Scientists with active research programs I have a question for you. I am starting sabbatical in February and I’d like to spend some time organizing my research. What are your favorite tricks, large and small, for being effective in research?
@jegpeek
I think I get my best output when I’m able to spend one day on one project/topic. Project hopping is a disaster for me. I really like to use the chalkboard for both keeping a list of all of my projects (both long-term and active back burner) as well as having a large sandbox portion for sketching out ideas
@jradavenport so you track projects/concepts on a dedicated blackboard?
@jegpeek @jradavenport I find Trello to be a pretty good digital tool for this kind of tracking, although it also feels like it's not quiiiite what I want
@pkgw @jegpeek
I’ve seen some students use Notion. It seems nice, but also bundles lots of stuff that I don’t really need. I have a section of the chalkboard I keep a 1 line status for projects. More details sometimes on GitHub issues or project outlines in latex docs