6 Words to Guide Your Writing
This is a nice little tip that I picked up from the journalist profession but it’s useful in academia as well. It goes back to a poem written by Nobel Laureate Rudyard Kipling. In this poem, he talks about the 6 words that guide his writing and his exploration into the world of literature. I’ll […]
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Remove distractions and focus on your work
Becoming more focused on your tasks is as much a matter of changing your inner state as it is one of removing obstacles. Sadly, we rarely notice when we are being distracted. Sure, the kind of distractions when someone is being loud or obnoxious will get noticed, but what about the little distractions that occur […]
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How to Organize and Manage Your Time as...
Time is the most important asset that we have, and it’s the most difficult one to manage for researchers and grad students. Academia is one of the few sectors where it’s not only expected that you will be cramped with time, it’s pretty much part of the job. You have so many tasks that you […]
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You should NOT be reading this post –...
You should not be reading this post. You should be writing instead. “But I am not in writing mode, you say” As a researcher or grad student, you are always in writing mode. Every day is writing day, the only thing that differs is the amount of writing that is needed. It doesn’t matter if […]
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When to take notes during a lecture
I discovered some interesting advice today from the Penn State Learning website. The advice was in regards to when to take notes during a lecture. I thought I would turn the points that were mentioned into an infographic (see below), in order to make it more digestible. In summary, make sure to take notes if […]
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If you are a mathematics teacher, or any teacher for that matter, you are ideally interested in learning more about the ways in which your students can achieve better results (assuming that academia hasn’t thoroughly extinguished what passion you once had for teaching). If you’re a person studying a mathematics program or someone who is […]
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Are you one of those people who need an extra kick to start writing? Say no more! I have the perfect app for you which will undoubtedly force you, quite literally, force you to write. The app was named The Most Dangerous Writing App (although it seems to have changed after the app was acquired), […]
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I have been reading a lot about note-taking recently and I felt I wanted to share some of the interesting papers that I’ve stumbled upon during these little reading excursions. Note-taking is of course as much an art as it is a science. Historic notebooks, like that of Einstein or Da Vinci (see below) are […]
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Deciding on what research project to pursue can be a daunting one. Most researchers, at some point or another, will need to be able carve their own research area and pursue something that is of interest to them, as opposed to something that was chosen for them. For many, this occurs after the PhD, for […]
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While waiting for our note taking app to be finished (sign up to get early access), here is a list of four useful free apps for researchers in academia. You can use these whether you’re in grad school or working as a researcher. 1. Clockify At the top of the list, we have the time […]
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