The Unapologetic Mathematician

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A thought

Lawyers have “blawgs”. Given the recent upsurge in the number of mathematicians blogging should we have a new term for us? I suggest “blath”, and the term for our activity would be “blathering”.

April 8, 2007 - Posted by John Armstrong | Uncategorized | | 11 Comments

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  1. [...] Ave, Borcherds I know I’m a few days late in this, but I’d like to extend a welcome to Richard Borcherds, newest blatherer. [...]

    Pingback by Ave, Borcherds « The Unapologetic Mathematician | May 25, 2007

  2. [...] read the Carnival posts and find what’s new in sudoku-land if they want, whether high-level blatherers submit to CoM or [...]

    Pingback by Carnival? « The Unapologetic Mathematician | August 18, 2007

  3. [...] Here are a couple new blaths (I’m going to popularize that term if it kills me) to hit the intarwobs. First off is the [...]

    Pingback by New Blaths « The Unapologetic Mathematician | September 12, 2007

  4. [...] , physics , tqft   Due to the rapid-fire the nature of the blogosphere (or, in deference to John Armstrong, the “Blathysphere”, or maybe “blathyscape”), my blog (”blath” ;) [...]

    Pingback by Coming Attractions « Theoretical Atlas | September 25, 2007

  5. how about ‘blatherscape’, sounds better to me

    Comment by Avery Andrews | September 26, 2007

  6. Shouldn’t they be spelled “blns” (but still pronounced “blogs”, or maybe “natural blogs”)?

    Comment by JeffE | October 7, 2007

  7. Someone on Wikipedia thought that it was worth writing an article about blaths.

    Comment by Isabel | October 25, 2007

  8. And just when I was being assured the idea had died on the vine. Thanks, mysterious stranger.

    Comment by John Armstrong | October 25, 2007

  9. [...] spread the word and help the blathosphere (Math+blogosphere=blathosphere - thanks Vlorbik for this reference to the term) grow by linking to this and every Carnival and by adding Math-related blogs to your [...]

    Pingback by Carnival of Mathematics #22 » Fun Math Blog | December 14, 2007

  10. [...] talk about his upcoming paper with Lou Kauffman (when are the old guard going to get blaths?). Not to worry, though. He gave me the inside scoop yesterday, and while I can’t go public [...]

    Pingback by Conference and travel « The Unapologetic Mathematician | March 13, 2008

  11. [...] I’d like to try something a little different this time — instead of blathering about categories, I’ll use some of Vishal’s past posts as a springboard to jump into [...]

    Pingback by Toward Stone Duality: Posets and Meets « Vishal Lama’s blog | April 2, 2008

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