September 2011
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pomodoro technique
Umesh recently discussed the Pomodoro Technique (slides), a time management method that uses a timer to break down tasks into 25-minute intervals called ‘pomodori’ (PDF book on PT, book on PT). The work intervals are separated by brief breaks, usually five minutes each. The name comes from the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that was used by Francesco Cirillo, the inventor of the method,...
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scientific publishing
Niko Kriegeskorte from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at Cambridge recently discussed the future of scientific publishing (his blog on this). He considered these questions: What’s good and bad about the current system? What features define the future system and how can we transition to it?
Good things about the current system include that it provides a signal of what to read. It...