Evolution at the asymptote
This Small Pond is approaching carrying capacity. (There are some good analogies involving allochthonous and and autochthonous production, but I
We needed to watch our own behavior before social media, too
We still have generations of academics who are still in denial about how social media has changed how we are
Government shutdown and the thin veil of normalcy
This is going to be a quick or poorly edited post because it is extremely late, as I just uploaded
Recommended reads #143
“Lessons from a postdoc gone wrong” makes sense in other domains as well.
A year of being a science mama
Going exam-free
Are you preparing for the new semester? Are you sitting in the position of academic freedom guaranteed by tenure?
Here’
We can create useful student evaluations of teaching. Here’s how.
Student evaluations are here to stay. And that’s the way it should be. I think universities owe it to
What experimental artifacts are you ignoring?
Collectively, as a scientific community, we have so many blind spots. I remember running into one of these blind spots
Recommended reads #142: back to work edition
That was a restful two weeks. Now, back to business.
The Green New Deal, explained
Why do scientists reinvent wheels?
The Top 9 Small Pond posts of 2018
I can’t say that 2018 has been a good year, but it has been a good one for Small
The power of small teams
If you search up the phrase “power of small teams,” you’ll find lots of conventional wisdom.
I just would