Random thoughts about conducting scientific research, supervising students and «toys» that make creative activities even funnier…
However to enable you to make these daily decisions that move you toward a larger goal, the latter needs to be established up front and also revised on a regular basis. Enter the yearly review!
“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to
In Zoom meeting or teaching, Schrödinger’s participant is a thought experiment that illustrates an apparent paradox linked to meeting in virtual mode, where a participant
For the last few years, twice a year I pledge to my family (and myself) not to open once my e-mails for at least two
For many, productivity is a synonym of work productivity. This year’s pandemic had many reassessed this very narrow definition. In fact, at this year major
Due to COVID-19, many meetings went virtual. This was the case of the main meeting in my field. For that meeting, we were asked to
If you loved those high resolution (1080p or 4K HDR), slow motion movies that are used for screensaver on Apple TV, you will love Aerial
As I previously stated, we are currently living the largest social and professional experiment of our time in which many activities have moved to digital,
Over the past few weeks a lot of us have become, willingly or forced, the participants in the largest unplanned international experiment of our time.
The Take Control ebook series is well-known from many internet users and it was recently brought to my attention that the one dedicated on Working
Top educator and COMP gold medal winner Prof. Jerry Battista from Western Ontario has decided to make available materials that he is using in his
In case you’ve missed this one, an interesting analysis was recently published in Nature on citations of manuscripts published in predatory journal. If you contrast
A rare post in French on a conference I gave last year on the status of author taken by students, mainly in the context of
[This post was originally published over 6 years ago. It is still extremely relevant!] Recently saw a comment by a student about not being advised
Ruminating... 