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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’)
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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.
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”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.
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”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.
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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.
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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.
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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.