Perspectives: My Recommendations

Education Resources

These are some of my go-to resources for putting lectures together.

Poll Everywhere Audience Response System. I love this software. The free tier caps your live audience at 40. Also integrates with Google Slides (new feature)!
OBS Project: Open source video recorder for your lectures! Easy to use and it's free!
YouTube to upload images and videos.
Google Slides which I now use preferentially over Microsoft PowerPoint

Research Resources

EndNote Online (formerly EndNote Web): Updated 2026: still here, but the free tier is now the more limited EndNote Basic, and full features require the desktop license. If I were starting today I would use Zotero, which is free, open source, and does everything I needed EndNote for.
AI dictation: Updated 2026: I no longer use Dragon. Nuance discontinued the consumer Dragon Home edition in 2023, and the only remaining option for individuals is Dragon Professional Individual at roughly $700, Windows only. I now dictate everything, including my radiology reports, through ChatGPT. I wrote about that workflow here.
Google Scholar: Create your account and get your citations, h-index and more!

Webcast & Webinars:

Going to class and attending conferences are a great way to learn. But, it can be really inconvenient, expensive and tiring. I recently recalled the amazing benefits of attending live webinars when I could just open my computer and participate from anywhere that I have Wifi. I feel like I gain more because I'm more attentive and more comfortable. But, I started looking into recorded webinars and here are some that I really like:

Coursera: Fantastic resource for outstanding online classes (some are free!).
ISMRM: Updated 2026: the meeting content now lives in the ISMRM E-Library and is no longer free. Members pay less than non-members, and access is granted manually after purchase. MR is not the easiest to understand but I love this meeting because I learn so much about all of these smart MR physicists. I wasn't able to attend the meeting this past year but I was so excited to find out most of the video lectures are available now!
The Beauty and Joy of Computing: Updated 2026: Berkeley took its public course-capture archive offline in 2017, so the old webcast.berkeley.edu link no longer works. The course is still free at bjc.berkeley.edu

I love this course because it's a great introduction to computer science for the non-computer science people. It highlights some of the existing and emerging applications of computing. For those who feels obsolete with respect to technology, this is a good start to catch up.

Favorite Books / Audiobooks

I'm on the road a lot so use this time to listen to audiobooks. Here are some of my favorites.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Carol Dweck
Make It Stick by Peter Brown: This is a great audiobook because it teaches you effective strategies for studying and retaining materials. I wish I read this earlier than I did. See my blog on this specific audio book.
Moon walking with Einstein by Josuha Foer: Great book/audiobook to learn about how memory works and strategies to improve retention.
The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. Fantastic book on techniques and mindsets required to achieve high-level success. High yield and outstanding read.

TED Talks:

I love TED talks. It such a great source to learn about all the neat things that are out there. Here are some of my favorites:

TED Talk by Dan Buettner “How To Live to be 100+”
Dan Pink The puzzle of motivation

This is a great on what motivates people. For instructional work, incentive promotes productivity. However, for creative work, incentive deters productivity.

Updated: August 28, 2026