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Social Media Networks in Research

 In this post I will talk about social media in research. A network for connecting with other researchers and look at their work, favorite it and getting access to full texts is Researchgate. It can be useful to do research as well (i.e. looking at the recommended articles of researchers in your field). Google Scholar is a good database to do intensive research for different types of publications with good filter possibilities. It also lets you favorite and group entries. It is also possible to look at scientific blogs for interesting approaches. On some blogs, authors post a summary of their papers, or a different, more informal take on them. Blogs also give the opportunity to follow popular authors. Also a good scope of topics and how they are presented. The Researcher 2.0 I think that Researcher 2.0 has the opportunity to connect on a different level. It is possible to interact with people all over the world, sharing knowledge or recognizing each other's work. There are also too...

Google Drive as Tool for research

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 I am using Google Drive since I can remember to work collaboratively on projects. The collaboration possibilities on Google Docs, Presentations, Tables and the Jam Boards are very useful for working in a team on tasks. I regularly use the presentation to update teammates or supervisors about my progress.  The following is a screenshot of a working folder I use for projects during my PhD:

My Socials

My ORCID  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-657X Also important is my Google Scholar Profile. At  https://about.me/leonieka you can find a brief introduction to me. I am currently following the updates from the blogs  gamasutra.com  as well as  Real Climate . This helps me to stay up to date with my research topic.

What Procedural Content Generation can be

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 At FDG 2020 Tom Betts held a Keynote about "Procedural Content Generation as Art, Design and Play". He talked inspiring about how Procedural Content Generation can be used as an artistic tool. Where the games that will be generated are used to express art.