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Graham’s insight: Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule

This single Graham’s post explains more about productivity than most entire blogs on the topic out there. It was a revelation to me. Any day that has more than two non-clustered events  becomes...

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Blogging is not (serious) writing, and that’s a good thing

Is blogging writing? Of course! You say. I would have said the same, before I encountered Jaron Lanier’s essay: The question of new business models for content creators on the Internet is a profound...

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AcaWiki: a wiki that encourages academics to write their stuff for the...

AcaWiki is a new wiki aimed at academics. They are asking for summaries of academic research. This could be an excellent exercise for students (i.e., don’t hand me your paper: post it to acaWiki, and...

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Alternative talk styles

I went to a toastmasters meeting, and found some interesting tricks to improve presentations. For example, they count the "ahhs", "hmm" etc. Since then I’m surprised at how many scientific talks are...

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What’s Wrong with Probability Notation?

Sometimes I wonder why many humans (me included) have trouble understanding probability. In cognitive science, probabilistic models are taking over most areas. Still, most people struggle with them....

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Quote of the day

Peter Drucker: "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."

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The Future of the Journal, by Anita de Waard

I just found this presentation, and thought it’s worth bringing it to the attention of ap.com readers: The Future of the Journal Anita de Waard is the director of Disruptive Technologies at Elsevier....

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Courting controversy

There’s nothing like an overtly contentious statement to bring in the traffic. And as they go, this is a pretty good one: “Why higher education is like a Ponzi scheme“. The linked post is actually for...

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Courting controversy pt. 2

Just a quick follow-up to last week’s post on changes in higher education. The New York Times published an article on Friday, highlighting two new books on the future of the American academy and...

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Academic papers today are not meant to be discussion forums

This excellent post covers why academic publishing is obsolete. TL;DR: 1. The time lag is huge; it’s measured in months, or even years. 2. Most academic publications are inaccessible outside...

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