Confessions of a researchaholic

2022-11-16

Why you should write your own paper, at least the first draft

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 10:38 am
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Writing is an important skill for not only publishing and communication but also other career tasks. If you cannot do it for whatever reason (language, habit, psychology, etc.) it is better to learn as soon as possible.

Nobody else knows your ideas and thoughts better than yourself. Writing by someone else is not very likely to accurately reflect what you have in mind.

If you find it difficult to express your thoughts, it can be a sign that the thinking is not clear enough and writing can help refine it.

Do whatever to come up with a first draft. Do not worry about nitty gritty details like grammar as long as your collaborators can understand what you are trying to say. We can iterate the paper draft together to improve the not only the writing but also our thinking and execution of the project.

2022-11-13

Rodin garden

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 5:23 pm
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After museum
closing drew sculptures to
kill non-extra time

2022-11-12

Autumn maple in a windy day

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 5:31 pm
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Fall maple in a
sunny afternoon made a
good drawing session

2022-11-11

Tree face

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 9:33 pm
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I saw a Taoist monk hidden in the tree!

Watching presentation videos in faster speed

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 5:40 pm
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Sometimes I watch presentation videos in double speed to save time and heighten focus (more attention is needed to parse narrations playing in faster speed).

Portrait of a participant during a virtual meeting

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 1:52 pm
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I did pay attention to the meeting.

2022-11-09

Plant in a barrel

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 5:42 pm
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This barrel of plant seemed intriguing so I did a quick drawing on spot followed by a more nuanced drawing from memory later.

2022-11-08

How to choose project team members

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 12:19 pm
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More people do not imply more productivity, sometimes it could be the opposite.

Every member should have a clearly defined role that fits their interests and expertise, so that the total union can cover the entire project with just enough redundancy for robustness (e.g., unforseen demands for certain types of knowledge or tasks, or unvailability for some members during certain stages of the project).

Everyone should have the personality to harmonize with others on the team. We don’t need to love each other, but if some members don’t get along the project will be in trouble.

For longer term projects or building your own teams, consider the growth potential of people in addition to who they currently are (e.g., 3 to 5 years down the road versus right now).

Deep focus

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 10:54 am
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Recently I realized that I have not spent enough time for deep thinking and I can notice that my ideas started to suffer. Some of the causes were self-inflicted, such as letting myself distracted by meetings, slacks, or emails.

Regaining self-control is in order.

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