So you can find different things here on my blog!
One the reasons I like to do here is know what other people in academia doing, mostly PhD students who put too much time and effort on their work. Usually, people (your adviser) demand to have new things to be done by the end of your PhD thesis. But this is not a case for every PhD student. If you are in Engineering as I am, so in most probability you are working on a applied problem. Applied problems are good in a sense you can see immediate effect of your work, if it is really applied, or at least you can see its effect in a long run.
Many of problems we are trying to solve are just a little bit improvement in our world but
Anyway, I was reading this article by Sarah Kendzior and found good advices for PhD students here by Patrick Meier. He has some good points for you if you want to get more involve in your research and also open some doors for you future after graduation. I am totally agree with him about blogging. Actually, I can say, its better to have another blog for your inner personality. By that I mean to have some place that no body knows you and you can write whatever you want. This helps to keep track of your inner peace, may be!
So, in conclusion I encourage you to create a blog for your work and write as much as you can. You may be the only follower of that blog but as I mentioned this will help you a lot.
One the reasons I like to do here is know what other people in academia doing, mostly PhD students who put too much time and effort on their work. Usually, people (your adviser) demand to have new things to be done by the end of your PhD thesis. But this is not a case for every PhD student. If you are in Engineering as I am, so in most probability you are working on a applied problem. Applied problems are good in a sense you can see immediate effect of your work, if it is really applied, or at least you can see its effect in a long run.
Many of problems we are trying to solve are just a little bit improvement in our world but
Anyway, I was reading this article by Sarah Kendzior and found good advices for PhD students here by Patrick Meier. He has some good points for you if you want to get more involve in your research and also open some doors for you future after graduation. I am totally agree with him about blogging. Actually, I can say, its better to have another blog for your inner personality. By that I mean to have some place that no body knows you and you can write whatever you want. This helps to keep track of your inner peace, may be!
So, in conclusion I encourage you to create a blog for your work and write as much as you can. You may be the only follower of that blog but as I mentioned this will help you a lot.
