Sometimes I listen to myself

I’ve been reading the new music strategies blog by Andrew Dubber and have been enjoying my read lately. The blog is about the world of online music and the interaction of musical artists, the internet and the fans, to a certain point. I’ve been finding a lot of parallels between Dubber’s world of online music and . . . → Read More: What’s this internet thing, now? (The science version)

Ok, so I keep going about how I have this great idea that could improve the way scientists communicate. I also keep rambling on about what scientific communication is (or at least what I think it is), what it should be, what it will have to be. Finally, as promised, here is the overview of what my brand new system will be…once it’s actually coded up that is.

I’m probably a little stupid for writing this as it isn’t done yet, so I’m basically levelling the playing field between myself and all the people who could actually get this done but didn’t have the idea in the first place. Part of my naiveté is probably due to the fact that I believe

• nobody reads this blog (a bad assumption if I’m going to keep writing on it);
• nobody but me thinks this idea is going to work (also a bad assumption if I’m going to try and attract users);
• nobody but me thinks there’s money to be done with this (also a bad assumption as I’ve already said this is going to be ad-supported)
• somehow, having had this idea first will allow me to get it running faster (a bad idea since I’m not that good a programmer and I’m going to need someone to help me get it done)
• I’ll be able to keep the really juicy bits for myself so that I still have an edge (I’ll try).

Without further due, here it is.

Continue reading To actually be coded soon: An overview

I had seen this a few days ago and, somehow, was too tired to realized how important it should be for me to read this. I’ve just skimmed it quickly and I like that some of what is being discussed there is what I have in mind. (I apologize in advance if you don’t quite . . . → Read More: Check this out

I saw a talk this week, by John Fleck, science writer for the Albuquerque Journal. It was an interesting talk by all measures. Titled “Communicating Science: What the News Media Can Do, and What It Can’t”, I would have entitled it “Science Writing for General Audience Publication: How I do my job”.

Of most interest to . . . → Read More: An interesting talk

During my daily (who am I kidding, hourly) slashdot browsing, I came about this commentary regarding a new advocacy group lobbying for traditional commercial scientific journals.. The lobbying group is called Prism. They’re a Partnership for Rrsearch Integrity in Science and Medicine. The main point of interest on /. was about how this lobby group . . . → Read More: It’s more than time!

If I’m going to be serious about this new way of disseminating science, it has to start now! I just saw on slashdot that a new science site, which they titled as “YouTube for Science” had started. It’s called SciVee. This is not exactly what I was thinking of (so I haven’t been scooped yet, pfiou!), . . . → Read More: It is time

There’s something that bugs me about journal papers. Something that bugs me deeply, to the point that I really dislike writing papers. Part of it is stems from my personnal interests. I’ve always liked to do puzzle. I like to collect different “mind patience games” (I know this in french as jeux de patience, the translation . . . → Read More: journal bugs