Prof. Kristin Stephens-Martinez

This is also on medium . I use Trello  to track all the things I need to do. Trello, at its core, is just a to-do list management tool. It is versatile to many organization strategies and is great for a single person or a team to organize the tasks that need doing. However, this versatility can be very daunting as a novice because you are just starting to figure out a system to keep track of what you need to do. And a novice rarely does well in an environment where there are many ways to do the same thing, a.k.a. a versatile system. A beginner does not have enough experience to determine what technique is better than another. Moreover, a novice finds it challenging to keep track of the many ways to do the same thing. So, if you are a novice, here are my suggestions for how to use Trello to track your personal to-do list (how I use it to organize my research team(s) and teaching team(s) I'll leave for a different blog post). First, I'll go over the fundamental way I use Tre...

I went to a workshop the week of 7/15 and tried out my new travel routines that I articulated in my post "Conference Reflection: SIGCSE 2019 - " What I will do next time" (Part 3 of 3) ". I thought it would be appropriate to reflect on how my plan compared to reality, as Helmuth von Moltke the Elder  said, "No plan survives contact with the enemy." Though in this case, the enemy is my present self when trying to execute the plan made by my well-intentioned past self. This post specifically reflects on my morning and night routines. And I'm posting this reflection now because next week I'm going to ICER , where my new travel routine will really get tested. This workshop had the best circumstances for my travel routine to succeed. It was close enough for me to drive, which meant I could bring whatever I wanted instead of what I was willing to lug through an airport. Therefore, I brought my foam roller that I use for physical therapy back exercises....