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?

The hosting schedule for the carnival is shown below. If you'd like to host a future edition, contact me at editor@layscience.net.

The Schedule:
15th August 2008 - Blog Around the Clock
15th September 2008 - Life v.3.0
15th October 2008 - The Other 95%
15th November 2008 - The Lay Scientist
15th December 2008 - Effortless Incitement
15th January 2009 - PodBlack Cat
15th February 2009 - Mudphudder

Praxis is a monthly carnival for bloggers who want to talk about the scientific life.

Guidelines
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.