Long time, no update. Over the last few months I've mostly been posting in morsla as there hasn't been much in the way of PhD-related news. I should be spending more time in PhD-mode this year, so I've started following a few more people through this journal ( Read more... )

I'm in Sydney at the moment, waiting for my excruciatingly slow mobile "broadband" so I can check my email and look up a few things for tomorrow's panel discussion: ironically, one where I'll be speaking about the National Broadband Network. Truth be told, I'd kill for something a bit faster than the 23kbps I'm getting right now ( Read more... )

I'm a little behind on updates, as it's been a hell of a busy week ( Read more... )

Things are getting quite busy over here - there are lots of projects on the go at once. Lest I get swamped, here's a quick rundown:

Horizon 1The small business project has moved into its data analysis phase. We have about 320 pages of interview transcripts, from 16 business managers. So far, 14 broad themes are emerging from the interviews. This ( Read more... )

Handy tool for that early step in managing a social media campaign: creating a consistent, unique persona to use as an official voice.

Namechk.com lets you check the availability of a username across 130 social media sites. I've discovered that I don't seem to be the only Morsla on the internet any more... though browsing through the list reminded ( Read more... )

My Gmail account is very well trained - I found this report through a suggested "you might be interested in this" advertisement ( Read more... )

The Qualitative Inquiry Group meets on the first Tuesday of each month, in the Accounting and Law boardroom - right next to my office. I've decided to start attending their meetings, though it's causing a bit of trouble with desk space... I originally said I'd be in the uni on Wednesdays and Fridays, and my desk has been claimed during the rest of ( Read more... )

Journal searching...

Communications & Strategies
- Unfortunately not listed in the current ERA journal rankings, but Issue 65 has some interesting articles.

issue 65: Web 2.0 - the Internet as a digital common
Edited by Vincent BONNEAU & Michel GENSOLLEN

PapersWhat Is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I posted anything in here.

Today started very early - early enough that the sun hadn't risen until I was halfway to the city. Why the early start? I decided that it was time to visit the RMIT Entrepreneurs coffee club for their fourth meeting of the year ( Read more... )

I've been working on a proper research proposal, as I'll need to present it (in various different forms) for a Research Methods assignment, a university review, and a CRC review. In addition to defining what questions I'm researching, I also need to give Field of Research codes for the work (and a % time split between them ( Read more... )