Resources

English

• toPhonetics - written to spoken English translator based on IPA alphabet (International Phonetic Translator)

• UsingEnglish.com - English Grammar Quizzes & Worksheets

• superholly - YouTube channel with some useful playlists for English learners

Reference Managers

• Wikipedia's comparison of reference management software

• Zotero - A free, efficient and easy to use reference manager. My personal recommendation.

On Writing

• AJE - Verb Tense in Scientific Manuscripts

• OWL - Purdue's Online writing lab - Great resources here to learn how to write in English

• Notes taken from the book "How to write a lot: a practical guide to productive academic writing" by Paul J. Silvia, PhD.

• Link to Dr. Daniel Garijo's talk (Information Sciences Institute at University of Southern California) about the Scientific Paper of the Future. More information at http://scientificpaperofthefuture.org/

  • On a related note, I'm a coauthor in the manuscript "Toward the Geoscience Paper of the Future: Best practices for documenting and sharing research from data to software to provenance". Dr. Yolanda Gil (USC) lead this effort and this publication is serving as foundation for the new trends in scientific publication.

Research Proposals

• Pajarez, Frank. Los Elementos de una Propuesta de Investigación. Translated into Spanish by Edgardo R. Pérez

Awesome TED talks

• The four things you need to know about the energy you use by Jordan Wirfs-Brock

• Do schools kill creativity? by late Sir Ken Robinson