Field notes
Methods explainers, supervision guides, and conference reports.
Break Free from Zotero Storage Limits: How to Host Your Own WebDAV Server
tutorialStop suffering the 300MB of Zotero -- Start storing the PDFs!
Jul 2026Three Doors: Announcing the New Site
essayWhy ali.mk is now a house with three doors instead of one crowded room.
Feb 2025My Participation in HRI 2025
conferencePapers, HRI Pioneers, and a week in Melbourne at the 20th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.
Sept 2024My Participation in IVA 2024
conferencePaper presentation and Doctoral Consortium at the 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents.
Aug 2024Understanding Yoked Control Groups in Experimental Research
explainerSame shocks, same timing, same everything — except which animal can make them stop. The yoked control is one of psychology's cleverest designs, and one of its most argued-over.
May 2024Commenting on Your Thesis
guideHow I give feedback to the students I supervise.
Feb 2024My Favorite Research Tools
guideReference managers, annotation, and the glue between them.
Jan 2024Useful LaTeX Packages for Scientific Writing
guideThe short list that survives every paper.
Jan 2024ABC of SSH: An Introduction
tutorialThe remote-work workflow I teach every new student.
Jan 2024Platform Recommendations for Students
guideThe tools I recommend to every thesis student I supervise.
Oct 2023Annotation Instructions
guideELAN annotation protocol for the CardGame21 experiment.