This is a network: http://scienceblogs.com
This is a fanny pack: http://blogs.nature.com
This is a backpack: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/science-blogs/
This is a network: http://www.fieldofscience.com/
This is a fanny pack: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/
This is a backpack: http://gu.com/scienceblogs
This is a network: http://sciblogs.co.nz/
This is a fanny pack: http://blogs.plos.org
This is a backpack: http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/
This is a network: http://scientopia.org/
This is a fanny pack: http://gam.southernfriedscience.com/
This is a backpack: http://www.labspaces.net/blogs
This is a fanny pack: http://blogs.nature.com
This is a backpack: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/science-blogs/
This is a network: http://www.fieldofscience.com/
This is a fanny pack: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/
This is a backpack: http://gu.com/scienceblogs
This is a network: http://sciblogs.co.nz/
This is a fanny pack: http://blogs.plos.org
This is a backpack: http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/
This is a network: http://scientopia.org/
This is a fanny pack: http://gam.southernfriedscience.com/
This is a backpack: http://www.labspaces.net/blogs
Errr... must be a cultural thing, but I just did not get this post! :( Can someone explain, please?
ReplyDelete@Pranab: That's a good question. I'm not exactly sure myself, but if I had to guess, I'd break it down like this:
ReplyDeleteA fanny pack (in spite of its name) is usually worn facing front, like this: http://blogs.nature.com
A backpack (with rare exception) is usually worn on the back, like this: http://gu.com/scienceblogs
Anyway, that's as far as I get.
But that don't make no sense! The blogs on FoS are also blogname.fieldofscience.com. That makes them fanny packs too! :)
ReplyDeleteWell, let's actually break it down as you suggest and see where we end up.
ReplyDeleteIf you lose the fanny pack (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/), you get http://discovermagazine.com/, which self identifies as a "Magazine."
If you discard the backpack (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/science-blogs/), you get http://www.wired.com/, which also purports to be a "Magazine."
But if you drop the "blog" (http://epiphenom.fieldofscience.com/) you get http://www.fieldofscience.com/, which describes itself as a "Science Blog Network."
So are you saying that just because these other websites do other things they can't call themselves networks?
ReplyDeleteHello Brian. No.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit the humour is a little lost on me too (part of it’ll just be that a 'fanny pack' is an American expression), but thanks for mentioning our lot: http://sciblogs.co.nz/
ReplyDelete(I write Code for life over that way...)
Edward, you've made similar comments in the past and I'm just trying to understand your point. I hope this isn't the typical blog network shit flinging I come to expect from less reputable bloggers.
ReplyDeleteI'm a super nice guy Brian. Ask anyone.
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