I recently feel very inspired by an article and a TED talk that I came across.The article gives advice on how you can succeed at conferences as an introvert. As an introvert myself, going to a conference can feel like…
Today is Blog Action Day 2012, and the topic is "Power of We".From my perspective, the "power of we" lies in the learning network the (online) academic community has offered me. Today is the right moment to reflect on how…
I've already mentioned it so many times here that I had the privilege of being a liveblogger for TEDxDelft, but in this post I would like to focus on liveblogging itself. Two times I have liveblogged as of now, both…
On Monday October 8th, I gave a short PhD pitch at the kick-off meeting for 3TU.Bouw Center for the Built Environment, which combines the four academic Built Environment faculties of the Netherlands. My PhD pitch (5 minutes presentation) represented the…
This post is part of a series on reading loads, in which I discussed the different levels of reading and keeping up with the output previously.What do you do after you finish reading a paper? Do you simply throw the…
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At TEDxDelft, I had the opportunity to be liveblogging in the company of some inspiring writers. The atmosphere in the webcare room was of utter concentration and team spirit at the same time. We all worked hard and arrived to…
Check out the Storify I made on PhD Talk blogging for TEDxDelft!It gives you an overview of how I experienced the day, from the night before to the day after. [View the story "PhD Talk at TEDxDelft" on Storify]
Yesterday I was liveblogging for TEDxDelft. As you can see in the picture (I'm at the left, in purple), I spent a day in super focus, resulting in 4 articles for the TEDxDelft website of which you can find the…
I woke up at 5:45am today to arrive to TU Delft Aula (the main auditorium) in the very early morning to get the organizer's peptalk and get started for a day of writing, writing and more writing (sure will be…
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