Sounds to Work By
When you need something in your ears to help you concentrate, here are some options for what that something could be.
Category: Editorials
Posts not about tech but typically about topics relevant to working in tech. Also includes some older posts about teaching and academic speaking.
Counteracting a Desk Job
How do you keep a desk job from curving your body into a C shape? Or from increasing your chance of injury? This is my approach.
Slack, Drive, and Defining “Enough”
My experience with the key elements of working hard as a self-manager without burning yourself out.
Plannerama
I’m pretty obsessed with organization and productivity systems, and regularly try to upgrade mine. Of course as my life situation changes my organizational needs do too. Currently I’m working with: Binder for 5.5″x8.5″ paper with monthly calendar, week-in-view pages, and a section for ongoing and long-term to do lists Staple-bound two-year calendar (monthly, small) for […]
Articulating the big picture
I was once a mathematics professor, a path I set myself on fairly early in life. During the tenure process, I worried I would have to leave my position, and realized I wouldn’t want my next move to be to another professorship. I did get tenure, but started working with a career counselor in the […]
Assorted teaching tips
If you disagree, feel free to append “IMNSHO” to each. Respect your students: Learn their names. Start and end on time to the best of your ability. Admit your mistakes and when you don’t know an answer. Answer questions without implying they are stupid ones. Set out all expectations in the syllabus and stick to […]