by jordicabot | Jun 22, 2016 | Research Rants
Listening to Kevin Kelly (Senior Maverick and co-founder at Wired Magazine, co-foounder of the All Species Foundation and, among many other things, now author of The Inevitable: understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future) on this Tim Ferriss...
by jordicabot | May 27, 2016 | Research Rants, writing
I was listening on Tim Ferriss podcast this interview with best-seller writer Sebastian Junger when one of the things Sebastian said really ressonate with me. They were talking about writer’s block when Sebastian said: You never want to solve a research problem...
by jordicabot | Feb 14, 2016 | funding, proposals, Research Rants
A couple of weeks ago I submitted my proposal for the ERC Consolidator Grant 2016 call. Since I believe that open science includes not only the actual research activities but the research ideas themselves, I’ve decided to make my proposal public. You can read...
by jordicabot | Jan 11, 2016 | organizing, Research Rants, tools, writing
James Altucher proposes to come up and write down ten ideas a day, no matter what as part of your “daily practice” And he says there are three reasons to do this: Some of those ideas may actually be good. But don’t obsess with this. You’re just...
by jordicabot | Jan 3, 2016 | doing research, presenting, Research Rants, social, Uncategorized
It’s time for all you to set your goals for this year we’re starting. Let me add one to your to-do list: Have a strong presence online!!!! This goal has four big advantages over any other goal you may have set to accomplish this year: It’s simple...
by jordicabot | Dec 29, 2015 | industry relations, proposals, Research Rants
The role of Academia in the startup world is a topic that interests many of us (in fact, it should be of interest to any researcher, even if you’re not planning to build a company yourself). In this podcast, Marc Andreessen talks about this same topic. Given...