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The Pod Delusion #15 2009 Awards

Sat, 01/02/2010 - 14:19

Belle de Science

Sun, 11/15/2009 - 09:49

For over 5 years Belle de Jour has been one of the most high-profile and successful anonymous bloggers. In her blog, Belle talked about her experiences as a high-class London call girl. A book followed, then a popular TV series.

Today, Belle revealed herself as Brooke Magnanti to The Times. And that's Dr. Brooke Magnanti. She's a scientist.

Blogging in the 19th Century: The Future of Journalism

Thu, 05/21/2009 - 12:46

The Victorians had some great ideas about the future of blogging. Indeed, many people in the Victorian era were much wiser when it came to blogging than a lot of 21st century bloggers are, which is surprising, given that trying to talk to a Victorian about "blogging" would probably land you in an insane asylum. Having said that, I would imagine that any readers able to travel through time at will would probably not find a 19th century asylum that hard to escape from, but I digress.

(Edit: I think some American readers may be taking my use of "evangelist" the wrong way. As a British guy, to me it means the same as "fundie", or "nutter" - I'm not attacking the good media-analysing bloggers out there.)

Trick or Tweet? Twitter, Celebrity, Bad Science and the Media

Tue, 04/21/2009 - 23:37

The media hype over Twitter peaked recently when something truly incredible happened. Oprah, who is apparently some sort of American celebrity, signed up to the service, and within days nearly half a million people began following her every tweet, grasping to find the profound meanings wrapped in her brief-yet-poetic sermons. They were not disappointed when she announced her presence on April 17th with the immortal words: "HI TWITTERS. THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY."

Brave Old World: New Media and the Future of Science Journalism

Sat, 02/23/2008 - 23:04

This is an analysis/reply to Matthew Nisbet's recent argument on his excellent "Framing Science" blog that the face of science journalism is about to be changed by "New Media".

An Early Look at The Future of Science Journalism [Framing Science]

Nisbet's argument, in summary, is that those hip new media outlets that are emerging through the internet are going to be the "future of science journalism". I'm going to work through his post one statement at a time.

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Last Year's Blog

March 11, 2009

The Lay Scientist: As Seen on TV!!