Regular readers may remember about a month of whinging and hand wringing about my lack of employment, demoralization and general shittiness. Funny, that. Just a week or so after taking on one job I’ve now been offered, and am likely to accept, a second. The writing gig is only part time, so I’ve been looking […]
Entries from June 2008
Not quite Science Tuesday: Life after the lab
June 11th, 2008 · 27 Comments · Science, work
Tags:hope·the benefits of a good suit·the benefits of a job at Oxford
Science Tuesday: Lies on the Motel TV
June 3rd, 2008 · 8 Comments · Media, Science
In last week’s lively Science Tuesday comment stream, Matthew pointed out that one of the things that many scientists struggle with is communicating with the public. I think that he’s dead on target. Scientists, particularly academic scientists, don’t do themselves any favors by not learning how to talk to the average Joe or Jane. I […]
Tags:Fox·journalism·lies and liars·media consolidation·Science
