Shameless self promotion: I've been doing the same thing, for systemsy papers. http://blog.elvinyung.com/ http://blog.elvinyung.com/ I genuinely think it's rea

Shameless self promotion: I've been doing the same thing, for systemsy papers. http://blog.elvinyung.com/ http://blog.elvinyung.com/ I genuinely think it's really unfortunate that academic research are often so hard to approach without getting used to it. Often the concepts underneath are very cool and useful, and aren't actually that complicated. There is much to benefit from bridging the gap between academia and the wider community.