More Information:
- Call for Posts and Hosts
- Hosting Schedule

The second edition of Praxis, the new carnival about the academic life, is online at Life 3.0 with all sorts of interesting posts on a range of issues to do with the scientific life!

The next edition will be arriving on October 15th, at The Other 95%.

More Information:
- Call for Posts and Hosts
- Hosting Schedule

Profuse apologies for the delay of Praxis #2, due to be posted at Life 3.0 on the 15th. I understand that it's on its way, but our host this month has been caught up with "life", and has been a bit delayed. I'll let you know when it's up...

The very first edition of Praxis, the new carnival about the academic life, is online at A Blog Around the Clock with all sorts of interesting posts on a range of issues to do with the scientific life!

The next edition will be arriving on September 15th, at Life 3.0.

More Information:
- Call for Posts and Hosts
- Hosting Schedule

Well we're underway! The first edition of Praxis*, the new carnival about scientific life, will be hosted at Coturnix's "Blog Around the Clock" on August 15th, and on the 15th of every month thereafter.

Topics:
The carnival is intended to cover all aspects of life as an academic, whether it's the lifestyle, career progress, doing a Ph.D., getting funding, climbing the slippery pole, academic life as a minority, working with colleagues and students, dealing with the peer-review process, publishing, grants, science 2.0, amusing anecdotes, conference experiences, philosophical musings, public engagement, or even historical articles about what life was like in the good (or bad) old days.

Edit: We have a name now, and the first three hosts, and I've issued a call for posts and hosts here.

So in response to some prompting by Coturnix at Blog Around the Clock, I'm starting a new monthly (maybe) blog carnival devoted to blogging about life as a scientist - covering things like personal life, publishing, grants, diversity, outreach - under the working title "Carnival of Scientific Life".

The two big questions are what to call it, and how often to host it, so I'd like your input in the comments below please. I'll be making the final decision on August 1st.

What would be a good name for the carnival? (Ideally something without "carnival" in the title.)

Should it be held monthly, or at some other frequency?