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This is a blog dedicated to making you very, very productive. I’m talking really productive. No seriously, there here will be no end to your productivity.
I joke around a lot about our quests for “productivity”.
In addition to science research I do other things, one of which is play with this blog, another is English editing of academic papers with AJE.
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Monthly Archives: February 2007
How to Pick a Group – Part 2
In Part 1 of How to Pick a Group I described my first graduate adviser. In this part, I’ll describe my second and current graduate adviser and research group. Newbie is an apt name for him because he is not … Continue reading
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How to Pick a Group – Part 1
It’s that time of year: visiting weekend, website surfing, the sweet smell of springtime flowers, and a huge decision waiting to be made. This is a post for those entering grad school that have the ever-important decision on their plates … Continue reading
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Tips and Tricks Text File
We’ve all had the experience of going back to an old, complicated project only to remember that you forgot all the little tips, tricks, and shortcuts you learned when working on it the first time. It sucks because you have … Continue reading
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Don't be THAT Kid
All of us are busy. Everyone knows the famous grad student tag-line of being “overworked and underpaid”. We all would like to spend more time exercising, playing with friends, with loved ones, cooking for ourselves, eating better, and of course, … Continue reading
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The Extended 2-Minute Rule
It’s 6:02pm and I’m getting ready to pack up my stuff and make it to the ever-punctual public transit bus that arrives at 6:08pm outside of my building. I wiggle the mouse to see past my screen saver and, unfortunately, … Continue reading
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Digital Camera Wonders
Academic productivity has a nice post about using your digital camera as a photocopier. This can work in certain situations where actually taking parts of a book/magazine to a photocopier is inconvenient, or when you don’t want to fork over … Continue reading
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My Views on Productivity
Let me start of by declaring this outright: my goal in personal productivity is not to minimize the amount of time I spend “goofing-off” it’s to maximize the amount of time I spend in the focused, imaginative, stress-free “flow state”. … Continue reading
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Gotta make sure I’m searcheable. This is a link to my Technorati profile to activate my account. Technorati Profile
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Welcome to Grad Hacker
This is it, I’m kicking off the project I’ve been sitting on for a while: A lifehacking blog for grad students, undergraduate students, high school, pre-school, 30-somethings, 40-somethings, CEOs, and everyone else. But primarily for the first category. Why am … Continue reading
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