How should academics be evaluated?

Great article titled: ““Am I Famous Yet?” Judging Scholarly Merit in Psychological Science. An Introduction” by Robert J. Sternberg; which discusses the various metrics used, their shortcomings and what changes in how academics will be judged in the...

How to attend a conference

While interesting to go, my first academic conference did not exactly give me high returns on the investment. Did I “do it” in the best way possible? Definitely not. This article gives a quick summary of what I should been doing 🙂 In short: Define your...

Type 1 Vs type 2 errors

​http://daniellakens.blogspot.no/2016/12/why-type-1-errors-are-more-important.html?m=1

Building Effective Networks

Herminia Ibarra is a professor of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD, and ranked as one of the most influential management thinkers, on one list as number 8.  http://thinkers50.com/t50-ranking/2015-2/ In the linked 15 minute video, she presents her thoughts on...

Kindle: different uses and Oasis vs. Paper White

I first tried an e-reader in 2010, when I got a Kindle Fire. I hated it, and gave it to my nephew so he could use it to play games. I had to get an e-book for my research, so decided to try the Kindle Paper White; a black and white, e-ink reader. I loved it. Easy to...