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The uneven U

Publishers often send me academic writing books to review. I happily look through every book, but if I think I can’t wholeheartedly recommend it, I just don’t write a review. I don’t want to crush a fellow author’s soul. The rejected titles sit sadly, in small piles of guilt, on the bottom of one of ...continue reading.

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May 5, 2011

What the Wiki?!

Want to toy with your librarian? Try wikipedia!

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May 3, 2011

WIFM

Connecting with your audience – it’s all about the empathy. And the trashy novels.

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April 27, 2011

The ‘Out The Door’ rant

How to think more like Apple

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April 21, 2011

Easter Break

It’s Easter holiday time in Australia this week, so The Thesis Whisperer is having a brief break until next Thursday. As usual I will be spending some of the holiday catching up on my writing…  It’s good to set a goal, so I am committing to finishing my chapter on creative thinking for the nextcontinue reading.

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April 19, 2011

Learning to fly

Jess Drake offers some helpful advice when you find yourself evicted from the nest…

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April 14, 2011

How a librarian can be a postgrad’s best friend

How can you make more use of your university librarian? Karen tells you how.

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April 12, 2011

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle … of two supervisors who don’t agree

Having two supervisors is becoming increasingly common. If, like me, you did your PhD within a college of the University Of London, UK you will automatically get two supervisors. This is done for a range of reasons including; supervisor commitments, breadth of knowledge / experience, pastoral reasons (so you don’t end up needing my muchcontinue reading.

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April 7, 2011

Don’t type “format c:”

Where I explain that I am not actually a geek.

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April 4, 2011

An approach to time management as a metaphor for my life

Can you write 1000 words in a day? Linda Kirkman says “yes you can- at least a 1000 word blog post!”.

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March 29, 2011

What is your dark side?

This is another post which uses Star Wars to do some philosophising. I just can’t help it.

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