The Next Big Thing (and Aug/Sept Round-Up)

Welcome to my noisy world from the last two months! To be honest, last month was an odd blur. August, however, was much more productive. I was especially excited to be a part of Dragon*Con once again!

As usual, I’ll round-up what I’ve written or video-ed in the last two months. Even though I don’t write much here anymore, I’m still out there blogging and videocasting somewhere.

Video

• This one technically posted this month, but it was made in September so I’d love to share it now! This is the video produced by Amanda Bauer and me at dotAstronomy5, a little teaser for what we hope will be a lovely series of interviews with some amazing people in astronomy.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=797yAvAp2Fk] 

• Learning Space: Highlights from ASP – August 7 – Learning Space is a weekly video show about topics in education and outreach in astronomy
• Biking in Chicago #throughglass – August 12 – a little video made with Google Glass
• On a Panel at CONvergence #throughglass – August 13 – another little video made with Google Glass
• Dinosaurs #throughglass – August 13 – one more little video made with Google Glass
• Learning Space: 14 August 2013 – I make a planetary accretion demo and talk about astronomy in the Next Generation Science Standards
• Destination Ceres: Icy World Revealed? – August 15 – first of two Hangouts about Ceres this month that I produced
• Learning Space: astrobites – August 21 – We talk with one of the bloggers from this grad student-run blog
• Learning Space: 4 September 2013 – We talk with Carolyn Collins Peterson about a new planetarium app she is involved in, plus her new book
• Dawn Hangout: Ceres – Great Expectations – September 5 – the second of two Hangouts about Ceres this month that I produced
• Science Mads Libs (NSFW) – September 13 – In which we all get a little silly to raise money for the DIY Science Zone at GeekGirlCon
• Live from dotAstronomy5 – September 17 – A special Hack Day Hangout on Air
• DIYSciZone Mad Libs the Second (NSFW) – September 21 – If you ignore the “not safe for work” tag, it’s your own fault
• Learning Space – GRAVITY – September 25 – No, not the movie, but the physical concept and common misconceptions

Blogs

• Making Waves: The First Woman Radio Astronomer (Book Review) – Discovery News: Space, August 6
• Earth or Not Earth: Revisited – CosmoQuest, August 6
• Kilonova Alert! Hubble Solves Gamma Ray Burst Mystery – Discovery News: Space, August 7
• Pop Quiz: Can You Still Enjoy Museums? – School of Doubt, August 7
• A Gamma Ray Burst from the Primeval Universe – Discovery News: Space, August 13
• Pop Quiz: Playtime in Class – School of Doubt, August 14
• Pulsar Reveals Clues to a Black Holes – Discovery News: Space, August 15
• It’s Almost Time for Dragon*Con! – CosmoQuest, August 20
• Pop Quiz: School is in Session – School of Doubt, August 21
• Boulder Science Festival – CosmoQuest, August 22
• Earth or Not Earth: The Third – CosmoQuest, August 27
• Pop Quiz: Where do Students Get Their Science? – School of Doubt, August 28
• Pop Quiz: New Ways of Testing – School of Doubt, September 4
• Pamela Gay in New Zealand and Australia – CosmoQuest, September 4
• Pop Quiz: What Are You Reading? – School of Doubt, September 11
• “Massive Online… OOOOOOKS” – School of Doubt, September 16
• Pop Quiz: You Are Not Your Students – School of Doubt, September 25
• What a Mental Patient Looks Like – Skepchick, September 26 <– I’m particularly happy with this one, so please check it out
• CosmoQuest at Dragon*Con 2013 – CosmoQuest, October 2 (also, this month, but relates to August/September event!)

Now it’s on to October with cozy sweaters and more travel. I’ll be in Boulder this weekend and Seattle next, so say hi!

BONUS: Death by Puppets produced a video in which I get interviewed by a rocket. Yes, really.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eye1Y52oGeo]