Oh-my, it's been a while since I posted.
I've been mostly working sleeping and watching mediocre movies over the internet.
What I've learned:
1) The Alien movies are better than the Matrix movies.
2) The only point to the Alien vs Predator movies is to see the Predators kill the Aliens. No one cares about the humans.
3) Pretty much all Jet Li movies are kinda dumb.
4) Miley Cyrus is pretty cool.
Anyway...
I've learned that being a PhD student is quite different in Germany than it is in the US.
For one, you don't take any classes as a PhD student here. You are expected to figure out what you need to know from books and papers and stuff. Which kinda sucks if you're just starting out.
Also, you get your funding by working on projects for companies instead of through research grants and TA appointments. Which is different.
Some one told me that she's found that students from american universities give better presentations than those from german universities, and was wondering if we have to take a course on how to give presentations. I made a joke that it was just part of the american culture of selling and marketing, but I don't really know why this is the case.
Maybe it has to do with having opportunities to give presentations. I'm thinking I should try to organize some of the people here to give little 10-15 minute presentations on cool stuff people have figured out. That should give both practice, and share knowledge of cool stuff.
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That's neat. I was reading some excerpts from a book called presentation Zen...recommended by many TED talks presenters. It's all about how less is more...and how a presentation should be more of a conversation with the audience and such. Powerpoint theory is also discussed, how you really don't need each talking point on the slide, usually a title with an interesting picture is enough. The picture doesn't even have to be relevant - it's just providing background. You want them focused on you anyways :-)
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