Reading as part of the creative process? I've discussed reading, and reading loads at length in a previous series of posts discussing archiving, understanding different levels of reading and keeping up with the output. Reading a lot and keeping up…
Never grow up is our theme for today. Today is the day to eat from a Happy Meal lunchbox, to hop around and shake to the lunchbeats, to make some new friends, to play games, kick some balloons and forget…
I recently received a message with the following question:Normally when we treat the problem of determination of shear stress in slabs, a critical section at a distance of half the effective depth of slab is taken from the support (like…
November 11th marks the end of the first World War, and is a holiday in Belgium.While other countries might celebrate Remembrance Day as a day of glorious victory, in Belgium, and especially in West-Flanders, stories about the horrors of the…
In a first post on this series about the creative process, we looked at the conditions you need for creativity. In this post, we focus on a long-term way to find more creative solutions to research questions. Some people might…
It's been a while since I wrote about mindfulness and meditation, and the reason is that in all the thesis stress, I've been slacking off.However, I recently started doing some breathing exercises, based on the instructions from an iPhone app.…
I recently tweeted and wrote on Facebook about a paper rejection. Afterwards, I heard the comment that I should not write about those things, for several reasons:- People will only remember my bad news and not my good news.- You…
Inspired by my recent theoretical work, I'd like to dedicate a series of posts to the creative process.The first idea I'd like to discuss is which conditions you need for creative work? Before you get started on developing a new…
My contract with the university ends at the beginning of September 2013. And no contract means no salary means Big Trouble. To avoid Big Trouble, I will finish my PhD before my contract ends. Yes, it's that easy.Well, maybe not.…
This post is in Dutch - in short: I'm heading to Universiteit Utrecht to give a workshop on (micro)blogging for PhDs and Post-Docs on November 8th. Het Vrouwennetwerk van de Universiteit Utrecht organiseert op 8 november aanstaande haar tweejaarlijkse netwerkdag.…
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