Anytime you start something new with technology, there are always bugs to be worked out. Maybe your widget won’t show your Twitter feed, or your main menu won’t slide down the page as you scroll. In my case, I’ve been looking for a plugin to automatically post my blogs to Twitter and LinkedIn, as my new site doesn’t have that functionality like my old site did. I discovered an app called Blog2Social that’s supposed to…

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Lately I’ve been thinking about my long term experience with editors, which I thought I’d share here. No editor is the same –  which goes without saying. Every editor has their pet peeves, their favourite topics, their own way of interacting with writers, etc. It starts with the interaction with editors to whom you submit pitches. I’ve had editors help me rework a pitch so that it fits their outlet, but I’ve also had editors…

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As you may have noticed, I’ve updated my website. I’m no longer using wordpress.com – largely because I was using the free version and I got strange ads (some about Trump!) and I didn’t have the ability to customize it the way I wanted to. Now I’m hosted by a web service company out of Victoria, BC, so my data isn’t on any US machines. And I’m using a WordPress package created by a guy…

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The science behind Twitter reach.

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Last week I talked about how it might be more beneficial to talk to scientists about the science of science communication to get their buy in into the nuts and bolts of science communication. Then you have a backbone of data against which you can teach science communication itself. One example I used last week was a paper on scientists using Twitter by Coté and Darling, published in FACETS journal on June 28, 2018. Their…

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Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is how and where we apply science communication. We use it when connecting with the lay public, and with decision-makers and journalists. It’s a way of opening a window into complex scientific concepts and ideas and making those concepts and ideas exciting for a broader audience than…

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Climate change is triggering significant glacier change, which has both geomorphic and hydrologic impacts.

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Will the provincial government act on the recommendations in the new Watershed Watch report for BC?

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Is typewriting just like using a computer? Not quite.

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This week I read two extremely different books. Both gave me something to think about in terms of privilege and writing. This week I read “The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod,” by Henry Beston, published in 1928. It’s considered a classic of nature writing, and follows his…

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