So I saw on Twitter this morning an announcement of some sort (I didn’t click through) of presentation on how to do science blogging. It got me thinking.
I used to have a science blog, in my specific area, and (oddly enough) in prose. Covered basic concepts, more advanced stuff, examples from real life… I even had some students cite my blog in their papers, without knowing I had written it (it was pseudonymous, but not Cuttlefish).
But… what is The Digital Cuttlefish? I have verses in three volumes of The Open Laboratory, so is it science? I am a member of Freethought Blogs, so is it atheism stuff? Is is social commentary? Art? (seriously?) I’ve seen my blog on blogrolls under “science”, “humor”, “atheism” and more (most frequently, perhaps, “other”).
I looked at the lists I am on, on Twitter. Collapsing similarly-named lists, I see a bunch of miscellaneous stuff:
Gweeks (?)
Secularism
Chatty
Freethought Bloggers
Facts
Interesting People
Social media
Art
OpenMinds
Interesting
Blogs
Humor
FunnyDudes
Toonery
Inspiration
Interestingly, I am also on two lists, by two different people, entitled “USA” and “NotUSA”. I like that. But the big winners (with numbers of lists following the modal title) were:
Science 17 (general science)
Skeptic 13 (publicly exposed skeptic) (realitybasedorskeptic)
Atheists 10 (godless; ungodly)
Something fishy 7 (oceans, Cephalopods, squid)
Bloggers 5
Writers, books 4
Social Justice, Humanism & A+ 3
Science Artists 2
So… What do you think I am? For myself, I know why I write this blog. Not for outreach, not to change the world, although both of those would be wonderful. I write it for fun, and because I can’t help but see the world in rhyme now and again.
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Rodney Nelson
February 15, 2013 at 7:08 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
A digital cuttlefish is a cephalopod with fingers.
Pierce R. Butler
February 15, 2013 at 7:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
… I can’t help but see the world in rhyme …
Should this be called verbal synaesthesia, or synaestheticsesia?
Cuttlefish
February 15, 2013 at 7:33 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
synaestheticsepia?
John Morales
February 15, 2013 at 7:39 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Rhyme and reason!
(Or: Not without rhyme or reason)
F [nucular nyandrothol]
February 15, 2013 at 9:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Digital Cuttlefish avoid pigeon holes.
Kylie Sturgess
February 15, 2013 at 10:33 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Kinda cute, I would have said.
Cuttlefish
February 15, 2013 at 10:38 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@Kylie @#6–Not fair! You’ve seen me in person! My cuteness is a secret weapon, to be saved for emergencies!
Stephanie Zvan
February 15, 2013 at 10:43 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“Interesting” works pretty well for me. :)
Cuttlefish
February 15, 2013 at 10:48 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Stephanie Zvan @#8…. so I share a category with a number of petri dishes?
Not that I’m complaining…. just asking.
rq
February 16, 2013 at 7:23 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I think you are wonderful.
Also, a science-minded poet with lots of tentacles and ink.
Also, a distraction from the daily blahs.
Also, an educational interlude.
Also, a skilled artist and rhymer.
Shall I continue?
Callinectes
February 17, 2013 at 9:59 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The horrible offspring of a cephalopod and a Porygon.
Rawnaeris, FREEZE PEACHES
February 18, 2013 at 9:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I enjoy your commentary. There is something about well-written verse that is also funny is just…epic.