Geoblogging the Geoblogosphere

From GSA (Geological Society of America) Connections:

Each month (or thereabouts), the themed geology blog carnival "Accretionary Wedge" invites geoblogger contributions. July's theme, the role of geoblogosphere, generated quite a bit of activity. A synthesis of contributions is hosted on the History of Geology blog site as "Accretionary Wedge #26: The role of the Geosphere" (30 July). The following is a sampling of blog posts on the topic:

• The Geoblogosphere: Foothills Behind, Mountains Ahead
• Geoblogospheric community. What is it good for?
• The geoblogosphere: what I'd like to build next
• Role and Impacts of the Geoblogosphere
• Whence the Geoblogosphere
• NeoGeoblogger's view of the Geoblogosphere
• Accretionary Wedge No. 26 post: A shorter history about the Geo(blogo)sphere
• Whither the Geoblogosphere
• Accretionary Wedge: The Geoblogosphere

I haven't actively sought to be linked into the geoblogosphere, but I guess I belong there.

How to blog: plagiarize

Not Dillsburg this time, but Dilbert.

from http://www.dilbert.com/

In my opinion, this approach is ok if you attribute your sources.  Think of me as an aggregator.

Oh, btw, I still have my 33 1/3 and 45 rpm vinyl records.

Geoblogosphere

There are a number of other geoscience-oriented blogs out there.
One list is at the German site geoberg.de.

I discovered a relevant blog there today, the Berkeley Seismo blog. Looks pretty good, don't know how I missed it up til now. But since our blog here is northeastern U.S.-centric, I think we can co-exist.

I've kept my own blogroll on the left minimal, to include blogs more related to earthquakes and seismology, that are regularly posted to, and professionally oriented. Am I missing any of your favorites?

But I'm not yet ready to start twittering. I'm with Gary Trudeau/Doonesbury on this one, so far.

Wired at the AGU

Wired News is an online technology news website, on the hip side, at least in my aged opinion. The American Geophysical Union is a scientific society with a membership of 50,000 researchers, teachers, and students. The AGU has two meetings a year, the December meeting in San Francisco, and a Spring meeting in the eastern U.S. (or, in recent years, a joint meeting in Mexico, Europe, or Canada. Wired is currently running a blog from the AGU conference. Read about global warming, coal and oil resources, magmas, mooning, and so much more, at Wired Science Rocks AGU.