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Some people got a bit dissapointed because #JointFutures wasn’t all practical “let’s redesign this website” stuff. Instead it’s food for thought, as designers our biggest asset is how we think, because that is ultimately how we design
Hey! That’s me in the picture! 👋🏻
Hey! That’s me in the picture! 👋🏻
Neglecting the impact of what we ship is destroying by design, and this has many faces and levels. @kimgoodwin pointed out that we are not auditing enough the projects we work on. Can we do it? Yes. Should we do it? Maybe. What’s the potential risk? Huh!
@priyascape reminded us to stop focusing on creating tools to solve the problems, but to actually go and solve them for real.
And to kill the double diamond
And to kill the double diamond
This weekend I posted a #thread about #PersonalStatements. It got a lot of attention- much of it good, some critical.
In the spirit of a #GrowthMindset I decided to lean in to the criticisms and try and improve it.
#Meded
#Medtwitter
#MedstudentTwitter
In the spirit of a #GrowthMindset I decided to lean in to the criticisms and try and improve it.
#Meded
#Medtwitter
#MedstudentTwitter
The content of the original #thread was true to my thoughts about the topic, but was written in a way that did not give proper context to the role of the PS in the process. It was also completely tone-deaf in that the voice I used was condescending and mean. And that is not me.
So I’m considering that thread what @ANNELAMOTT would call a #ShittyFirstDraft. The following draft incorporates feedback from the @Twitter #meded community into something I hope is a bit more useful (and a lot more friendly).
A quick #thread on the importance of #mentorship and critical #feedback in writing. I’m targeting students, trainees, and younger faculty who struggle with the #mentoring process- I’ll share some vulnerability to demonstrate a #growthmindset- I’ll also recommend 2 books.
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A couple of weeks ago I was invited by @AnnalsATS to write an editorial for a paper. I loved the topic so I quickly agreed and started ordering my thoughts. It was a quick turnaround- 2 weeks, so I had to get moving.
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I worked diligently on the draft and invited @vitaincerta to co-author- she is smart as a whip and a terrific writer and I knew she would really help to shape a well-written piece. She agreed and I sent her my #ShittyFirstDraft.
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Thread: “How to WriteUp Your PhD and not get Overwhelmed” I’m spending a week with one of my (co-supervised) PhD students here in India. We are discussing general principles for getting it all done, so I will share some thoughts, in case it helps others at this stage #phdchat
First #protip : Start thinking in Paragraphs. All you will do next, really, is write a few paragraphs, that’s not too bad, is it? Live and breathe your science thoughts as paragraphs, or tidy bundles of thoughts that go well together
Don’t forget that a paragraph is really only 5-6 sentences. All these sentences should support and develop your topic sentence.
