Describing what I do, using only the 1000 most popular words in the English language:
"Running computers to help people learn from large tables of numbers and words made by humans. Showing people how to run these computers to allow other people to also learn from other tables, and sharing this with everyone."
What I’m looking forward to this week at #AGU22
Tues
Sessions on the drivers and impacts of the loss of particles from #Space to the #Atmosphere
#UpGoer #SimpleWords talks on Tuesday late afternoon
Thurs
panel on #MentalHealth in #Heliophysics
All the @[email protected] talks!
Keep your Tuesday late afternoon free at #AGU22 and come join us for laughs and learning as our speakers use only the 1000 most common words to tell you about their awesome science!
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/meetingapp.cgi/Session/165652
@[email protected] @[email protected] #UpGoer #SimpleWords #SciComm
Whether you thrill at the chance to tell taxi drivers and dinner-table companions about your research or want to hide every time someone asks, “What do you do?”, we offer an exciting and valuable challenge for you. Inspired by the XKCD comic that describes the Saturn V Rocket using only the thousand most common words in English (http://xkcd.com/1133/), we ask speakers to present short (~5-minute) scientific talks using the same vocabulary (determined via the Up-Goer Five Text Editor: http://splasho.com/upgoer5). Why? (Written using the Up-Goer Five Text Editor.) When you change the kinds of words you use to explain what you do, you: Find what is at the heart of your work. Can now tell ANYONE what you study, because you can make things as simple as they can be. Show that it matters to explain what you do so others can understand, even if it's hard.
Simon Li
Andy @Revkin
PlasmaNerd