# General Competencies

## Twitter, 2019-12-01

[Twitter thread by Alex Hayes](https://twitter.com/alexpghayes/status/1200917769774141442)

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## Ideas from the Twitter Thread

- naming and organizing files/folders
- ISO dates
- using password managers and ad blockers
- markdown
- how to share stuff online
- basic memes
- troubleshooting / effective google
- tracking tasks across a group
- basics of calendar sharing and scheduling group meetings
- video call software that actually works
- slack?
- 2FA?
- who realistically has your data and what they use it for
- screencasting
- managing a gif/meme collection
- zotero / citation managers
- scihub and library genesis
- git / github
- paths and hacking paths during installs
- the fact that no one uses microsoft office anymore
- put $THING in the cloud and share (a link to) it as opposed to embedding / attaching $THING to an email
- [naming things](http://www2.stat.duke.edu/~rcs46/lectures_2015/01-markdown-git/slides/naming-slides/naming-slides.pdf) ([Jenny Bryan](https://twitter.com/JennyBryan/status/898372123281858560))

## Links from the Twitter thread

- https://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/CodeAndData.pdf
- https://www.amazon.com/Pogues-Basics-Essential-Simplifying-Technology/dp/125005348X
- https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005510
- http://plain-text.co/

## More ideas

- How to write efficient e-mails
- How to arrange appointments / how to use shared calendars

# Digital File Management

see https://twitter.com/tchoi8/status/1201502610387288067

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