Field Notes
Practical writing on technical journal review and the strategy conversations that follow.
Short pieces from facilitators and guests. Nothing here replaces a live session โ these notes prepare the ground.
Pre-reading hours are part of the fee โ treat them that way
Skipping the packet before a journal lab wastes the only hours when facilitators can challenge your live decisions.
When two review articles disagree, stop averaging them
Conflicting technical reviews are not a puzzle to smooth over โ they are a map of what your strategy must disclose.
Margin codes that survive a hostile meeting
A simple annotation scheme for technical journals so your critique still makes sense when someone asks for the page number.
Phuket studio logistics for visiting cohorts
Arrival windows, humidity, and how we keep printed packets readable when the monsoon reminds everyone where we work.