Comments for first half of December 2014

The Guardian is collecting doctoral dissertation dedications. I contributed mine.

Small Pond Science looks at reference managers. Indispensable for any academic, in my opinion.

Jacquelyn Gill has become one of the latest in the online science community to have a crack at crowdfunding. She had one of the bigger successes I’ve seen, successfully raising over $10,000. She summarizes her experience here.

I make a cameo in Kelly Weinersmith's thesis. Shucks. You rock, Kelly.