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The Effortless Academic's Manual
For most, academic success is a matter of talent. I don't think it's true. Good research skill can be learned, but universities focus on WHAT, not HOW…
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Spotting the Gap in the Literature
In the olden days you'd read through everything to find the gap. Today we can use a tool to find it by using just references and similarity. Apply this…
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The Effortless Literature Review
Literature review does not need to be time consuming or confusing. Effortlessly find literature, use AI to screen for relevance and "3-step-filtering…
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Ilya Shabanov

February 2023

January 2023

My Visual Thinking Journey
Two years ago I decided to get a PhD in molecular biology – a big leap for a computer engineer. But how we deal with computers is universally…
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Gourmet Literature Review
How to find every single piece of literature on a topic you know nothing about yet. 3 tools and a strategy.
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The Effortless Academic 101 Online Workshop
A step-by-step workshop to energize your academic journey. Learn the bottom line of my 500+ hours of experience with digital note taking and visual…
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