I have to share a website I just found: colorbrewer2.org

It allows you to select the number of data classes you have (from 3-12), and it provides attractive color palette options. You can even toggle a "colorblind friendly" option.

To find colors that are maximally divergent from one another, choose a "diverging" palette.

This week I'm at the Evolution Conference in Guarujá, Brazil (I know -- life is hard!). The last poster session just ended, and I want to share a few of the cool ideas I saw there:

1. Looking for a job in the near future? Say so!
I noticed a few posters with small flyers tacked next to them that said "I'm looking for a postdoc." The best ones even had a small folder with business cards or copies of their CV.

2. International conference? Make a small, translated version of your poster.
I saw this at the poster of Kayce Bell -- she offered 8.5x11" copies of her poster in either English or Portuguese. It probably took her a while, but it was a nice touch!

3. Phone scancodes.
One poster was accompanied by QR codes so that people could download a copy of the poster to their phone or view their presentation slides. Cool! I can think of other uses too -- People could scan the QR code to go to your website, download your CV, see the published paper, etc...