Archive for the ‘Grad Student direction’ Category

August 20, 2009 1

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

By in Grad Student direction, Opinion, Time management

Tweet 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 wasteful automatically. It’s like your mind can anticipate the futility of trying to get in the zone only to get kicked [...]

August 7, 2009 0

False Epiphany: Incompletion, 15 Causes and Solutions

By in Collaboration, Grad Student direction, Reading

Tweet Just a quick one to highlight The False Prophet. S/he presents a list of reasons why things don’t get done, together with Preventive measures and solutions. This is quite a finding. Example: 4. Distraction (…) Preventive measures When you commit to a project, set a daily/weekly schedule. Consistent time-structure is what gets projects done [...]

February 8, 2008 8

Cognitive doping for intellectually demanding tasks: worth it?

By in Blog, Evaluation, Grad Student direction, Time management

Tweet This comes at a time when I’m very concerned about what people can do under pressure and how much they are willing to sacrifice for their careers. A friend in the tenure track (or the equivalent in the country she lives in) has lost two babies (natural abortion), probably due to stress. There are [...]

January 7, 2008 69

How to complete your PhD (or any large project): Hard and soft deadlines, and the Martini Method

By in Grad Student direction, Time management, Writing

Tweet Having recently completed a PhD, I will share with you three indispensable nuggets of advice for how to get the monster vanquished: use hard deadlines, soft deadlines, and the Martini Method. With a small amount of imagination these can be applied to any large project.

September 14, 2007 0

Productivity tips for students: meet Calvin at productivityhacks.com

By in Announcements, Blog, Blogroll, Evaluation, Grad Student direction, Writing

Tweet I have recently found that Calvin has moved his email newsletter into a new blog format. Calving is an accomplished MIT student who has published two books (!) on productivity for students: How to Become a Straight-A Student and How to Win at College. His blog has categories such as  Student Productivity and Study Tips with [...]