Four sources of happiness

Four great lectures on sources of happiness, and how many of us have a counter productive attitude to the pursuit. The four cover sensory pleasures, material wealth, romantic relationships and children. Each held by brilliant people, including professors Paul Bloom,...

Charming and engaging 6 minute lecture on why we work.

Charming and engaging 6 minute lecture on why we work.. and the importance of having something meaningful to do. Barry Schwartz: The way we think about work is brokenWhat makes work satisfying? Apart from a paycheck, there are intangible values that, Barry Schwartz...

Scrivener … a better way to write

Microsoft word dominates the world of word processing. Completely. However, this does not mean it is the only, or the best for every task that requires writing. When asked what tools he used, Dan Ariely strongly recommended Scrivener, where one can easily organize,...

Reference managers: Endnote or Mendeley?

I have used Evernote for a while, so know it to a certain extent. Being at the very start of my PhD run, I want to start building a new library as effectively as possible. Both these two tools seem to offer similar features, such as dragging and dropping PDF’s...