The next edition of the Encephalon blog carnival is coming up on August 27, to be hosted at another of my blogs, Neurofuture.

Neurofuture was my first brain sciences blog. I launched it in the spirit of the old-fashioned definition of weblog, a repository of interesting links to do with the brain, futurism, the arts and their intersections. Though I've felt a little insecure over lack of credentials I've been equally confident in the veracity and quality of the info I source, and knowing how to find it, and readers have appreciated that. It puzzles me that other people lack media literacy skills to apply to their blogs but hey, they just make me look all the better.

Anyway. Neurofuture indirectly helped land a pro blogging gig at World of Psychology. Later I attempted humour at Omni Brain, and I guess it worked since Steve and I were contracted to ScienceBlogs. Then, when I realized that some of my most popular Neurofuture posts were brain sciences videos I started Channel N as a dedicated vlog. Neurofuture led to a lot of fascinations. Foremost was a new partner, my number one fan and number one love The Neurocritic. That in itself has made blogging wildly successful.

Why give it up, then? It's the space in which I have the most control, but it's also something I feel poorly about more often than not because it's neglected for higher priorities. I don't need guilt from a hobby blog. At one time I was nearly done writing a sci fi series and that fell to the bottom of the ladder: unacceptable. I need to boost productivity for things that pay. There's only so much creativity to go around. Channel N stays because it's so simple to maintain (and fits with a future project), but it's time to retire Neurofuture. I'm not deleting it and may conceivably post something in future, but for now, it's being shelved.

Encephalon, then, marks the end of Neurofuture. Please submit your entries ASAP (via that linked form, or email encephalon.host at gmail.com) and join me in making it a smash farewell party.