Better Posters: Posters with Spice

Via Daniel McArthur on Twitter. Inspired by Chris Gunter on Twitter.

What people are saying

“Every scientist should read @doctorzen Better Posters Blog. His critiques and advice are spot-on.” – @LizNeeley on Twitter

“It is nothing short of The Bestest Thing Evah!!” – Ambivalent Academic blog

“just came across this utterly lovable site.” – Francesco Fiondella, Science@Public blog

“Love the poster blog! I can’t even count the # times I’ve wanted to stage an intervention for a poster...” – @shwu on Twitter

“All the advice is top-notch... specific information on how to make a good poster is rare.” – Science Careers blog

“ooooh this is a gold mine!” – Rim K on Twitter

“Great blog with constantly updated resources.” - The Scientist magazine

“The ‘Go To’ place to send students when they start preparing posters for their first scientific meetings” – Bora Zivcovik, A Blog Around The Clock

“I wish there were more blogs on this subject(.) Mostly because most scientific poster presentations are absolutely ghastly. Not just bad, or unseemly; ghastly.” – RobertSOakes on Twitter

“Scientists and Academics, please read this blog! Your posters need help.” – 2010 Conference on Communicating Science on Twitter

“It’s a resource badly needed.” – John Hawks Weblog

“It’s @DoctorZen’s better poster blog’s fault as to why my poster looks classy & timeless.” – Ricardo Vilain on Twitter

“Was man alles beachten muss, um ein gutes Poster abzuliefern, an dem die Kollegen auch stehen bleiben, kann man im Blog Better Posters lernen(.)” – Alles was lebt blog

“recommending reading @doctorzen Better Posters Blog to sci presenters. And anyone who will listen.” – @andrea1 on Twitter

“Should be compulsory reading for academics.” – @sthcrft on Twitter

“Better Posters blog dispenses solid (much-needed) advice; recognises synergy between aesthetics+info” – Jason Priem on Twitter

“I’m loving @DoctorZen’s http://betterposters.blogspot.com/ & happy to find I’ve been following the rules! Will show this to ALL students.” – @_modscientist_ on Twitter

“Just put up my poster, it looks fab thanks to @DoctorZen!” – @_modscientist_ on Twitter

“Make sure you read http://betterposters.blogspot.com” – @boris_gorelik on Twitter

“Love this blog.” – Adrienne Roehrich on Twitter

“Awesome resource. Thanks for making it” @ndash; DNLee5 on Twitter

“What a helpful site!” – @kristiholmes on Twitter

“That is fantastic! I commend you for your efforts- improving academic posters is a worthy cause.” – @JacquelynGill on Twitter

“Good advice” – @jgarnettTSC on Twitter

“Definitely added to RSS reader.” – @firas on Twitter

“Dá boas dicas!” – @carolcorado on Twitter

“Good ideas” – @astropixie on Twitter

“Deswegen sollte auch jeder das Blog "Better Posters" lesen.” – Florian Freistetter, Astrodicticum Simplex blog

“(Y)our blog is very helpful!” – chrisjar on Twitter

“Liking Zen's Better Posters blog(.)” – @agmcarthur on Twitter

“Great tip!” – @biochembelle on Twitter

“good idea! will do next conf” – @kzelnio on Twitter

“Delicious” – @UXFeeder on Twitter

“very helpful! I plan to share w/other students (there are so few resources on that topic)...” – Jordan Eschler on Twitter

“Looking forward to using the better (science) posters blog by @doctorzen for my next presentation” – excitedstate on Twitter

“I hope this blog... gains some viewers from scientists. We need this stuff!” – Brian R. Pauw on Twitter

“Lots of useful tips” – Mick Dickison on Twitter

“That dude’s blog really helped.” – Matt Young on Twitter

“Great stuff!” – Jonathan Peelle on Twitter

“I highly recommend his blog for making better posters!” – Kerri Rawson on Google Plus

“Awesome” – Megan Kocher on Twitter

“Great resource” – Louise Stanfield on Twitter

“How did I not know about this blog!? WIN!” – Steven Hamblin on Twitter

“Finally, someone who gets the power of the poster!!!” – Siobhan O'Dwyer on Twitter

“Excellent blog” – Sue Frantz on Twitter