Don't Panic Geocast

Episode 28 - "You can tag your abstract with emoji. Wait, what?"

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This week we get ready for conference abstract deadlines and talk about how we prepare abstracts. Everyone is finally back in town, but not for long!

  • Pluto show next week!
  • Abstract deadlines: AGU 8/5, GSA 8/11
  • GSA, new topical abstracts (search visually by emoji!)

    • How we prepare to write abstracts

    • Choosing the topical material. When do you stop reporting on research?*
    • Think about what session to submit to
    • Mind maps
    • Outlines
    • Stream of conscience writing
    • Abstract Madlibs
    • Don’t do this steps hours before it is due. Leave days to mull it over
    • How preliminary is your data? Is it ready for an abstract?

      • Writing the abstract

      • Check the conference guidelines… then check them again.
      • Open an editor. John uses plain text editors initially.
      • Send it around for others to look at
      • Decide on authorship early

        • Tools for collaborating (a whole other show)

        • Google docs
        • Word/dropbox
        • Evernote (although everyone involved needs premium)
        • Email… if you do this, please don’t admit it

          • Other Notes

          • AGU offering free conference registration
          • Be sure to submit a 5-minute Pop-Up Talk

            • Problems

            • How to pick a session (look for others you know?)
            • Submission system crashing
            • Getting people to edit it!
            • Over-reporting

              • Fun Paper Friday

              This week we read about recovering old sounds from recordings with a microscope. Also hearing cursing at lab instruments in the old days. Nothing changes.

              A Sweet Sound: Physicists Reconstruct Primitive Recordings

              Applied Science SEM vinyl image

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