These are the 10 most viewed posts in my blog during 2011. They cover PhD life, advice for young and not so young scientists, and generally useful stuff.
Finding topics for your posts Sometimes it is hard to come up with topics to write in your blog. If you want to attract readers, these topics should interest them. How can you find these topics? Good old Google can help you. In this post I will show you how I used Google Analytics, [...]
I would like to share with you an example of the motivation letter for PhD jobs I have used in the past. I have sent plenty of motivation statements like this one when I was searching for a PhD project in Europe. It pays off to start from a good cover letter, like this one, [...]
I added a new cover letter template to my collection of free stuff. Download the Cover Letter Template For Journal Submission (.doc) or check it out at Google Docs (you can download in different formats). If you find it useful, you are welcome to purchase Cover Letter Template For Journal Submission for $2. It is the same letter [...]
PhD Motivation And The 4 Hour Workweek In this post I will describe how you can boost your PhD motivation by adapting the ideas presented in The 4-Hour Workweek book by Tim Ferriss. I have read this book and there are some gems in it that I belief could be used in any PhD project. Focusing on what [...]
When I started writing my MSc thesis I was told many times to be careful with the English comma when enumerating items. Well, I have to admit that I didn’t quite understand what was all that about. Recently I found a crystal clear example of how to deal with commas. Furthermore, I discovered it [...]
I would like to share two examples of a reference letter. Download them here. If you find it useful, you are welcome to purchase Reference Letter To Attend A Conference Type 1 ($2) and Type 2 ($2). They are the same letters that you get for free, I just give the option of a small [...]
Very few people will tell you the following things before you start a PhD, and you are going to need them, oh boy you are going to need them. Being aware of what it really takes to accomplish a PhD will help you decide if you want so badly to start the journey. 1. Main [...]
During your PhD you will do lots of things that will seem useless. Time after, you will reach heights, that when looking back, you will realize that were reached thanks to a chain of useless actions. It’s what Steve Jobs called “connecting the dots”. You can only do it looking back. You have to [...]
(Photo: comic.lot23.com) Knowing how NOT to do something, does not imply that you know how to do it. You can learn either by trial and error or by following the wise advice (imitating) of someone. I have already made use of evolution to explain how cultural knowledge works. If you opt to use somebody’s experience you [...]
