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I've published in CS conferences, CS journals, and on a blog. Publishing in CS conferences/journals means you get reviews from 3-6 "smart people", and then may
by pizlonator 9y ago
I've published in CS conferences, CS journals, and on a blog.
Publishing in CS conferences/journals means you get reviews from 3-6 "smart people", and then maybe 50-100 people will read your paper, and most of those people will never contact you.
OTOH if you publish a blog and advertise on hackernews and twitter, you get instant feedback, including from some of the same experts that would have done reviews for conferences/journals.
- tincholio 9y agoThe difference is that more often than not, you can't go to the same level of detail and depth in a blog post as you would in a scientific article (and if you do, not that many people will read it). Reading science is hard work, and properly reviewing a "journal length" paper can take upwards of a day. I don't think you can have it both ways. If you write a good vulgarization, or technical blog post, and submit it here, you will likely get many eyeballs. If you post serious science, you'll get much less feedback, if any.
- pizlonator 9y agoMy blog posts typically have more scientific content than a CS paper.
- dredmorbius 9y agoCare to link? Now I'm curious.
- tincholio 9y agoI'd be happy to see some, please link