> mathematicians do blog, but the thing is: it is hard I'm on the applied side of science and I think it's definitely hard but worth doing when on the applied

> mathematicians do blog, but the thing is: it is hard I'm on the applied side of science and I think it's definitely hard but worth doing when on the applied side. I have blogged and if you're purely theoretical, I have no idea if it would be worth it. My research has a 1 sentence tagline that's awesome, but as soon as anyone wants more than that 1 sentence, they look under the covers and take a real pause as they see the writhing mass of intertwined domains involved. To get people from sentence 1 through to a basic but sound understanding of the issues, from which I can start talking about 'where do we go from here' requires what I dare say borders on performance art. Over several years and untold presentations, I've gotten it down to about 7 minutes with the right words and pictures and audience, and the audience response will be that sort of perfect moment of hushed silence at the end, but the piles of errors and failures, reams of words never read, data never even looked at, reels the mind. I think back on all of that and cringe even as I wipe the sweat from my brow and uncramp my fingers.