Living with a high sleep need
You may have heard academics talk about the allnighters they pull to get a proposal done, or how they soldier through after a red-eye flight. It has taken me a few years (or better: decades) to come to terms with…
You may have heard academics talk about the allnighters they pull to get a proposal done, or how they soldier through after a red-eye flight. It has taken me a few years (or better: decades) to come to terms with…
The past two summers, I let go of my weekly template. This summer is split into three parts, each which have a different use of my template: The first two weeks I will be in Quito. I am continuing my…
My most recent post outlined the skills I identified as necessary next steps in my new position as associate professor. Maybe it is also of your interest to read about how I plan to develop skills (I like to lay…
As I have been recently promoted to associate professor in Delft, I have been thinking about my next steps. In particular, I have been thinking about the next skills to acquire. While I cannot speak from experience to say that…
Since late 2023, I have been exploring the use of Zoom's AI assistant to make my calls better. Here is how the assistant has been helping me: Taking notes: The best feature of the AI tool is of course that…
Today's post is a guest contribution by Rohan Bhardwaj. Rohan is an author, thinker and dancer. He loves to explore ideas, expression and different perspectives. He is a big promoter of the Internet. He wants to share everything he knows…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
In the past years, I had a time and task management system in which I put the large blocks of time during the day on my calendar (Google calendar), and the small tasks in my task management system (Todoist). However,…
Getting a journal into a prestigious index is no small feat - but nowadays it has become more an administrative challenge rather than a benchmark of scientific quality and integrity. We have seen a proliferation of new open access journals…
I recently set aside a chunk of time to think about how to align my work (and life) with my core values. In discussions with GPT 4, I came to the following activities and journaling prompts to flesh out this…