English language posts
Obsidian is a local-first note-taking app built on plain markdown files with bidirectional linking. When combined with AI tools, it becomes a personal
2025-08-10
Most researchers use AI tools with vague prompts and accept mediocre results. A few specific techniques consistently produce better outputs for resear
2025-08-08
Running multiple AI tools in parallel on a research task — one searching literature, one analyzing data, one drafting text — sounds appealing. The rea
2025-08-06
Academic paper translation is harder than business translation because the stakes are high (errors can misrepresent findings) and the technical vocabu
2025-08-04
The gap between "paper finished" and "paper ready to submit" matters more than most researchers realize. Reviewer rejections often cite problems that
2025-08-02
Conference talks have a specific communication challenge: you have 12–20 minutes to make complex work comprehensible to researchers with partially ove
2025-08-01
Grant writing is one of the most high-stakes writing tasks in academia. AI assistance is real, but the failure modes are specific and costly. Here's w
2025-07-30
Figures in research papers are often the most information-dense parts — and the most frequently misread. AI tools have developed meaningful capability
2025-07-29
"AI flavor" in writing is detectable. Reviewers notice it. It undercuts credibility. If you've used AI assistance in drafting academic text, these tec
2025-07-28
A language tandem pairs you with someone who speaks your target language natively and wants to practice yours. Done well, it beats most paid apps for
2025-07-28
