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Links: Job Prospects, Scanning, and Google Wave.

by Kelle March 12, 2010

This week’s Links post is a little short since I’m on vacation.

Report from AAS Employment Session | Women In AstronomyFrom Jessica: Here is a belated but interesting post on the AAS employment session from January’s AAS meeting. The blog post also points to these two additional articles:

Does the US Produce Too Many Scientists? | [...]

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Links: SIMBAD Annotations, IDL 8.0, Mendeley Goes Social, and More.

by Kelle March 5, 2010

Annotations service released | CDS news Add comments to SIMBAD objects! “…not intended to supersede email support via question@simbad, but to improve the contents of SIMBAD contents and the level of interaction between CDS staff and SIMBAD users.” (via August Muench.)
Blogging the IDL User's Group Meeting | comp.lang.idl-pvwave Discussion about the new features [...]

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Links: Vertical Laptop Stands, Efficient Meetings, Poster Templates, and More.

by Kelle February 26, 2010

Vertical laptop stands save desk space | Unclutterer I love how there are no cables in the picture. No power. No DVI. For either the monitor or the laptop. Regardless of the deception, it’s still a nice setup.
9 Tips for Efficient Meetings | Productivity501Have an agenda. Argue in meetings rather than over email. [...]

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Links: Nice Smells and Fair Play, a New Task Manager, Google bits, and More.

by Kelle February 19, 2010

Dual Displays and Sparkling Skylines | Lifehacker This guy went down a difficult path to get two monitors to work with a MacBook. I’d like to see a review for this new USB-DVI option.
Clean smells promote generosity and fair play; dark rooms and sunglasses promote deceit and selfishness | Not Exactly Rocket ScienceI wonder [...]

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Links: Clear Distractions and Books, Google Buzz, Two Tales from the Trenches, and More.

by Kelle February 12, 2010

clear distractions | mnmlist.com Nothing we haven’t been told before, but sometimes it helps to be reminded.
A minimalist approach to books | mnmlist.com Get rid of the books you never use! Get a library card. If you insist on buying books — I find the airport bookstore particularly tempting — give them away or leave [...]

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Links: Astronomy Culture Studied, Changing Institutions, Better Presentations, and More

by Kelle February 5, 2010

Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication: An Exploration of Faculty Values and Needs in Seven Disciplines | UC Center for Studies in Higher Education An academic look at how astronomers communicate with each other. Also includes a basic overview of how the field works which could be useful for newbies. There’s a lot here [...]

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Links: iPad, Effective Delegation, Job Interviews, and More

by Kelle January 29, 2010

iPad Impressions from People Who’ve Actually Used It | The iPhone Blog Looks like I’m coming down pro-iPad. Not right away, of course, but I could see myself getting a 2nd generation one…with multi-tasking and a camera.
Apple iPad: Everything You Need to Know | Gizmodo
5 Tips for Effective Delegation | www.ismckenzie.com 1) Define the task [...]

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Links: Negotiating Tenure Track Jobs, Unclutter Your Office, Collaboration Tools Compared, and more.

by Kelle January 22, 2010

AAS Twitter Stream Graph by Nathan Bergey.

Stuff new/prospective TT faculty need to know. Part 1: Money | Professor in Training Discussion of startup funds and salary issues for those about to start negotiating academic tenure track positions.
Stuff new/prospective TT faculty need to know. Part 2: Negotiating | Professor in Training Putting together a startup request [...]

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Links: AAS Tweets Rundown, Screen Sharing, Wave FAQ, and more.

by Kelle January 15, 2010

MacBook Generations, alternate view, by Robert S. Donovan. via TUAW.

Tweets from the 215th meeting of the AAS | Douglas Burke Word clouds from the tweets. Fine, just #aas next time.
MIT Pledges to Improve Conditions for Minority Faculty Members | ScienceInsider
Mac OS X’s application switcher does not go both ways | Finer Things in Mac [...]

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Links: Interview Practice, Key Remap, and Nexus One/Android 2.1

by Kelle January 8, 2010

I’ve been basically iPhone-only while at the AAS but here’s what caught my eye this afternoon while Marking All as Read the ~1000 unread items in my feed reader.

Better Talking Lets You Practice And Review for Interviews | Lifehacker
KeyRemap4MacBook: the utility keyboard lovers have dreamed of | The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Nexus One [...]

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