Here I try to summarize Carol Dweck's research on motivation, touching on perceptions of intelligence and goal orientation. I am interested in Dweck's research on motivation for a very personal reason: I have two young girls. If you have children you will want to check out her work for ideas ...
Unfortunately I've been working on a laptop for the last several months and it has started taking it's toll on my body (RSI). So, I wanted to set something up that would let me work on any computer here in the lab, move files to my personal home directory ...