Research Essentials

…if augmentation is the correct term. In March 2007 I attended the ALT-C conference in Nottingham. After registering, I was invited to give my blog address to the organisers so they could add it to their Yahoo pipe. All the blogs in this pipe were aggregated into a single chronogical feed. At the conference, many [...]

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Patrick’s posts about his efforts in managing time more efficiently have caused me to have a go with a couple of the applications he’s mentioned. One is ThinkingRock, which is based on the principles of Dave Allen’s “Getting things done”. Been using it for about a week and so far it seems very useful. It [...]

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 Several people have made some very insightful posts about the proposed reorganization of IET; Patrick, Martin and Will have all made some interesting observations (and Patrick and Martin have used far better images than I have – but at least I took my photo myself ). Before arriving in IET, I worked in industry so my interpretation [...]

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In the light of all these reports about the dangers of information availability on the net, I decided to share a recent experience. I received a letter addressed to somebody else at my home address. The name of the addressee was hidden in the little envelope window so I opened it. It was an invoice for [...]

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Yet more reflections on Twitter. Since my last post, I’ve started to warm up again considerably to twitter. But why? I also use Facebook. This is mainly for the statuses. I really enjoy the ever changing statuses of my friends. They’re limited in length and are often witty. I feel like I’m keeping “in touch” [...]

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