# Hacking Materials Handbook

## Hacking Materials Handbook

- [Hacking Materials handbook](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook.md): A guide to help you start your scientific adventures
- [Preamble](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/preamble.md): “Organization is a means of multiplying the strength of an individual”. Peter Drucker
- [About our group](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/about-our-group.md)
- [Before you arrive](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/before-you-arrive.md): Although many things can only be taken care of after arriving at LBNL, here are a few simple things you should do in advance.
- [Finding a place to live](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/finding-a-place-to-live.md): Note: It is encouraged that readers of this document also contribute to it when they have gained experience with their own housing situation by emailing Anubhav with their suggestions
- [After arriving at LBNL](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/after-arriving-at-lbnl.md): Welcome to Berkeley! Here are a few pointers for getting started.
- [Group meetings](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/group-meetings.md)
- [Facilities - Food, Conference Rooms](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/facilities-food-conference-rooms.md)
- [LETS timecard](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/lets-timecard.md)
- [Vacation days, sick days, foreign travel](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/vacation-days-sick-days-foreign-travel.md)
- [Telework](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/telework.md)
- [Making purchases](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/making-purchases.md)
- [Conference travel](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/conference-travel.md)
- [Getting help](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/getting-help.md)
- [Our computing systems](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/our-computing-systems.md)
- [Open science and arxiv / chemrxiv](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/open-science-and-arxiv-chemrxiv.md)
- [Information for graduate students](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/information-for-graduate-students.md)
- [Giving effective presentations](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/giving-effective-presentations.md)
- [Writing effective papers](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/writing-effective-papers.md)
- [Fun things to do in the area](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/fun-things-to-do-in-the-area.md)
- [Leaving the group](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/leaving-the-group.md)
- [Thank you!](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/hacking-materials-handbook/thank-you.md)
- [Appendix](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix.md)
- [Purchasing a computer](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix/purchasing-a-computer.md)
- [Setting up a new Macbook](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix/setting-up-a-new-macbook.md)
- [Some notes being productive with a Mac from Anubhav](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix/some-notes-being-productive-with-a-mac-from-anubhav.md)
- [Science related resources](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix/science-related-resources.md)
- [Staying up to date on research and literature searches](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix/staying-up-to-date-on-research-and-literature-searches.md)
- [Why open source](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix/why-open-source.md): “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”. - Attributed to an African proverb
- [10 of the most common Python mistakes I see from scientist-programmers](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix/10-of-the-most-common-python-mistakes-i-see-from-scientist-programmers.md)
- [Mechanics of writing papers in Microsoft Word](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix/mechanics-of-writing-papers-in-microsoft-word.md)
- [Eleven questions for self-assessment](https://hackingmaterials.gitbook.io/hm-handbook/appendix/eleven-questions-for-self-assessment.md)