January 2015

Video on writing research papers

Excellent presentation by Professor Simon Peyton Jones of Microsoft Research. He provides a seven step process. One enlightening thing he said is to start writing and *then* do your research. The process of writing can help hone what research is necessary (and prevents being bogged down in research). Additional resources on research are available on Professor Jones’ web site. Related Images:

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Resume help

I’m helping a friend with a resume tonight so I’ve been reading through links on the latest and greatest in writing resumes. Most of the techniques I’ve used are still valid. The format needs to be updated but the general items that are included are the same. It’s interesting that the idea of a professional “landing page” is now popular. A landing page used to be what you ended up on after clicking...

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