RSA Animate made an interesting video of what motivates us:We all know that sticks and stones won't make us get our PhD. In this video, we get a few glimpses of how motivation really works. In the light of PhD…
My thesis, after the help of Mr KittyDo you have a plan for improving your writing?Or do you simply assume that one glorious summer morning, you will open your laptop, start typing your dissertation, and finish happily a few months…
I recently came across The Daily Checklist on Zen Habits. These are the most powerful ideas in the article:A good tool for learning to trust yourself to do all the important stuff is to make a daily checklist. Put 5-7…
If you want to move a project or task forward, there are many techniques that you can apply to give yourself that little extra kick.You can prepare yourself by starting with a 5 minute meditation.You can use the Pomodoro technique.When…
As I was determining which journal papers I can write from my dissertation, and where to publish them I gathered a little list of interesting journals and their respective impact factors.For those of you in my field of research, here…
Have you ever wondered with doing a PhD at Delft University of Technology is like? Well, a few fellow PhD students made a short movie to show you all what it's like. And the cool thing: it's filmed in the…
Flickr Image under CC license by ceolmTeaching science, especially to teenagers, should be an opportunity to share our love for science with curious and young people. But too often teachers simply end up boring their students to death. (I, too,…
Last January, I attended the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington DC. The Annual Meeting, nicknamed the Superbowl of Transportation, attracts between (estimated) 11000 and 20000 participants, of which 5000 international participants. The Annual Compendium of Papers…
When you are living from paycheck to paycheck in graduate school, it is time to change your spending habits around.When you are dreaming of saving for the downpayment of a house, or a new car - again, it's time to…
The Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board is the first conference I attended that really created a buzz online.Attendees shared technical information, thoughts and discussion from the sessions, used Twitter to get into a dialogue, and to create a…
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