Armchair Ecology
Nov. 20, 2018
False negatives and the reproducibility crisis
2 minutes (371 words)
reproducibility , open science , scientific publishing
Unquantified opinions
Nov. 5, 2018
Building your own data life cycle
2 minutes (266 words)
teaching , data management , data life cycle
Unquantified opinions
Oct. 16, 2018
What is the most uniquely biodiverse place in Canada?
3 minutes (513 words)
biodiversity , GBIF , species distributions , julia
Semi-quantified opinions
Oct. 11, 2018
Data analysis: content and style separation
3 minutes (487 words)
data analysis , teaching
Unquantified opinions
Oct. 1, 2018
Beware data science in ecology
3 minutes (558 words)
data science , machine learning , big data , teaching
Unquantified opinions
Sep. 24, 2018
The many flavors of (research) computing
3 minutes (597 words)
computational science , advanced research computing
Unquantified opinions
Sep. 21, 2018
Herd immunity: how vaccines work for all of us
7 minutes (1470 words)
epidemiology , public health , ecological modelling
Quantified opinions
Aug. 19, 2018
Explaining algorithms is not easy
3 minutes (614 words)
machine learning , teaching
Unquantified opinions
Jul. 9, 2018
Picking the most efficient flower-picking route with simulated annealing
6 minutes (1255 words)
GBIF , optimization , julia
Adventures in mathematics
Jul. 3, 2018
Measuring the modularity of ecological networks
4 minutes (825 words)
networks
Semi-quantified opinions
Jun. 25, 2018
Brain dump on drawing random networks — part 1
5 minutes (958 words)
networks , NHST
Quantified opinions
Apr. 9, 2018
I am not competing against laptops when I teach.
4 minutes (799 words)
technology , teaching
Unquantified opinions
Apr. 2, 2018
The well-rounded biologist.
4 minutes (689 words)
academia , teaching
Unquantified opinions
Mar. 19, 2018
Data is not just data anymore
3 minutes (480 words)
data analysis , ecological synthesis
Unquantified opinions
Mar. 12, 2018
Three years of using Julia
3 minutes (465 words)
programming , julia
Unquantified opinions
Feb. 19, 2018
The grammar of data
3 minutes (487 words)
data science , teaching
Semi-quantified opinions
Feb. 12, 2018
Diffential Equations with Julia, updated.
3 minutes (616 words)
computational ecology , differential equations , population dynamics
Unquantified opinions
Feb. 5, 2018
But why should we model things anyways?
4 minutes (695 words)
ecological modelling
Semi-quantified opinions
Jan. 29, 2018
When are networks worth it?
3 minutes (457 words)
ecological networks , information theory
Semi-quantified opinions
Jan. 22, 2018
The value of getting nothing done.
2 minutes (388 words)
productivity
Unquantified opinions
Jan. 15, 2018
Naive Bayesian Classification of parasite data
7 minutes (1317 words)
morphometry , bayesian inference , parasites
Adventures in mathematics
Jan. 8, 2018
Notes on the Gillespie algorithm - part 2
7 minutes (1285 words)
ecological modelling , adaptive dynamics , mutation
Adventures in mathematics
Jan. 1, 2018
Notes on the Gillespie algorithm - part 1
5 minutes (1037 words)
ecological modelling
Adventures in mathematics
Dec. 4, 2017
Live mathematical modeling
3 minutes (462 words)
ecological modelling , teaching
Unquantified opinions
Nov. 27, 2017
Fail, fail, fail. Then fail again.
3 minutes (540 words)
failure , impostor syndrome
Unquantified opinions
Nov. 20, 2017
"No true Scotsman" (and no true ecologist)
3 minutes (502 words)
academia , teaching
Unquantified opinions
Nov. 13, 2017
A biogeographic study of Paw Patrol
4 minutes (769 words)
julia , biogeography , EcoJulia
Quantified opinions
Nov. 6, 2017
Solving differential equations for ecological problems.
4 minutes (754 words)
computational ecology , differential equations , population dynamics , julia
Unquantified opinions
Oct. 16, 2017
Reproducing modelling papers is important and instructive.
