Tweet I found a (badly scanned) paper on how to concentrate. It’s a so-so article, but there is at least one gem in it: remember that solitude has always been, in all the history of mental achievement, a requisite for great work. (…) The great poems written in lonely garrets—the masterpiece paintings conceived by the [...]
Archive for the ‘Socializing’ Category
August 2, 2008
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Is solitude necessary for great work?
By jose in Social Media, Socializing, Time management
June 23, 2008
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Resistance to boredom as a scientific moral value?
By jose in SocializingTweet Is there a simple explanation for why some people pick up demanding activities (such a career in science) while some others are happy watching television most of their spare time? Maybe it’s as simple as this: boredom is aversive to everyone, but people differ on when they get so bored they need to do [...]
March 2, 2008
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Six productivity tips to use social media
By jose in Social Media, Socializing, Time management, Web 2.0Tweet How can you take advantage of the current craze about social media? The fact is that many people use social media to build a powerful reputation In any Industry. This article will focus on professional social sites (i.e., linkedIn, biznik) and not on the more leisure-based social sites (mySpace, facebook). Having said that, do [...]
February 21, 2008
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We are now a^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H productivity blog
By jose in Blog, Computing tips, Socializing, Software, StatisticsTweet I always wondered how people see the academic world from outside. How do we gauge the interest of the general public on what academics have to say (on average)? One easy way to look at this question is to see the how often people will read an article that has the word ‘academic’ on [...]
January 22, 2008
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Academic Productivity 2.0
By jose in Announcements, Blog, SocializingTweet We are proud to announce the birth of Academic Productivity 2.0. Over the last months we have been brainstorming on how to improve the blog and we are happy to announce a number of important news. New look We have redesigned the blog and created a new logo: a delicate metaphor on how the [...]
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