“The truth is dancers and musicians live in two different worlds.” For academic writers, the Rule of 200. Writing 200 words/day is rather like writing for 15 minutes/day — it sets an objective, emotionally neutral goal. Getting that first draft squeezed out is most important; quality can be layered in later. Also, this raises the [...]
Tagged poetryInteresting confluence of views from today’s feeds: Let’s face it, science is boring – science-in-society – 21 December 2009 – New Scientist “Science is not a whirlwind dance of excitement, illuminated by the brilliant strobe light of insight. It is a long, plodding journey through a dim maze of dead ends. It is painstaking data [...]
Susie Bright asks: What makes a person change the course of their life? Why bother learning stuff? Social Media Venn diagram As he turns in his dissertation, Cal Newport (of Study Hacks blog fame) reflects on his grad-school experience A thought on the university as “an ethically superior institution” James Fallows is back in the [...]
Tagged academia, gradschool, James Fallows, social media, studyhacks, Susie BrightJames Fallows on the China Xinjiang / Uighur controversy: “The point about separate fact-universes is one of the sobering marvels of the modern info-age. It’s true within the United States, as discussed long ago here; and it’s true between countries, as China, Turkey, and the rest of the world all digest different versions of the [...]
Tagged Evan Dorkin, history, informatics, James Fallows, Jane Austen, language, Monty Python, poetry, secondacts“A comparison of the 2008 population — using data from a variety of sources — with the first census in 1881 shows that the number of Cocks has shrunk by 75 per cent…” Read the rest for the context. How to e-mail a professor. They may not notice, but then again, they do notice. Saaien [...]
Tagged Brian Eno, literature review, Oblique Strategies, Orange Crate Art, poetry