Amazing Technicolor Bar Chart Costume

”Well-dressed and witty” – this was how Cecilia Berlin, social sustainability scientist from Gothenburg was described as she won one of the regional finals of the Swedish national Forskar Grand Prix. (’Researcher’s Grand Prix’)

Using Prezi for scientific presentations

Prezi advice from Norbert Majubu, an experienced user: Use it only if you’re a self-confident presenter and only when you know what you are talking about. In addition, recognize that it is more than a presentation tool.

”Virtual Poster” tomorrow’s format?

Vasco Elbrecht from Ruhr-Universität Bochum has created a ”Virtual Poster” format which combines “Richard Attenborough commentary” with animated illustrations.

”Type is Power!” – great animated summary

Ben Barrett-Forrest, graphic designer ”for forward thinkers” , has made a great YouTube video about the history of typography.

Reader’s guide for laymen too elaborate to follow?

Jennifer Raff, science blogger, recently wrote a guide for laymen on how to read and understand a scientific paper. Her purpose deserves a lot of credit but she has a very idealistic view of the behaviour of knowledge seekers outside of science.

Poor infographics adds to the communication noise

Although I am normally an advocate of telling how to do things, rather than telling how not to do them, I must recommend this slideshow from The Guardian’s Data Blog: 16 useless infographics.

Search Engine Optimization for scientists

The publishing company Wiley-Blackwell has a special web site for article and book authors and has included some advice about search engine optimization with examples.