2013: That Was The Year That Was (1/2)

With everybody doing end of year lists, I wanted to write a summary of 2013 myself.

It's been quite a year, difficult and enjoyable. So here's my (mostly not narcissistic) summary of January to June.

January
A couple of months into a Science Communication degree, I made a little podcast for I, Science magazine. I got to meet the amazing Suze Kundu (or @FunSizeSuze), who chatted about communicating science to kids, splitting water molecules and the science of cocktails. You can listen to the podcast here. 

The rest of the month was pretty uneventful, although I did see a steam train go through Earl's Court Tube Station! 

February
February was a pretty busy month! I started by pondering death at the Wellcome Collection - recording and producing a podcast about their Death: A Self Portrait exhibition. I learnt two things recording this podcast: 1. Death is a fascinating and sometimes beautiful inevitability
2. Never ask exhibition goers for vox pops without the museum's permission! (Ooops!)

For Science Communication students, February is also the time for the group projects. Along with Alice Hazelton and Tasch Mehrabi, I helped build a 'shadow sculpture' depicting a popular image of science. February was a time for construction, so we made a timelapse of the building process (this one is a rough copy). 

March
The nights were marching away and the days were marching in (and what about the March Hare?). I ranted about I F**king Love Science.

Alice, Tasch and I finished our group project - and I think it went quite well (I think we all did!).

Alice, Myself and Tasch looking smart in front of our shadow sculpture


April
A trip up to Scotland and Easter. Oh and this one-second-a-day video what I gone done.


May
Star Wars day came and went! (May the Fourth be with you!) And I wrote a short story for a narrative module as part of Science Communication. I really enjoyed writing it. Based loosely on this Alexisonfire song, you can read 'Happiness by the Exabyte' here.

I also wondered if Thomas Kuhn's scientific revolutions can be explained with narrative structure. You can read it here, if you're into that sort of thing you philthy philosophy phox!

June
As the Science Communication course approached finality, I spent most of June recording, editing and producing a radio package for Gareth Mitchell (@GarethM). This was loads of fun - I got to ask scientists from the DarwinTunes project about their work. You can listen to the podcast here.

We also had a careers talk from prominent SciComm'ers (including Alok Jha and Imran Khan). This was Enlightening and Just a Little Bit Frightening.


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