Happy Holidays and a Good Start into the New Year
Looking back on 2012 and rewarding myself.
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Month: December 2012
Giving away Gold
Sometimes you have something that is just sooo useful, but the people who need it don't accept it. If this happens to you, read on.
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Task Management
A couple of helpful tips for task management -- in Academia and other areas of life.
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Time Management
Three basic tips of time management. And the best graph I ever came up with (so far).
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Under the Hood …
A view on my Wordpress Dashboard -- how the blog fares so far. Also: Top Postings.
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If Copy & Paste from a PDF file fails …
And easy trick you can use if you cannot copy and paste from an article, whether it's due to bad OCR or stupid DRM.
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The x of y
Why you should be very upset if you or your products are called "the x of y".
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Wellcast: The Workplace Stress Solution
Great video about dealing with workplace stress. If you think you do not have the 5 minutes to watch it, you really should watch it. And BTW, if you do not have that time, why are you here?
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Choosing a Research Topic
Which research topic you deal with is one of the most important decisions you make in science (the other one being where you research it). Here are some tips for choosing a good research topic. I only wish I had known them earlier.
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Workshop: Scientific Work — Colleagues & Networking
Science is a human enterprise. You have to deal with colleagues and networking does have its uses. Here are valuable tips. Includes a few things about mobbing (yes, it happens in Academia as well).
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