Berkeley, Wednesday October 17, 2018 10:55 AM Chapter summary of chapter 1 of the book Bain, K., 2011. What the best college teachers do. Harvard University Press, pp. 1-21 Chapter 1. Introduction: Defining the best My take-aways Bain evaluated defined the best college professors not based on their performance in class, neither in the course evaluations, […]
Getting things done
Berkeley, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 8:43 AM Planning and scheduling, while important things, are not enough, as determination is it and a non-stop motion of continue working until accomplish targets. Delaying things is absolutely bad. Once delayed a bit, those things could be delayed forever. Perseverance, consistency, and getting good rest per day, are important […]
Food intake behavior as guest
Berkeley, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 8:31 AM When invited as guest to a meal, better to be moderated in food intake served at the table. It is fine to accept to bring food home, but only if I am asked. It is not good to request for it. It is often very good to bring […]
Humble and concise
Berkeley, Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:58 AM This week, I have learned two important things, both were advices, but the second one was part of experience. Yesterday, in a discussion with Joe McBride, a Emeritus Professor who I admire, a topic regarding the preparation to the qualification exams was in the table. Joe has traveled […]
What is the schedule of talented people?
Berkeley, Tuesday, October 9, 2018 1:25 PM What is the routine of positive talented people? How is possible that one person could be the center of audience of hundreds, thousands, or sometimes millions of people who pay or make a trip and pay or make an space in their time for watching or listening to […]
What are sediments? and should we care about them?
Berkeley, Sunday, October 7, 2018 3:54 PM Since we have lived in a built environment, it is harder to realize about that the soil is on continuous movement. However, it moves very slowly, it geological times. The landscape is shaped by several force drivers such as: water flow and rainfall, wind velocity, earthquakes, gravity, chemical […]
Hey, please do not hit your head
Berkeley, Friday, October 5, 2018 12:30 PM I have not paid fully attention to all the risk of heating my head, although, of course I have acknowledged how important and sensitive is it, as the brain is there, until learnt about further details about concussion. On September 24, I was diagnosed a mild concussion, 2 […]
How was the talk today? Oh, where did the audience go?
Berkeley, Wednesday, October 3, 2018 3:30 PM Know your audience, but how, when invited? I run a colloquium of series of Lectures in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. I receive speakers every week. Some of them has spoken to a filled classroom, which capacity is 25 students. Some others, like today, Rafa, started with 20 […]
How much to ask before annoying or being annoyed?
Berkeley, Wednesday, October 3, 2018 10:35 AM The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943), when had a question never gave up until the question or request will be answered. I, usually, have the same approach, however, there is a point when my instinct, or whatever internal voice I have, alert me to do not […]
A month with Jian
Berkeley, Wednesday, October 3, 2018 10:17 AM September seems that was a long month. Time is relatively. I often correlate time with how many things have been done. September was, definitely, an active month in my life, and in some ways not all my decisions are only driven my own preferences and time management anymore. […]
