Rediscovering the telephone

Are you over video calls? Are email and quick messages too distanced? Is it currently difficult or impossible for you … More

Who am I writing this article for?

You know how it is. You’ve been working on an article forever, but it just isn’t working. You need to … More

Back in September, I did a thread on Twitter that a lot of people found helpful about how to start … More

I’ve wanted to have the chance to regularly work from home for years, but it was never an option in … More

One of the things all researchers have to face is, occasionally, a difficult meeting. It might be a meeting with your … More

Usually I keep my to-do lists as handwritten scrawls, as marginalia, as a schedule in my calendar, or I remember … More

For nearly everyone doing a PhD–this is your first time. You’ve never done this before, and you’re learning the ropes … More

This is the third in this series of spreadsheet hacks that have saved my sanity and my health. The first … More

A couple of years ago, I had 4 jobs. I was teaching a Masters professional communication subject with 60 students; … More

Okay, this is the final post, I think, in this mini-series on how my very, very brief time in the … More