Tag Archive | dissertation
So, um, what now?
After nearly 7 months of hard work, sleepless nights, endless cups of tea, countless hours of wondering why on earth I’d attempted it in the first place, and the occasional beautiful moment where everything came together and made sense, I have finished my dissertation! I submitted it on Wednesday – one copy online, and two […]
Happy New Year!
Well, here’s to 2010! 2009 was a pretty good year for me overall, so really I’m hoping for much the same from 2010. There’s quite a few good things coming up this year – I will hand in my dissertation in a couple of weeks; jet off to Egypt for a much-needed holiday shortly after […]
Catching up…
The blog’s been a bit quiet for the last few weeks, for various reasons – hurtling ever closer to my dissertation deadline, spending what free time I do have on christmas shopping and catching up with the friends I’ve been neglecting; plus the unwelcome return of my sleepwalking and occasional insomnia (last seen at about this […]
Should we shush?
I’ve had this post saved as a draft for a week or so now – it took on a bit of a ranty tone when I first wrote it, so I decided to hold off on publishing for a while. Been inspired to come back to it by the wikiman’s excellent post on this THE […]
Wants a MASSIVE database with everything in it kthx
**DISCLAIMER** Mindful of what happened last time I tried to comment that a non-librarian blogger might be a bit mistaken regarding access to information issues, I’d just like to point out that I am not having a go at Andrew! Just find users’ perspective on this stuff interesting. K? *** Stumbled across this blog post […]
So long, and thanks for all the spinning GIFs
The sad demise of Geocities a few days ago has got me thinking about the problems with using free services to host your data. The first I’d heard of Geocities shutting down was xkcd‘s commemorative redesign on Monday (screenshot), and I have to admit it did give me a twinge of nostalgia – I’m fairly […]
WPB: Words Per Brew
A friend told me recently about the metric she used to measure her daily progress when she was writing her dissertation: words written per cups of tea made/drunk. I like that idea – a sure sign for me that I’m not getting anything accomplished is if I find myself thinking “well, I’ll just make myself […]
Today is a Good Day… to Write
Had a meeting with my dissertation supervisor today, and came out feeling much better than I have in the past few weeks about my ongoing proposal! Probably a good thing, as it’s due in 2 1/2 weeks… *gulp* I’ve also started reading “Writing your Dissertation in 15 minutes a day”, which I’m finding surprisingly useful. […]
