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31
Oct
Academic Mixtape 35

Academic Mixtape 35

all M&Ms and Reese's Pieces, no Skittles
6 min read
28
Oct
an absurdly complex figure of metabolic pathways

The best scientific talk advice that gets ignored

Here are some prescriptions for a case of UCPS (Unengaging Conference Presentation Syndrome).
4 min read
22
Oct
image from a plane window of a snowy landscape. probably over Iowa. photo by mcglynn

The 76 hour long meeting

Time spent in a meeting = (Duration of a meeting) (Number of attendees)
3 min read
08
Oct
My understanding is that screen readers will be able to read the text in here. That's good because ghost only allows 181 characters in alt text.

Statistics in the era of AI

How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
7 min read
29
Sep
white background with white silouettes of various tai chi postures

Always being a learner

and always being a struggler
5 min read
17
Sep
an audio cassette tape, with a sticker on it saying 'science for everyone'

Academic Mixtape 34

red hot links
3 min read
15
Sep
a genuinely bad line drawing by me, one guy saying 'lies blah blah more lies' and the other with a thought bubble saying 'hmm curious'

Debating is bad. Professor Watchlists are bad.

Disagreement and listening is good. Taking facts seriously is good.
5 min read
02
Sep
a bright red ant with huge black eyes perched on the tip of a twig with a jet black backdrop

Lessons learned from a sabbatical

The third time was the charm.
5 min read
26
Aug
On accepting and acknowledging your authority

On accepting and acknowledging your authority

If you don't own it, you're failing the people who need you.
5 min read
18
Aug
screencap from a video of a cartoonishly silly robot dancing in a whitness stand of a courtroom (from the Whitest Kids U Know sketch comedy troupe's Sex Robot short)

How I am thinking about GenAI in the classroom

Student use of GenAI is not the problem, it's a symptom of bigger problems.
6 min read