Behind my GIS: How not to ask for a map
This blogpost evolved from different situations where I was asked to draw a map or to do a GIS-based analysis of ancient stuff (inscriptions, tombs, Roman provinces, finding spots etc.). In one of my...
How to Academia - A blog on academic selfhelp
This blogpost evolved from different situations where I was asked to draw a map or to do a GIS-based analysis of ancient stuff (inscriptions, tombs, Roman provinces, finding spots etc.). In one of my...
What actions are meant by the term “academic writing”? Just the actual writing aka you hit the keyboard fiercely and the whole thing sounds like machine-gun fire? Or is it reading, lit review, crying...
Today, after not posting for a long time, I’m back with a gadget review – a category I invented before I went off the blogging grid for a while. Today’s review will be for...
Sarah started this chain of thought, when writing about her weird habits to start off a productive work session. You can read about it here. We all spent a long time in our homes...
Today I wanted to share a few thoughts on how we probably all have developed weird habits to start our work sessions or work days. I definitely have, already long before Covid. Although I...
We all know about its existence. We fear it. We are called to arms against all the odds never in our favor, when it comes to Peer Review and facing the comments of our...
I have to apologize, because I totally forgot to post this entry yesterday. I am on holiday right now and during the weekend I tried to relax and chill. I was really good at...
Maybe you stopped by because of my title: Positive Procrastination? Sounds challenging, right? Everybody of us has experienced the powers of procrastination (I really like the Wikipedia entry on it), in all its ways,...
Today I wanted to share a few reflections on the Eisenhower Matrix and whether I think it’s a useful planning tool for Academia (short answer: not really!). Desperate times for productivity in 2020 As...
Today I’m going to share a review of my experiences with the reMarkable 2 paper tablet. This review was highly requested and I also thought it would be a nice idea to start a...
I recently tracked my work and ouput using a few challenges such as #100DaysofDH and #100DaysofDissertation. Now I wanted to share some of my experiences. This is, like so often, a reflection that got...
As you have already learned in Astrid’s recent post, we have been testing Brendon Burchard’s High Performance Planner. I had initiated this experiment in a particularly nasty stretch of Corona lockdown demotivation back in...
This is going to be a short post and I shall give you a glimpse of my first feedback on my distance teaching. This semester, I am giving a course on epigraphy at the...
We were almost about to skip last week’s post because we had both forgotten about it. But then I went bouldering (my bouldergym has reopened!) and realized there were a few more things to...
In a desperate attempt to become more productive at PhD writing, I created a template for making outlines for academic articles. It is supposed to guide you through the process but also make sure...