Tag: thinking in public
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Thinking in Public: Self-publishing a book with Tom Jesson
After my last conversation with Tom, I wanted to speak with him again, about the process he went through to self-publish his book on cauda equina syndrome. Tom is what I would call an independent researcher, and I’m fascinated with how he’s carving out a scholarly niche for himself. Our conversation goes from Tom’s experimentation…
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New ‘Thinking in public’ video: This is not a tutorial
I started a YouTube channel in 2021 called Thinking in public, with the intention of sharing the practices I use as part of my academic work. From the channel description: I’m a teacher and researcher working in higher education, and I spend a significant part of my time trying to figure out how to be…
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Thinking in public: From note to publication – A conversation with David Nicholls
Towards the end of 2021 I recorded a conversation with David Nicholls.[1] I wanted to talk to Dave about his process for converting incoming information into the kinds of outputs that so many in the health professions community find valuable. We talked about how we both try to limit the information we’re exposed to, how we…
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Thinking in public: A conversation with Tom Jesson
Tom Jesson is a physiotherapist, and self-employed researcher and writer based in Houston Texas, who I’ve wanted to speak to for a while. While I’ve always known Tom to be a thoughtful and careful writer, evident in his work that’s been published and shared widely in physiotherapy circles, I’ve not really thought much about how…