Posts

Jan 1, 2023
’Exploration of M31 via Black Hole Slingshots’ …
Nov 6, 2022
Is this thing on?
Dec 10, 2018
Trip report: Victoria
Nov 18, 2018
Future of Space Astronomy in Canada 2018: Workshop Summary
Jun 4, 2017
CASCA 2017: conference report
Mar 26, 2017
Compact objects in Michigan 5
Feb 10, 2017
Academic CV Tricks
Feb 4, 2017
Genetic algorithms and galactic empires
Jan 14, 2017
What is astronomy good for, anyway?
Jan 2, 2017
The strange world of the NSERC Discovery Grant
Dec 28, 2016
More galaxies!
Dec 15, 2016
Please don't be a DOOFAAS
Oct 25, 2016
Tips for short conference talks
Oct 16, 2016
How hard is it to get a PhD in astronomy?
Oct 1, 2016
What to do with your giant telescope
Aug 27, 2016
Academic CV to resume: a worked example
Aug 25, 2016
Happy anniversary Spitzer!
Aug 3, 2016
How to hire a postdoc
Jul 26, 2016
How to find a postdoc
Jul 16, 2016
The sky is big
Jun 30, 2016
Professional science masters, or do we really need another degree?
Jun 19, 2016
Astronaut hobbies
Jun 6, 2016
Researcher IDs
May 31, 2016
Data are difficult
Apr 23, 2016
Space is hard
Apr 8, 2016
Theses
Mar 24, 2016
Conference tweeting
Mar 20, 2016
Galaxy outskirts
Mar 4, 2016
Astronomy for information scientists
Feb 29, 2016
The graduate school road not taken
Feb 20, 2016
Data science skills for astronomers and everyone else
Feb 13, 2016
Graduate gatekeepers
Feb 4, 2016
Data sharing in astronomy, part 2
Jan 27, 2016
Data sharing in astronomy
Jan 18, 2016
Beyond the Galaxy
Dec 23, 2015
Gas, stars, metals and the surface density of star formation
Dec 20, 2015
Recommendation letters
Nov 30, 2015
Counting grad students
Nov 14, 2015
How I spent my sabbatical
Oct 27, 2015
Writing with strangers
Oct 11, 2015
We teach them, they judge us
Sep 28, 2015
Where to publish my astronomy papers?
Sep 20, 2015
Open access in astronomy
Sep 13, 2015
Fun with Astropy
Sep 3, 2015
What's different about graduate science teaching?
Aug 16, 2015
In the shop: comparing the Data Scientist's Toolbox and Software Carpentry
Aug 10, 2015
The reviews are in
Jul 29, 2015
Rows and columns and histograms
Jul 24, 2015
Research frustration
Jul 16, 2015
All M31, all the time
Jul 4, 2015
Play in Science
Jun 28, 2015
WiSE Software Carpentry
Jun 21, 2015
Users' Committee for Gemini
Jun 19, 2015
Hashtag avalanche
May 13, 2015
Software Carpentry Western
May 3, 2015
Software and science
Apr 30, 2015
Python in Astronomy, review
Apr 24, 2015
Python in Astronomy, Day 5
Apr 23, 2015
Python in Astronomy, Day 4
Apr 22, 2015
Python in Astronomy, Day 3
Apr 21, 2015
Python in Astronomy, Day 2
Apr 20, 2015
Python in Astronomy, Day 1
Apr 15, 2015
How to pay for your giant telescope
Apr 12, 2015
Where to put your giant telescope
Apr 7, 2015
TMT! TMT!
Apr 4, 2015
March wrap-up
Mar 30, 2015
Process versus product in research
Mar 26, 2015
MTR recap
Mar 25, 2015
OTW to CASCA LRP MTR
Mar 3, 2015
February wrap-up
Mar 1, 2015
Astronomy labs
Feb 24, 2015
Looking back #2: Astronomy 2022, Part 1
Feb 17, 2015
Podcasts
Feb 3, 2015
January wrap-up
Jan 31, 2015
Astronomical yarns
Jan 28, 2015
Astrogeographic information systems
Jan 25, 2015
A picture of my cat
Jan 21, 2015
New tools
Jan 19, 2015
Looking back #1: Astronomy 9610
Jan 1, 2015
New year, new blog