After last week’s Article Level Metrics workshop, PLOS hosted a “data challenge” in their San Francisco offices. With datasets from PLOS, CrossRef, ImpactStory, Mendeley and Altmetrics, attendees got a few …
It’s ten years since SARS, and last week I shared some SARS memories on stage at Litmus Test, as part of their “Health & Safety” theme. Here is the story …
I love non-fiction writing, but I’m really terrible at pitching my ideas. That’s unfortunate, because non-fiction stands and falls with a good pitch. I just can’t sell myself. To illustrate …
Here’s the full video of the “Stories behind the research” session I led at SpotOn last week. Below that (under the fold) is the Storify summary, with all the highlights. …
A book with my name on the cover was published yesterday! The official title is “The Best Science Writing Online 2012”. Technically, it should be called “Some of the Subjectively …
Here (at the bottom of this post) is the full talk I gave at Science Showoff on December 7. I spoke about scientists who are also musicians, like Borodin. Notice …
