I love The Professor Is In 2.0 (Book review)
Last November, the Professor Is In, 2.0 was published. Compared to the first version we had previously reviewed on this blog (The 7 Best Tips from ‘The Professor is in’ (Book review)), the 2025...
Category: Reviews
In the beginning, Epigrammetry just had a Book Reviews category. And, of course, we also spice things up (relatively frequently) with bouldering gym reviews. But gradually, we started adding some reviews of Tech or Travel Gadgets or were at least discussing them on social media. Hence, people asked us to expand this category and now there’s a parent category for reviews with the children “Book Reviews”, “Bouldering Reviews” and “Tech and Travel Gadget Reviews”.
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1. Reviews (top-level category containing all reviews)
2. Bouldering Reviews
3. Book Reviews
4. Tech or Travel Gadget Reviews
Three Books That Changed How I Work and Live: Lessons from Essentialism, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, and Make Time
As part of our goal to have more short posts with quick takeaways, today I’m sharing some key insights from a few books that have had a huge impact on my thinking around work,...
Revising your draft into a publishable journal article in 12 weeks [Book Review]
Another very useful book about academic writing that I want to discuss with you is Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (Second Edition, University...
How to write a lot [Book Review]
Here’s my review of Paul J. Silvia, How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (APA LifeTools). I loved it so much that I listened to the audiobook three times...
What reviewing books taught me about how to procrastinate less
Here are the key takeaways from various authors on overcoming procrastination that I talked about in earlier posts or book reviews: From Steven Pressfield (“Turning Pro” & “The War of Art”): From Mel Robbins...
Write through psychological barriers? [Book Review, Part II]
You probably noticed that sometimes, writing is hard. Maybe it’s always hard for you. Or maybe you’re suffering from a writing stall. As it often happens, I started formulating my book review for Joli...
Top takeaways from Cal Newport books so far
Even though I didn’t love the newest book, Slow Productivity, it did have a few valuable takeaways that got somewhat lost in my book review. What’s more, there really are a good number of...
Endings are hard: How to write a strong conclusion [Book Review]
Nobody knows how to write good conclusions. So for the second post in my recap of Joshua Schimel’s Writing Science (part 1), I will unpack how to write a strong conclusion—according to Schimel anyway...
Ending well: Re-Opening the OCAR Hourglass
Nobody knows how to write good conclusions. So for the second post on conclusions in my recap of Joshua Schimel’s Writing Science (part 1, part 2), I will continue unpacking how to write a...
What I learned about Writing Science [Book Review]
At a recent professional development workshop, I was recommended Writing Science by Joshua Schimel (Oxford University Press: Oxford 2011). I learned so much! Initially, I didn’t expect much because it’s for scientists and not...
How to energise and condense your writing [Book Review]
In this post, you will learn how to energise and condense your writing according to Joshua Schimel’s Writing Science. His advice really isn’t secret or particularly mind-blowing but I’m making all those mistakes on...
Why I’m disappointed by Slow Productivity [Book Review]
I was disappointed by Cal Newport’s latest book Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment without Burnout (2024). In this blog post, I will share my takeaways from this book, why I was disappointed...
[Book Review] A world without email
Today, I want to give a brief reivew of Cal Newport, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload (Penguin 2021, see also the author’s website). The summary situates the...
Travel Hacks for Academia, Part I: The right apparel
As you all probably don’t know yet – I’m a huge travel gadgets nerd. I own tons of them and spend way more money than I should testing the newest fancy shit from Kickstarter....
[Gadget Review] The Timer Timer (and app)
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...
