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The Eloquent Science Interview
A major source of inspiration for Scientia Crastina is Eloquent Science which is both a book and a blog—together they are compulsory reading for the early career scientist interested in modern communication. Scientia Crastina sent some…

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.

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.

Science librarian compiles ”cool linky stuff for undergraduates”
John Dupuis, science librarian, has collected some links for his son who is a first year physics student. Useful stuff – and linky!

Stage fright analyzed by Lifehacker guest blogger
Mikael Cho guest blogs about stage fright on Lifehacker – a well-written text with some useful stuff.