Archives for February 2007

For the past 6 months, my wife and I haven't had our own place.  We've been all over the US and Mexico staying with friends, relatives, and in hotels. It has been an interesting experience and I've developed a few practices that help me be the most productive while working out of a suitcase. Obviously you would want to tailor these for your own line of work, but hopefully everyone can find at least a few tips that are helpful. Work Bag - For me, this is my laptop bag.  Almost everything I need to work goes in the bag.  If I am approaching a deadline, I can stop anywhere with internet access and get right to work without needing to pull things from several suitcases. If you do a lot of … [Read more...] about Working from a Suitcase

The last two lists of academic podcast lectures were quite popular, so I've created an updated list for this semester.  Universities are starting to limit podcasts to registered students and some have given up on podcasting.  As a result our list is shorter than last semester.  However, there are still over 60 classes publishing public RSS feeds--most people should be able to find something interesting for their daily commute. The list only contains actual courses.  Many universities have distinguished speaker podcasts that are intentionally not included in this list.  If you are aware of other podcasts of current courses please add them to the comments.  … [Read more...] about Free Academic Podcast Lectures (Spring 2007)