The Internet is full of resources for scientists, offering guidance on topics like scientific writing, presentations, and productivity. I would like to share a curated selection of articles, videos, books, and link collections that showed to be useful for my own work.
How to write scientific papers?
- Writing technical articles and writing bugs by Henning Schulzrinne
- Grammar, punctuation, and capitalization: a handbook for technical writers and editors by NASA
- How to write a great research paper by Simon Peyton Jones
- How to write a research paper by Michele Rossi (video)
How to give scientific talks?
- Ten simple rules for making good oral presentations by Philip E. Bourne
- How to give a great research talk by Simon Peyton Jones and colleagues
How to be a good scientist?
- How to do research — a link collection by Silvia Miksch
- How to get the most out of conferences by Scott Berkun
How to be a good manager (of yourself, your work, and teams)?
- Time management by Randy Pausch (video)
- Swarm stupidity and cargo cults by Gunter Dueck (videos in German)
- Managing, performing, living by Fredmund Malik (book)
- Deep work: Rules for focused success in a distracted world by Cal Newport (book)