Category Archives: writing

Re-evaluating second brains

Posted on 2023-08-28 by Graham

Because my undergraduate Physics teaching drilled into me the importance of keeping a lab book, I’ve always kept notebooks throughout my professional career too. If I want to know (and I’m not sure why I would) what process I created … Continue reading →

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Introducing the SICPers Newsletter

Posted on 2022-01-28 by Graham

I write a lot about software engineering. I talk a lot about software engineering. And I read a lot about software engineering. And that stuff is scattered all over the interwebs. Well, some of it isn’t even there, it’s in … Continue reading →

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I don’t use version control when I’m writing

Posted on 2021-04-24 by Graham

Or rather, I do use version control when I’m writing, and it isn’t helpful. I’m currently studying a PhD, and I have around 113k words of notes in a git repository. I also have countless words of notes in a … Continue reading →

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The importance of the passive voice is described.

Posted on 2019-06-20 by Graham

I am writing a blog post, in which I intend to convince you of my case. A coherent argument must be created, in which the benefits of my view are enumerated. Paragraphs are introduced to separate the different parts of … Continue reading →

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