Category Archives: Meta

Rebuilding a blogroll

Back when I used to blog regularly, I had a pretty substantial blogroll. Times have changed – the blogs I used to read have gone mostly dormant, and a whole crop of new blogs (including many linked to journals) have … Continue reading

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The changing ecosystem of blogging II

From my perspective, nature writing and science writing can bleed into one-another. In my last post, when I talked a little about the rise and fall of my blogging, I didn’t talk much about the different types of blog posts. In … Continue reading

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The changing ecosystem of blogging

In 2006 I stuck a toe into what could be called science blogging when I started ‘Plant News‘. It wasn’t exactly a resounding success – over the course of the next two years I added a total of 63 posts. … Continue reading

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Names…

I suppose it’s time to stop calling this by the default My Blog that WordPress gave it. To be honest though, it’s a pretty descriptive name – it’s a blog, it’s mine…what more do you want? I suppose some sense … Continue reading

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That went well…

I jumped out of hiding, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to take the world of blogging by storm. But somehow, nothing happened. Not a word appeared on my exciting new blog. Why? Not having written anything for such a long time, … Continue reading

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