According to Wikipedia, George Heilmeier is an marvelously successful American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of liquid crystal displays. I just noticed a post over on Ben Deaton’s blog Only a Model about a series of questions attributed to Heilmeier that can help focus and refine ...
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An animated guide to open access
The always amusing PhD Comics just posted an animated explanation of the issues surrounding academic publishing and the open access movement. This is an incredibly important issue in acadmia. We have allowed academic publishing to remain mired in the same basic business model for hundreds of years. This business model ...
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I am a research scientist and professor. This means presentations and publications are both the banes of my existence and the primary metrics by which I am evaluated. I know I need to write more to hone my craft. I know there is no perfect time to write. I know ...
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