http://pessoal.dainf.ct.utfpr.edu.br/adolfo/ 2026-04-30T05:22:03+00:00 http://pessoal.dainf.ct.utfpr.edu.br/adolfo/ http://pessoal.dainf.ct.utfpr.edu.br/adolfo/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=logo.png text/html 2020-11-19T11:42:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://pessoal.dainf.ct.utfpr.edu.br/adolfo/doku.php?id=blog:a_year_at_nc_state&rev=1605786142&do=diff A year at NC State (PUBLIC DRAFT) I have spent a sabbatical year at North Carolina State University. It was great. Both for professional and for personal reasons. I came back in April 2015, approximately three years ago. Some topics I intend to discuss here (or in other posts): text/html 2020-11-19T11:42:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://pessoal.dainf.ct.utfpr.edu.br/adolfo/doku.php?id=blog:my_favorite_podcasts_-_part_1&rev=1605786142&do=diff My favorite podcasts - Part 1 Right now (May 6th, 2018), Revisionist History is my #1 favorite podcast. Malcolm Gladwel is a great storyteller. His three episodes on universities in the USA are excellent. This is a podcast in seasons. Season 3 will be launched soon. The other podcasts in my main list launch episodes regularly and are: text/html 2020-11-19T11:42:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://pessoal.dainf.ct.utfpr.edu.br/adolfo/doku.php?id=blog:the_problems_with_academia&rev=1605786142&do=diff The problems with Academia Excerpts from Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Skin in the Game, which is part of Incerto. Read the book! These are just a reminder for me. (...) one (now “resigned”) department head one day came to me and emitted the warning: “Just as, when a businessman and author you are judged by other businessmen and authors, here as an academic you are judged by other academics. Life is about peer assessment.”