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The way is shut
This journal is no longer in use.
Personal stuff still lives over at my other LJ. Writing about research has a new home, though, over at Wordpress: http://morsla.wordpress.com/Read more... ) -
CRC Innovation Showcase and Participants Meeting
It's been a very busy week. An interview on Monday night in the city, another interview in the eastern suburbs on Tuesday morning, and a trip to Brisbane for the CRC participants meeting on Wednesday. Then back to Melbourne for a local CRC meeting on Thursday morning, a library workshop, and trying (unsuccessfully) to catch up on all the work that' ( Read more... ) -
I resolve to be more resolute
I'm reading a lot, but not writing as much as I should.
There are a few different reasons for that. Partly, it's because I'm so caught up in surface-level stuff (via twitter) that I haven't been making enough time to post things that take a little longer to think - and write - about ( Read more... ) -
Digital Death Day
Dear Internet,
Today I met with my supervisor. Since leaving the meeting, my mind has been consumed by thoughts of death. Is this a normal response? I'm fairly upbeat about it, in a morbid kind of way. Actually, I'm beginning to find the whole thing fascinating.
Love, Ben.
No, really ( Read more... ) -
Spinning plates
I'm doing the first "proper" interview for my project tonight. Last year, I spoke to quite a few small business owners about their online marketing - but that was technically part of a different project, and didn't cover the full range of ground that I was interested in ( Read more... ) -
Procrastination
Am I procrastinating other things to write this? Well, yes. It's the only way I get anything done ( Read more... ) -
Sticky notes and coloured pens
I've been reading through Paul Adams' fascinating presentation on The Real Life Social Network (Slideshare link), where he talks about the work he does as User Research Lead for Social at Google. He's been talking to people about how they use social networking, and how their online social network(s) differ from their offline ones ( Read more... ) -
New week, new office
I seem to be the first person into the new office today. Behind me, Mary's desk has already been set up - but piles of moving crates surround the other three desks in our area, waiting for their owners to come and unpack them. Today is Tuesday, so the others should arrive in an hour or so ( Read more... ) -
Mobile students
Over at AcademicEvolution.com, Gideon Burton has been writing a series of articles on how scholarly communications must transform in order to remain relevant in an age of networked, digital communication. The age of printed academic journals is fast receding into the distance, although most university work still revolves around producing work in ( Read more... )