3 minutes (581 words)
ecological modelling , replicability
Semi-quantified opinions
Oct. 9, 2017
Why I can’t enjoy PhD Comics, and why I may be wrong.
3 minutes (636 words)
grad school , mental health
Unquantified opinions
Oct. 2, 2017
How to ensure you have early career speakers at your next events.
2 minutes (393 words)
conferences , diversity , early career scientists
Unquantified opinions
Sep. 25, 2017
Five tips to make better presentations
3 minutes (613 words)
scientific communication
Unquantified opinions
Sep. 18, 2017
Hypotheses are over-rated. Don’t let them ruin your writing.
5 minutes (991 words)
academic writing , scientific communication , scientific writing , statistics
Unquantified opinions
Sep. 11, 2017
Data training: community over institution
2 minutes (395 words)
teaching
Unquantified opinions
Aug. 7, 2017
What I look for in a Software paper.
2 minutes (419 words)
peer review , scientific software , scientific writing
Unquantified opinions
Jul. 31, 2017
The most important scientific figure ever drawn.
4 minutes (671 words)
epidemiology , history of science , scientific communication , visualization
Unquantified opinions
Jul. 24, 2017
Bipartite networks are not sampled well.
3 minutes (526 words)
biases , gradients , macroecology , ecological networks
Semi-quantified opinions
Jul. 17, 2017
Is community ecology a thing?
3 minutes (611 words)
community ecology
Unquantified opinions
Jul. 10, 2017
Julia in ecology: why multiple dispatch is good
4 minutes (760 words)
computational ecology , julia
Unquantified opinions
Jul. 3, 2017
The futility of sharing ecological data
3 minutes (634 words)
ecological synthesis , open data , replicability
Unquantified opinions
Jun. 26, 2017
Responding to reviewers, part 2
4 minutes (709 words)
academic writing , editorial process , peer review
Unquantified opinions
Jun. 19, 2017
Responding to reviewers, part 1
5 minutes (972 words)
academic writing , editorial process , peer review
Unquantified opinions
Jun. 12, 2017
Science Bioblitz, data quality, and crowd-sourcing
3 minutes (605 words)
biodiversity , citizen science , eBird , iNaturalist , open data
Semi-quantified opinions
Jun. 5, 2017
We can't see the forest for the bird.
3 minutes (466 words)
biodiversity , citizen science , GBIF
Semi-quantified opinions
May. 30, 2017
Two grants should be enough
5 minutes (908 words)
fitting , funding , optimization , statistics
Semi-quantified opinions
May. 29, 2017
When exactly is it citizen science?
3 minutes (524 words)
citizen science , eBird , open data
Unquantified opinions
May. 22, 2017
In defense of over-simplified ecological models
4 minutes (692 words)
ecological modelling
Unquantified opinions
May. 15, 2017
Computational ecology: currencies for collaboration
4 minutes (641 words)
citizen science , computational ecology , eBird , GBIF , open data
Unquantified opinions
May. 8, 2017
The artist and the craftsman.
3 minutes (605 words)
teaching
Unquantified opinions
May. 1, 2017
What is computational ecology?
4 minutes (701 words)
computational ecology , ecological synthesis
Unquantified opinions
Apr. 24, 2017
Approximate Bayesian Computation and tiny data in ecology
3 minutes (622 words)
bayesian inference , computational ecology , data science , statistics
Adventures in mathematics
Apr. 17, 2017
Ecology's unhealthy obsession with patterns
4 minutes (835 words)
patterns , scientific writing
Semi-quantified opinions
Apr. 10, 2017
Is ecology replicable?
4 minutes (810 words)
chaos , community ecology , replicability
Semi-quantified opinions
Apr. 3, 2017
Advanced research computing for ecology
4 minutes (710 words)
advanced research computing , data synthesis , ecological synthesis
Semi-quantified opinions
Mar. 31, 2017
Ecological modelling is world building
3 minutes (615 words)
ecological modelling
Semi-quantified opinions