Now that I am settled in my new job, I have decided to try to develop some ideas that I've been kicking around for a while. One is to start a wiki to facilitate research, by providing background on what is needed to carry out successful experiments, and software algorithms and examples of how to use them. Since my expertise is (still) astronomy, I decided to pitch it to astronomers, and have started astrohow.org. Unfortunately, it turns out to take a lot of time and energy to provide the information that I have in mind, so that project isn't getting too far.
I have also decided to take up science writing as a hobby, now that it isn't part of my job. I have started a new blog, which is meant to be more serious and technical than this one. I'm sure it will devolve in short order, however.
Finally, as another way to practice science writing, I have put together a series of pages describing some concepts in astronomy. I'm thinking of adding a few other things as well. One idea is to provide short explanations of why scientists believe in their major theories, such as the Big Bang and evolution. Another is some pages on energy consumption and efficiency, which Thandi may help me with.
Anyway, I expect most of my future writing to end up in the new space.
Comments