Heat and Thought - La pensée sous canicule
What impact does heat have on thought process? A study by P. Batra and R. Garg (2005)* on rats showed a decrease in memory at...
Creation and Quotas -La Création et les quotas
“In writing, habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration. Consequently, there must some little quality...
Blogging and Research: What tone ?
Blogs tend to take an informal chatty tone. Scholarly writing tends to do the contrary. When blogging in connection to research, what to...
Brevity, Editing, Holding and Abandoning- Brièveté, révision, maintien et abandon
When working on others' writing it's easier to see the repetitions, and the examples that could potentially be eliminated, without any...
Tweet, Blog or PhD Thesis? Tweet, blog ou thèse doctoral ?
Tweets are limited to 140 characters, meaning in these first two sentences we will have already gone far beyond the realm of a single...
Abandon: Under the Weather - Mal en point
What happens to creation when under the weather or otherwise diminished ? Yesterday, after a solid day of work, I went to a dance class...