As I've now been working and living in Ecuador for 8 months, and have not been writing that much about Ecuador itself, I thought it was time to correct that by making an overview of 10 things I enjoy about…
More Q&A today! I recently received the following question from a reader:Hello, i just want to know what i should do after completion of Ph.D?Excellent question, but not one that I can answer right away. I don't have my crystal…
As I write this post, I just finished writing a draft paper of the list of papers that I want to publish from my dissertation. And it only took me 8 hours!Now before I describe how I wrote this draft…
My lovely readers! I'm so pleased by all the questions I'm receiving - feels like I'm writing something really useful (at least for 1 person) instead of just ranting on about myself.I received this question lately (and I've taken out…
More Q&A - and remember, you are always free to drop me your questions as well, and I'll do my very best to either send you a personal mail with my thoughts, or turn it into a Q&A post.A reader…
We've all been in this awful situation: you need to write a paper or work on a chapter of your dissertation, but 20 minutes pass, and you can't write anything. You go surf the internet for a little bit, return…
I used to haul a big package of cookies and coffee into my office to get some serious work done, but over time, I noticed that sugar and fat make me really sleepy. Way back in 2010 I already wrote…
In the weeks following my PhD defense and graduation, I wrote about how I prepared for my PhD defense and about my experience during the defense itself. Long before my own defense, I had already written a post about the…
Some time ago, I came across an excellent article that outlines 5 steps to completing your first draft. The article aims at any written content, and it's just screaming to get its academic makeover. Before you can start throwing words…
As I love infographics (even though I know they're often not the result of thorough research and their data typically does not hold together - but hey, they are pretty), I'm always on the hunt for interesting infographics about higher…
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