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  • Date posted: July 6, 2008

    The Difference Technology Makes (2)

    The internet has given my ability to do research a tremendous boost. Nowadays, if you know where to search you can find almost any academic book, journal or article.

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  • Date posted: June 28, 2008

    Conferences, Symposia and Workshops

    Conferences, symposia and workshops are part of academic folklore. Taking into account the time it takes to prepare a talk, to travel to the venue and to attend the meeting they are highly inefficient means of knowledge transfer. But then, this is not or no longer, the primary goal.

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  • Date posted: June 14, 2008

    The Difference Technology Makes (1)

    When I finally got a computer myself I could mess around as long and as much as I wished. I could run simulations, add and change variables, create a graph and visualize whatever I didn't understand.

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