The Akashic Field Chronicle

Talk about taking a break from blogging . My last post (five months ago), optimistically entitled “Thesis Sprint”, turned out to be one of the longest, most drawn out sprints that was ever done in the history of “figurative” racing. Maybe marathon (kudos to Wil) would have been a better term. Nah. It was more like a walkathon, crawlathon, stop-to-catch-my-breathaton,(check-my-facebookathon!).

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Oh my! How time flies when you’re having fun (or not). It’s almost March, and for me, that means the time has come to choose. Do I graduate on time or not? Uhmmm… I think I’ll choose the former, thank you very much.

It’s hard to believe that it has already been 2 years. Now, it all boils down to the last 2 WEEKS! Yep, in two weeks, I should have a draft thesis documentation to give out to my panel. I plan to accomplish that goal whatever it takes.

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I’ve always thought Jorge Cham’s PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper) Comics are simply brilliant, ever since someone recommended it to me at the start of my career as a grad student. Here’s one that’s very close to my heart right now:

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On my previous post, I showed you why you should be ditchin’ MS Word and instead learning LaTeX. In this post, I’ll give a very short glimpse of my basic workflow when using LaTeX. Which programs I use? Is there any particular way I use them? Hopefully this will get you started (if you haven’t yet) on mastering LaTeX for those technical papers.

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If you’re doing research work (in school or otherwise), or if you’re seriously considering a career in the field of research or maybe the academe, then you probably know by now how important it is to publish your work. As they say, in the academic world, it’s “Publish or Perish”. Basically, you’re only as good a researcher as the output you produce and the papers you publish. That isn’t entirely true of course, but it definitely helps if you publish frequently.

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