Alison Atkin, graduate student of archaeology at the University of Sheffield, made a brilliant poster on the modeling of plagued versus non-plagued cemetery collections. The poster debuted at the British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) conference, where it won the Bill White prize (Atkin, 2014)! It will also be… Read more“A Poster Child for Academic Posters”
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How to Write a Student Research Paper, Part 2: The World’s Wildest Introductions and Conclusions
In the previous part of this two-part series, I went over the basics of introduction and conclusion writing for research papers. In this part I will use an unusual example of this structure in the wild:Â The World’s Wildest Police Videos. Hosted by John Bunnell from 1998 to 2012, the TV… Read more“How to Write a Student Research Paper, Part 2: The World’s Wildest Introductions and Conclusions”
I Dragged a PDF into Sente. You Won’t Believe What Happens Next
While Endnote is the most commonly-used bibliographic software, I use Sente, a Mac program by Third Street Software that really got my attention back in my M.A. days. I am not an expert in comparing the latest versions of Sente versus Endnote, but from my use of Sente at home… Read more“I Dragged a PDF into Sente. You Won’t Believe What Happens Next”
I Investigated the Mac Dictionary. What I Found Blew My Mind
As I was writing the previous post about multiple language spellchecking in Mac OS X, I wondered what if there was a similar option for the built-in dictionary. In case you didn’t know, you can right-click a selectable word, choose the first menu item (“Look Up”) and it will show… Read more“I Investigated the Mac Dictionary. What I Found Blew My Mind”
I Poked Around My Mac’s Keyboard Settings. What I Found Changed Everything I Knew About Life
I hate the hyperbolic link bait titles that are all the rage. Don’t you? Anyway, I am starting a new series on neat tech tips that are useful for research. This one is already preinstalled on Macs. In my desired line of work, I have to write in both Spanish… Read more“I Poked Around My Mac’s Keyboard Settings. What I Found Changed Everything I Knew About Life”
How to Walk on Snow and Ice
Like driving, walking on snow or ice presents a few challenges not seen in normal movement. My advice can be condensed into a few rules. Prefer no ice or snow to ice or snow. Yeah. Prefer to walk on snow instead of ice.Snow provides far more traction because it is… Read more“How to Walk on Snow and Ice”
How to Drive in Snow
Since the snow is coming down relentlessly in Columbia, I thought it would be good to give some advice on winter driving for grad students who find themselves in new climates. Being from San Diego myself, it took some learning to get comfortable with winter driving. To begin, when you… Read more“How to Drive in Snow”
Español en Mil Palabras
Lifehacker has an interesting link to an article about learning a new language. The takeaway message: get a grip on the most common 1000 words of the new language and go from there. For a segment of the population, here is a site with the 1000 most common Spanish words…. Read more“Español en Mil Palabras”
Tip #6: Welcome to the Global Community
I consider myself internet-savvy, but it took me a long time to discover websites aimed at helping grad students and other academics in their careers and daily lives. Here are what I consider the three most useful sites, so maybe you’d get a head start on tapping these resources. GradHacker… Read more“Tip #6: Welcome to the Global Community”
Wikihow: How to Take a Critique Positively
Following up on one of the pointers, I found this great article on evaluating and handling critique on Wikihow. Enjoy!