Yesterday I was reading an RSS Feed for a friend who offered up some new academic blogs he had found interesting. His list got me to thinking, how easy would it be to construct a Google query which would easily find academic blog portals. If you needed to do some new research, this could be valuable. After a few tries I hit upon this Google query ... "faculty blogs" while limiting the domain to .edu. While that simple query might not seem like much, the results were quite nice. Some of my initial results included:
- Princeton University Faculty Blog Portal
- Carnegie Mellon Cyber Academy Faculty Blogs
and - Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government Faculty Blogs
It's worth running this Google query to find schools and academic disciplines of interest to you. Since I tend to focus on technology and engineering in this blog, here are a few other finds of mine:
MIT Engineering Systems
- Intellectual Property: Technology, Culture, Policy
Frank R. Field, III, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, MIT CTPID
Director of Education, TPP
Senior Research Engineer
Senior Lecturer in Engineering Systems
. - A collection of observations, news and resources on the changing nature of innovation and the future of information technology
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Visiting Professor of Engineering Systems Division
VP, Technical Strategy and Innovation, IBM
Princeton University
- Freedom to Tinker
Edward Felten
Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs
Director, Center for Information Technology Policy
. - Dirty Slate Design
Michael Freedman
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
. - Wang Lab Blog
Samuel Wang
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology
Biz.Edu: Top Business Professor Blogs
These professors write about the impact of technology on business in these blogs that offer topics on sustainable technology, innovation, and more.
- The Impact of Information Technology (IT) on Businesses and their Leaders. Written by Andrew McAfee, a professor at Harvard Business School, this blog features technology as it pertains to business.
. - Harga-Blog. Andrew Hargadon writes about technology innovation and management with an emphasis on sustainable technology. Recent topics include innovation and entrepreneurship, smart design, and a discussion of what makes a good idea.
. - Technology and Organizations. Terri Griffith, from Santa Clara University, takes a look at technology and its application in organizations in her blog.
. - Eric Goldman. This law professor writes about technology and marketing on his blog, which covers Internet law and news, copyright and technology, and more.
. - Open IT Strategies. Joel West writes about IT and business with a focus on creating business models.
. - Karim R. Lakhani’s Infrequent Musings. This Harvard professor blogs about technological innovation here.
. - billso.com. Read about "management, mobile computing, and information systems" in this Hawaii Pacific University professor’s blog. Recent posts have included Google apps, time management, and Scrabulous on Facebook.
Online College.Org
These blogs are written by top math and science professors.
- Nerdy Science Blog: Get nerdy about science on this blog.
. - Female Science Professor: This professor offers a glimpse into the life of a female science professor.
. - Bad Astronomy: Check out Bad Astronomy to learn from professor Phil Plait.
. - Sciencewomen: This scientist and engineer discuss the changes they want to see in science.
. - Impact Lab: The Impact Lab offers a look into the future of human experience.
. - YoungFemaleScientist: Read about the life and work of a young female scientist on this blog.
. - Cosmic Variance: This group blog is all about physicists and astrophysicists.
. - Pharyngula: PZ Myers, a biologist, writes Pharyngula.
. - Medical Futility Blog: Thaddeus Pope writes about policy and developments in medical futility.
. - Dr. Wes: Westby G. Fisher discusses cardiology and internal medicine.
. - Neurotopia: Learn about neuroscience on Neurotopia.
. - Drug Monkey: These bloggers work as scientists in biomedical and basic science.
. - BrainBlog: On BrainBlog, you’ll read about the brain and behavior.
. - Ourboros: Ourboros discusses research in the biology of aging.
. - Professor Astronomy: Professor Astronomy will help you keep up with the latest in astronomy.
. - NeuroDojo: Train your brain with the NeuroDojo blog.
. - The Mind of Dr. Pion: Read ravings on physics, politics, education, monitoring, and more.
. - Janus Professor: Janus Professor writes about travels in a two-body life.
. - EagerEyes: Get a look into visualization and visual communications through this blog.
. - Science Musings Blog: You can learn about science musings on this blog.
. - The Blog Prof: The Blog Prof is an associate professor of engineering discussing politics, science, and more.
. - RealClimate: RealClimate is all about climate science.
. - Explorations in Science: Explore science with Dr. Michio Kaku, professor and popularizer of science.
Technology
With these blogs, you’ll be able to learn from technology professors.
- Andrew McAfee: Andrew McAfee discusses the business impact of IT.
. - Shtetl-Optimized: Scott Aaronson’s blog discusses quantum computers and more.
. - Details of a Global Brain: Read this blog about interface, interaction, and information design.
. - Open IT Strategies: Joel West offers a look at the use of open-ness as a competitive strategy.
. - Knowing and Doing: Read Knowing and Doing to find the reflections of an academic and computer scientist.
|. - Harga-Blog: Andrew Hargadon’s blog is a conversation about technology, design, and creativity.
. - Technology and Organizations: Read Terri Griffith’s blog to learn about technology and organizations.
. - Technology & Marketing Law Blog: Check out what Eric Goldman has to say about the laws of technology and marketing.
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