The Internet Public Library has lots of really useful links. I find this set particularly useful when writing.
Internet Public Library: Style & [...]
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After a long period of inactivity (and procrastination) I am firing the blog back up. The major change is a de-emphasis on categories, and the tagging of all posts. This will take a while as I work through the old posts to build a meaningful tag hierarchy. I have also decided to incorporate all my blogs [...] Research as a Second Language Tara Gray’s Publish and Flourish performs one of its essential ideas in its table of contents. If we restate the subtitle as a question, the section headings, taken together, constitute the answer, and the chapter titles constitute its elaboration. Q: How does one become a prolific scholar? A: You become a prolific scholar by [...] Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. Certainly the study of exemplary leaders is one way to learn the lessons. Michael McKinney provides a good analysis of a lesson to be learned from Abraham Lincoln. Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog @ LeadershipNow In Lincoln’s first inaugural address, he said, “Nothing valuable [...] How to Find the Right Chart Type for your Numeric Data If you are finding it hard to pick the right chart type for your type of data, this easy flow chart (available as PDF and JPG) courtesy Andrew Abela should help you make the decision quickly. Start from the center and take the route that best [...] The Art of Making Quality Decisions – Knowledge@Emory It’s challenge enough for individuals to make decisions about things they know a lot about. It’s even tougher for them to make decisions in the face of uncertainty or when the information available is being poked, prodded and packaged to influence [...] digitalresearchtools This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively. Whether you need software to help you manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts, Digital Research Tools will help you find what you’re looking for. We provide a [...] Academic Earth – Video lectures from the world’s top scholars ProjectSteps: Another Project Goes Live Locus Online Features: Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction Top 10 Dumb Project Management Questions Are you ready? To ask dumb questions? Good. Your project team, your client and your firm need that from you. Protection is not guaranteed. You do this at your own risk. But believe me, you will sleep better as [...] The goal is not to prevent idiots from doing the wrong thing, but to make intelligent people do the right thing. From Thinking for [...] |
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