Owlstown Newsletter #33: Pro Domains

Hi Owlstowners!

I'm happy to announce that Pro domains are now ready. Pro domains are domain names with academic suffixes, e.g., einstein.academic.ws. I mentioned them two months ago in Owlstown Newsletter #31.

Writing the code to support Pro domains took some time, but it took longer to decide what to call them and how to add them to the upgrade plans. Thank you to the people who provided feedback.

Here's a blog post with more details on Pro domains.

New features

The PDF viewer in CV page is fixed by using Mozilla's PDF.js Viewer.

Use the Picture Block to align your pictures to the left, center, or right.

Add multiple button links to pages for publications, projects, courses, and people.

Turn your email address in your contact info into links. Make it easy for people to email you.

From the community

Christian Seitz gives some advice about applying to NSF GRFP.

Sharing lessons learned during their PhDs:

• Saad Akhtar shares 8 lessons he learned.

• Mahima Bose shares 4 lessons she wished she knew sooner.

Natasha Doré talks about developing and maintaining a productive habit towards her academic work.

Jacqueline Shaia shares a story by Shakira Milton, who is doing her PhD in Melbourne, Australia during COVID-19.

Cheers,

Ian 🦉