Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

What constitutes research blogging?

Filed under: Academia/Research — Daniel Lemire @ 16:30

Mathemagenic discusses research blogging and she found, based on her experience, that research blogging covers the following tasks:
  • publishing / dissemination / announcements (of papers, presentations, events by me and others)
  • research process
    • reflections
    • emotions
  • event blogging
    • notes
    • reflections
    • event planning (including travel planning)
  • paper blogging (notes on papers I read)
  • asking for help (explicit)
  • “enculturation” into research (reflection/learning on research culture, practices, tricks of the trade, etc.)
  • articulation
    • articulation of personal experiences (relevant for PhD)
    • articulation of problems/questions (may be implicit call for help, but often just thinking aloud)
  • writing-related (this is the difficult one)
    • drafting/testing pieces that supposed to go into a paper
    • giving space to pieces that do not fit into a paper
  • reflections on methodology

7 Comments »

  1. I think “he”’s actually a girl :)

    Comment by didier — 6/4/2005 @ 21:27

  2. Thanks. I’ll remove xvalid.

    Comment by Daniel Lemire — 7/4/2005 @ 15:07

  3. I’m indeed “she” and not “he” :)

    Comment by Lilia (Mathemagenic) — 7/4/2005 @ 16:09

  4. Sorry Lilia.

    Why won’t anybody but me put a picture on their blogs?

    Comment by Daniel Lemire — 7/4/2005 @ 19:48

  5. Daniel,
    I have a photo, although it’s hidden one click away (because I can’t find a photo of myself I’m ready to put on every page :) - http://blog.mathemagenic.com/stories/2002/10/14/aboutLilia.html

    Also - you still have in the text - “based on _his_ experience” :)

    Comment by Lilia — 8/4/2005 @ 2:07

  6. Ok, what about this Lilia? With the picture in my post, there is no more of a “she/he” problem, right?

    Comment by Daniel Lemire — 8/4/2005 @ 6:54

  7. Daniel, that’s what happens when you put yourself out there for all sundry to see. I’m sure that you and Lilia have many more conversations as a result. Ain’t bloging great. BTW, I will be in Montreal in a few weeks, so maybe we can get together for a chat/coffee/beer/etc.

    Comment by Harold Jarche — 8/4/2005 @ 22:18

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