Blogging has moved far beyond the “personal diary” format, and now offers an exciting new opportunity for scientists to communicate and interact with a broader audience. This workshop will be an introduction to Science Blogging 101, providing an overview of the many different approaches that can be taken with this highly flexible format; discussion of the pros and cons of blogging; and tips on how to make the most of the blogging experience. We will set up an actual KITP blog during the session, and participants will be encouraged to post to the blog during their residence at KITP.

A few physics blogs and links mentioned in the presentation:

• Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com
• Backreaction http://backreaction.blogspot.com
• Biocurious http://biocurious.com
• Cosmic Variance http://cosmicvariance.com
• Cocktail Party Physics http://twistedphysics.typepad.com
• Dynamics of Cats http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics
• Entropy Bound http://entropybound.blogspot.com
• Information Processing http://infoproc.blogpost.com
• Jon's Travel Adventures http://jonstraveladventures.blogspot.com
• Life as a Physicist http://gordonwatts.wordpress.com
• Mutable Matter http://mutablematter.wordpress.com
• N-Category Cafe http://golem.ph.utexas.edu
• Not Even Wrong http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress
• Often in Error http://ofteninerror.blogpost.com
• Physics ArXiv Blog http://arxivblog.com
• Physics Buzz http://physicsbizz.blogstpot.com
• The Quantum Pontiff http://scienceblogs.com/pontiff
• The Reference Frame http://motls.blogspot.com
• Science After Sunclipse http://sunclipse.org
• Shtetl-Optimized http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog
• Uncertain Principles http://scienceblogs.com/principles
• AGGREGATE FEED: Mixed States feed://mixedstates.somethingsimilar.com/aggregates/xml/1/rss