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Kiwi Science Blogging

June 21, 2009 · 6 Comments

Cr!key Creek has a post on science blogging in New Zealand (see Kiwi Science Blogging.). He says we should have more of them – I endorse that.

And The Chicken or the Egg blog has a round-up of NZ science blogs. There’s not many listed. Does anyone know of others?

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6 responses so far ↓

  • Heraclides // June 21, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Once I finish shifting, update the website, secure the next contract, etc., etc, maybe I’ll finally get around to a blog… But you can see the odds are against me :-)

  • Daniel Collins // June 21, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Ken, wasn’t there an idea of a group NZ science blog floating around last year? Occasional and substantial contributions from the sciblogosphere; either hosted by a media company (c.f., Seed and Science Blogs) or some scientific organisation (e.g., Royal Society), perhaps.

  • Heraclides // June 21, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    The was some talk of doing something like that via the SMC, but best as I know, it never eventuated.

  • Ken // June 21, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Yes, Peter Griffin talked about the idea of setting up a blogging platform , I think under SMC. I am pretty sure he is still keen on the idea as he did contact me about it recently.

    However, I guess he has other things on his plate.

    I would like to see him do something, if only to see what the response is and how the institutes and societies react. I can’t help being concerned, though, that there may be attempts to place restrictions on such a platform – either in allowable content, or in how freely accessible it is.

    I recommend that no-one should hang around waiting for such an initiative. Just get on with it using the free platforms. If something eventuates a blog can always be transferred.

  • NickS // July 6, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    /bump

    There is one blog I that’s know missing;
    http://ecolincnz.blogspot.com

    But until recently I only actually knew of crikeycreek (via greengrabbo), ecolincnz and hot-topic…

  • Ken // July 6, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    Thanks NickS. I have added it to my blog rating spreadsheet so can keep track.

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