Science and productivity by Dr. Christine Corbett Moran
I listened to a relatively dry Complex Systems podcast on how Patrick McKenzie recently found Claude Code beneficial. I then listened to his (linked in the show notes) Claude code overview for normies which swung in the other direction. Convinced, I decided to take it for a spin. I’m a long Claude desktop and MCP Read More …
How I Plan I last wrote about using Passion Planner as my go-to todo list 5 years ago. I keep an eye out for alternatives, but it’s still the same story. Since I’m extremely digital, it may seem odd that I keep a paper planner. It’s not my only way of tracking todos or goals, Read More …
It’s been more than a year since I wrote You Know, We Can Just Stop Consuming the News, and more than a year since I just, you know, stopped consuming the news. At first I didn’t realize it would need to be a social media purge as well, but after seeing too much news via Read More …
It’s been in my planner for months: get back to blogging. So when I finally sat down last night to blog I was dismayed to see my WordPress website totally inaccessible, displaying a 503 error: Note: since this is self hosted, yours truly is the aforementioned Technical Support department. Not to be blocked there, I Read More …
I’ve been listening to the 80,000 hours podcast a lot recently*. On the podcast they had a discussion of why you should stop reading the news with Brian Caplan, which pointed to Rolf Dobelli’s book Stop Reading the News. I picked up the book, also read it, and promptly stopped reading (and watching or listening) Read More …
In the 1800s, educated elites were expected to be proficient in Latin, Greek, classical literature, religious knowledge, moral philosophy, public speaking, writing, basic arithmetic, geometry, natural philosophy (covering fundamental physics, astronomy, and biology), music, art, poetry, classical and national history, geography, French, and social graces. Physical activities like horseback riding, rowing, and fencing were also Read More …
June 1, 2015 I was thrilled to start my 3 year tenure as an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow (NSF AAPF) at Caltech. I am therefore declaring June 1 as my official academic New Year. I’m treating this fellowship period as my shot to make a scientific difference, and here’s to the next 3 years. I have an structured routine scheduled, Read More …
I’ve been using Macs all my computing life, and relied heavily on headless Linux boxes for most of my computing career (I must also admit to two stints as a Windows user, during internships at FAST Search&Transfer and SpaceX respectively). Besides a small Linux laptop, which I got as a failed experiment, I’ve never before Read More …
I fully admit to being an information and interaction junky. I feed on bits and pats on the backs to the point of bloating, and with my schedule when I’m working I need to be on point. I try to take a media fast once a year for about a month for a personal cleanse, Read More …
I travel quite a bit, and am away from home from 24hr-30 day stretches. Even longer, but after 30 days I transform my coordinate system, and home is again where I am. My advice would fill pages, but here are a few simple tips to keep on the road. Read More …
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