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Screens Beat Paper Part 2: OneNote 2016 and the HP Pavilion X2

November 28, 2016 Matthew Thompson 0

Digital note taking has a lot to recommend it over the paper sort, as discussed in part one of this article. My first experiment using […]

Screens Beat Paper: Experiments with Digital Note Taking Part 1

September 27, 2016 Matthew Thompson 0

I take a lot of notes and have accumulated decades worth of paper notebooks of every size and description.  While the habit of note taking […]

Real Life Paths to Landing Jobs

August 22, 2016 Matthew Thompson 0

Finding a new job is often a messy and non-linear process. The infographic below explores five eclectic examples of successful real-world job hunts. I hope they […]

Simple Detective Tricks for Physics Career Building and Job Search

July 17, 2016 Matthew Thompson 0

A physics education may teach us to be “investigators” in the research science sense of the word, but the detective skills tend to get omitted. […]

Getting the Most Out of a Conference

June 15, 2016 Matthew Thompson 0

Conferences are great. Your university, government lab, or company sends you on a free trip to a (hopefully) interesting locale. There are engaging talks and poster […]

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Matthew Thompson is a physicist and leader who has worked in academia, national labs, and private industry.  He has learned a lot of career lessons along the way and likes to share them in the interest of building a prosperous community of physical scientists. Read More

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