Jargonauts | FemaleScienceProfessor I like this idea: Practice talking about your research with a colleague or student who will make a loud beep sound when you use jargon. This is similar to the Toastermasters technique of someone ringing a bell everytime a speaker uses a word whisker (um, uh, you know).
Writer’s Boot Camp: Football Edition | ProfHacker “In order to produce quality writing (and a quantity of writing), we must adopt some of the same work-ethic strategies as football players or other high calibre athletes: we must put in the time on field, in the weight room, in the training room, and at the training table. What that might mean for a writer is to…”
Pros and Cons to Help You Choose a Desk Layout | Unplggd I’m keen on an L-shaped desk where the one of legs extends into the middle of the room and can then double as a conference table. Similar to the U shape shown here, but without the bit against the wall.
Parallels Desktop 6 Mobile App on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch | Parallels Consumer Tech Blog Could someone try this out and let us know how they like it? “With Parallels’ new mobile app and MyParallels service, people can freely perform tasks that have been unavailable or limiting to iPad users such as printing, viewing Flash-based websites and full use of productivity applications like Outlook.”
Gmail Stats | Google Operating System “The extension lets you type one or more queries and plots the results on a graph.” This seems really cool but I don’t know what I want to learn from it.