What should researchers (including graduate students) blog?

Sylvie Noël, Population of One, March 30, 2010 writes: "You’re working on your Ph.D. or you just recently finished your dissertation? Congratulations, you are now one of a handful of experts in your domain. Yes, even as a “lowly” graduate student, you still know more about your research than the vast majority of people, and that makes you an expert. So what are you going to do about it?"

She suggests that researchers (including graduate students) should:
- Talk about your research. What have you done in the past?
- Talk about other people's research. Do you agree with their results?
- Talk about issues related to your research.
And yes, if you are an expert in the field, you should be blogging. Not just because it will help your career, but as a service to the community.  [Link]

How to write a good research paper

So, you want to write a good paper? The most amusing reference is E. Robert Schulman, How to Write a Scientific Paper, Annals of Improbable Research, Vol. 2, No. 5, pg. 8.


Daniel Lemire says: "I know of three strategies to write an ambitious paper:

• Pick a new problem. Define the problem. Be the first to propose a solution. The problem should be simple and concrete. This is the best way to get highly cited and become famous.
• Try to explain something significant nobody has managed to explain.
• Improve by at least an order of magnitude what others have done."

Read the full article here